Seed Sock It

a sport for the orphanedthe forgetful

the always picked last

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another day…

another orphaned sock

november

rain

cold

need socks

find 28 orphaned socks

no matches

what to do?

look in another drawer

find forgotten seeds

but no pairs of socks -what to do?

genius strikes!take socks

roll into balls

soak in water

roll wet socks in seeds

until all seeds are used up

call friends

not great at sports

friends are

smart but somewhat forgetful

hey, no big deal!

friends arealways picked last for a team

not a problem now

that’s ok -pets can play too!

more athletic than humans

meet in abandoned field

players line up in 2 teams

last 2 who line up pick a seed sock

start playon the count of 3 sock holders

fling or kick their sock at other team

teams run to the socks

chaos ensuessocks are kicked or thrown

randomly until all seeds fall off

players line up again wherever

choose 2 more seed socks

the 2 most exhausted players pick 2 more

socks

repeat play

repeat play

until all socks are used up and all seeds are in the field

and so on and so on

who won?

we forgot to keep score

six months later…

the results are in!

who won?

everyone and …

the abandoned field!

ta da!

until the next season when newly orphaned

socks

team up with more forgotten seeds

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the actors

infinite orphaned socks

forgotten seed packets

Music: Chariots of Fire Olympic Games High Speed

Mix 2012 by A Cool Beat DJ

Produced by Bryndie BeachGold Medalist Loser of Socks

Silver Medalist Forgetter of Seeds

forStanford University – Venture Lab

A Crash Course in CreativityNovember 2012

now go outside and play Seed Sock It!