MAY-JUNE: Flat Avatar Round 1

So ... you imagine yourself to be an aging rock star in a kilt (see image), a green unicorn with a daisy crown, Little Red Riding Hood on a vintage Triumph, an alien with a passion for snacking on Citroen- flavored marmalade, a kitten on the Red Queen's lap, a teapot with a craving for the Punk Rock scene or a calavera with a floppy hat and a love of waterfalls.

It's OK, we've all been there (or at least I probably have ...) and probably will go there again.

Draw, paint, Photoshop, collage or otherwise create your Flat Avatar. Give your Flat Avatar a name. Give your Flat Avatar a short backstory. Send your Flat Avatar to your swap partner in an envelope. Make sure to include a description of your Flat Avatar, an inventory of Flat Avatar's belongings, and Flat Avatar's home address (your home address) on the backstory card/ paper -- it will help Flat Avatar to pack and find its way home. Eventually. Doesn't have to be a big envelope. Standard size envelope will do for a standard Flat Avatar and Flat Avatar backstory. Other accessories, toothbrush and Teddy Bear optional.

In the next round, your recipient will create a short adventure/ story/ poem/ fashion shoot/ car show/ flea market/ cheese tasting/ audience with the Queen/ political rally/ trip to the moon/ movie/ etc for your Flat Avatar (their choice) and create a souvenir or two (their choice) to help them remember their time together, then mail Flat Avatar on to the next recipient. Eventually, Flat Avatar will want to come home from exhausting international tour and will call you collect. Then you can ask for current avatar host to kick Flat Avatar off the couch and send Flat Avatar back. If Flat Avatar has not been behaving Flat Avatar's self, then you may need to offer postage to cover the cost of all that Citroen-flavored marmalade and reupholstery of the flat couch, which now smells like diesel and anchovies, for some strange reason. But we hope that will not be necessary and assume that Flat Avatar mostly behaves, right?

Sounds like fun? I hope so! Have great ratings, join in, have fun, go crazy, and know that I will do my best to angel if necessary. Although you may end up with Tina Turner buzzing through hyperspace on a Lambretta while eating tofu spring rolls with her pet Betta balanced in your lap if I am forced to angel. It is completely possible.

Image of Van Halen in a kilt sourced here.