thefirewire

All our contributors get emails to let them know about new themes on the horizon, we'll post these emails a couple of days before we start posting their submissions. Here is the latest for next week's theme of life on the edge. If you would like to added to our list of contributors, email connor@thefirewire.ca


Sometimes we tip toe along the side of a pool to ensure we get a maximum surprise splash factor on a friend napping in the sun. Other times we cry ourselves to sleep knowing that our children's college fund has to be converted to our family's food fund. While individual people may deny it vehemently, as a species we have a tendency to move toward the precipice even if its just to see whats at the bottom. Looking for an example?

http://www.tarsandswatch.org/
http://www.forbes.com/2009/03/05/general-motors-auditors-markets-equity_manufacturing_autos.html
www.pbs.org/independentlens/kingcorn/

Here in Montreal the urban masses file in and out of the metro tunnels each day knowing they have the power to hurl themselves on to the tracks, and many do. I sometimes have that inclination myself, not as a suicide attempt as much as a statement of control, "all those other things are beyond me, but THIS I can determine all on my own." I have yet to act on this but its an interesting thought experiment all the same. This little group we have is a similar experiment and so I think this next theme and the context it comes in are appropriate. Starting next week we will be posting submissions rooted in life on the edge. Walk the tight rope, skip across the balance beam, hang your head off the end of your bed until your room is in a different country do it all and share it with us.

I'll try to have things up for your late night sunday surf or your monday morning escape from work. If you haven't checked out the new url yet, have a gander...

http://thefirewirecollective.blogspot.com/