EDOM 8: grand opening for '''peacewhere'''
the black & white tie-dye clothing line will be up online this Saturday • an intro for Peace Pilgrim • see SJ clown around
Welcome readers! In this issue of Each Day, One More we have:
grand opening for ‘‘‘peacewhere’’’: a sneak peak at the web store opening this Saturday
a piece of the Peaces for Peace Pilgrim: learn about the charitable cause that ‘‘‘pw’’’ sales will support
Space Suckers set to suck soon!: would you like to see me on stage? now you can!
Council 11: the next MOOP council is Wednesday, 6 March 2024
grand opening for ‘’’peacewhere’’’
The time is nearly upon us! Peaces of ‘‘‘peacewhere’’’ will finally be available for sale in the Magical Office of Peace’s online store. Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the genuine pleasure of setting up the e-commerce store for the ‘‘‘peacewhere’’’ line. It’s been fun to customize the digital interface and imagine how users will interact with it, and what they might think when they first see it. While I wouldn’t say that the process has been difficult, there have been many, many tiny steps to get the site to look and behave how I want it to. But, it’s satisfying to see the incremental improvements that took the web store from a generic template to something that feels on brand. Also, it’s given me appreciation for the good design of other stores and an understanding of those that look less-than-stellar.
Now, even though only ‘‘‘pw’’’ items will be available in the online store initially, I am not calling it the ‘‘‘peacewhere’’’ store. This is because I intended to have other items up there eventually: stickers, patches, pins and collectable artwork. All of which will be under the MOOP umbrella. So, as you might predict, the official shop for the Magical Office of Peace is known as the Magical Shop of Peace.
The shop is currently closed as I get some final touches done (like add in the newest Peaces, and fiddle with graphical details), but I will sneak you a peek:
On the physical side of things, I tied and dyed fourteen new shirts, bringing the total number of Peaces to thirty-three. And here’s a look at some of the newer ones:
So I invite you to stop by and browse the Magical Shop of Peace starting this Saturday!
‘‘‘peacewhere’’’ grand opening
shop.moop.earth
Saturday, 2 March 2024
a piece of the Peaces for Peace Pilgrim
While the primary purpose of designing and selling the ‘‘‘peacewhere’’’ clothing line is to generate funds for the Magical Office of Peace, I thought that it would be fitting to share some of the profits from this (technically) commercial endeavor with a peace-centered charity. So, I decided to donate $5 for every Peace of ‘‘‘pw’’’ sold to the Friends of the Peace Pilgrim.
Peace Pilgrim was a woman who spent nearly three decades walking tens of thousands of miles across North America in the name of peace until her death in 1981. She had an epiphany and after 15 years of spiritual training, she decided that she would be a pilgrim, forever wandering the Earth until humanity had learned the way of peace. So in 1953, the 44 year-old Mildred Lisette Norman, gave up her material possessions and her name to take on a new identity: Peace Pilgrim—or less formally as just Peace. She walked from town to town, talking to anyone curious about the mysterious silver-haired lady with her moniker emblazoned on the front of her blue tunic.
On this journey, all she carried was a comb, a toothbrush, a pen, and paper. Equally amazing is what she didn’t carry. No bag, no money, no food, no water. You see, Peace was—in terms she would never have used to describe herself—a badass. She would walk until given shelter—sometimes fifty miles—and fast until given food—sometimes days. She had faith that the universe would provide her everything she needed.
What were her beliefs? How did she see the world? She would say she was not religious, but spiritual. She believed that union with God was life’s ultimate goal; and she cited that union as what gave her the energy and spirit for her pilgrimage. She achieved that divine connection by “praying without ceasing,” where she thought of her life as a continuous sacred experience. With regards to peace, her philosophy was simple: the key to world without violence is first to create peace inside ourselves. To her is was obvious. That we cannot force peace on another, but we can set examples for others to follow. Ultimately, her message was simple:
“This is the Way of Peace: overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.”
As someone who likes to walk and has peace central to their life’s mission, it makes sense that I would draw inspiration from Peace’s life. Peace Pilgrim is not quite a household name (like MLK Jr. or Mother Theresa, for example), but her words, energy and passion deserve a wide audience. The Friends of Peace Pilgrim was formed by her actual friends after her death to continue to spread her word. In fact, if you request it, they will send you a copy of the book Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words free of charge. That’s how I got my copy. So I’m very happy that sales of ‘’’peacewhere’’ will help support continuing to share the story of Peace Pilgrim’s amazing life.
Space Suckers set to suck soon!
As many of you are well-aware, I have been taking theatrical clowning classes for over a year. Now I’m part of a clown show in the making. It’s called Space Suckers from Outer Space. It is a send up of 1950’s sci-fi movies.
If you are in the area, I encourage you to come by and catch a show. (Even if you’re not in the area, I still encourage you to come by, but I understand if you can’t make it work.) I play Andrew, the Android: a cybernetic organism who joins the Star Force to forge his destiny in the universe—or at least to finally utilize his “fully functional” anatomy. We’re devising the show as we rehearse and it’s already a blast (at least for me). So I’m pretty sure the show will be good, but I can guarantee you that it will suck!
Space Suckers from Outer Space
Church of Clown
2400 Bayshore Blvd, San Francisco
Friday, 29 March & Saturday, 30 March
20:00 PDT
Council 11
Do you want to get a ‘’’peacewhere’’’ t-shirt for free? You can earn one for yourself by attending MOOP Council five times! The are already three mun who have earned their pick of any available peaces. And there are two others who are just one more attendance away from getting a their free ‘’’pw’’’ shirt.
MOOP Council 11
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
15:00 PST / 18:00 EST
on Discord