The project!

[easytoassemble]

So the other night I was watching Inked the other night at Kylie's house while she cleaned the fish tank and there was this woman who was getting a tattoo of the word runs on her foot. I was intrigued and she explained that she was taking part in Shelley Jackson's Ineradicable Stain project. Shelley Jackson wrote a short story called "Skin" and she

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[bottledspider]

How can I help? What are you writing? Maybe you should choose a piece and have all the volunteers vote, allowing the text to mean a little more to each individual?

[easytoassemble]

Well originally I was going to try and pick a text from the public domain (I was looking at something fun like Alice In Wonderland) but Blaire pointed out that it would be best/more meaningful if the text was something original. When it comes to voting I think it is a great idea but doesn't work in the logistics of it all. I'm hoping that so many people will want to take part and that a second text will have to come into existence.

How Jessica can help-

1. Tell people about the project
2. I would love it if you would maybe like to help write the text. I would think it would be better if it were written by several people
3. Editing the text first text to death

I will email you what I have so far and what Blaire (who is ridiculously literate) thinks I should work off of.

Jessie, this project has me more excited than I have been in so long. I beam everytime I work on it. If I am bummed or annoyed at work I just work out some details of it in my head and I just go back to being centered. It is more than neat it is making me really

[bottledspider]

I love things like that! They make you feel so productive and whole and brilliant and GOOD. I'm happy to help on all three fronts.

[sohonestly]

That sounds awesome. I'm in for getting a tattoo, and I'll edit the text.

[hazyshadedsky]

You already know my feelings.

And I already have the spot picked out!

[punkassnot]

omg im game