Hi all: I want to tell you about an organization that introduced me to paperfolding…
Do you want to give your paperfolding a shot of ARTivism on World Origami Day (or any day)? The Soul Box Project is collecting simple Masu boxes. Each “Soul Box” represents a victim of gunfire in the U.S. The Project displays thousands and thousands of these Soul Boxes in public spaces to illustrate how many people have been killed or injured by gunfire – in suicides, violence, defense or accidents. These exhibits evoke an emotional response that compels actions and changes individual behaviors. You may have read about this movement in Origami USA’s magazine The Paper (summer 2019). So far around 68,000 Soul Boxes have been collected from across the US and around the world. If you would like to add your voice to this movement, fold a Box and send it in. Folding instructions and size parameters can be found at www.SoulBoxProject.org <http://www.soulboxproject.org/> as well as many examples of how people have personalized the Boxes. Every Box sent in becomes part of the larger displays. You can send as many Soul Boxes as you’d like. (I’ve made hundreds of them.) The next major exhibit will be in Denver in April 2020. In October 2020, the Project will take 200,000 Soul Boxes to the National Mall in Washington, DC. Tell your friends! From The Soul Box Project: If you could save a life by folding two pieces of paper, would you do it? Thank you. Nanci – Soul Box volunteer
