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PANIC!
The situation has become dire. Confusion, darkness, and the unknown surround you. You dig deep into your bag, hoping for something useful, knowing that the bag will give you whatever fate decides.
Will you find help?
Will you find confusion?
Will you find glazed nuts?
This is the chance you take with BOTTOMLESS BAG!
Close your eyes
Reach inside
FROM WITHIN
This grouping was selected at random from a communally generated master list of four hundred. It is my hope that these ten items can be used as a forecast or guide to your week ahead. You can also use a ten sided dice to turn each weeks items into a miniature oracle. Whether you choose to take these items literally or metaphorically, it’s up to you to find how these things may help. For a more thorough overview go to Introducing Bottomless Bag and Bottomless Bag 01.
Item 211
#83: CONFUSION
The state of bewilderment
Item 212
#313: ODDBALL TOY CARS
Rolling novelty
Item 213
#191: ROLL OF BLUE MASKING TAPE
To keep the lines straight
Item 214
#64: HIVE
A place of gathering
Item 215
#260: AIR FRESHNER
To cover the smells
Item 216
#164: SPATULA
Scraping the sides
Item 217
#250: BREATH MINTS
To mask the odor
Item 218
#97: BOXER
A pugilistic ally
Item 219
#255: CONCRETE PUMP
Raise the foundation
Item 220
#375: PERFUME BOTTLE
To contain the fragrance
DIGGING DEEPER
For DIGGING DEEPER a 10 sided die is rolled and I explore whichever item it lands on. Sometimes this section will explain different dimensions of the item and other times it will be a rambling story about what an item means to me personally. The thing I’m trying to do here is show that even the simplest item is multifaceted and has far more definitions than I can ever explain. Every item is it’s own world, it’s own entity.
The item we’ll be doing a deep dive with this week is:
#250: BREATH MINTS
I think BREATH MINTS is the perfect item to start out with in the new year. What better to symbolize the idea of masking something instead of fixing it?
Now, I would like to believe that just because the calendar flips things will get better, that we’re getting a “clean slate.” But let’s be honest here. All that’s happened is that we had to buy a new calendar and life continues on almost exactly the same as it had before.
We do love that narrative tag, though. The year starts and we’re off to the races. New year, new you.
This is why I think BREATH MINTS is perfect.
A breath mint doesn’t fix the problem of bad breath. It only obscures it with a better scent. The halitosis of reality is still buried beneath but we’ve made it pleasant for those around us. It’s a superficial change at best. The root of the problem remains.
Exactly how the new year can obscure the continuing cycle of events that surround us without any care for the last digit of the sequence of numbers that helps us organize our lives.
Sometimes reality needs to be freshened, even for the briefest of moments, but don’t expect that to solve the deeper issues.
That’s all for now. Come back next week for another dig into the BOTTOMLESS BAG.
As always:
SEE WHAT’S INSIDE
DIG DEEP
AND
HAUNT ON
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ABOUT ERIC J. MILLAR
Eric is the artist and writer behind Outlet Press. He has published over 20 books over the last four year with VACA: Outlet Illustrated, Volume 5 being his most recent publication. He is also the creator of The Disruption Generator, the randomly generated bibliomantic oracle, and The Impossible Game, a cleromantic oracle, both published in partnership with We The Hallowed.
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