I began by asking my family to give me random numbers before using these to set timers according to different combinations of those numbers. We then played Bananagrams, a word creating and reshuffling game similar to Scrabble. When the timers went off I recorded the most recent word which was played. The words were; Bad, Fir, Hats, Hires, Lunatic, Meek, Perks, Quart, Sanitation, Toot, Vampire, Web and Wove.

While deciding how to pick from the words I wrote some sentences with the words.

Bad Fir/Fur Hats for Hire, sold by a Lunatic of Meek Perks, wearing a Quart watch, obsessed with proper Sanitation, Toots his own horn, possibly a Vampire? His Fur Hats Web being Woven.

Hire a Lunatic for a Meek Week.

The Perks of Quart don’t outweigh the length Sanitation process required to Toot them into outer space to be eaten by an enormous Vampire pig.

The Vampire admired the spiders Web, he later that night wove a tapestry about cynicism.

Here are recordings.

After that I blind folded myself and chose the word “Fir/Fur” by randomly attempting to hit a word.

fir
/fəː/
noun
noun: fir; plural noun: firs; noun: fir tree; plural noun: fir trees
  1. an evergreen coniferous tree with upright cones and flat needle-shaped leaves, typically arranged in two rows. Firs are an important source of timber and resins.
Origin
late Middle English: probably from Old Norse fyri- (recorded in fyriskógr ‘fir wood’).

Here is Bob Ross painting a Fir/Evergreen Tree.

  • When the seasons turned, however, and winter brought with it numerous evils and malicious spirits stalking the shadows of wintery forests, the Pagan peoples would turn to the aid and magic of any nature spirits that would help them. Plants and trees such as mistletoe, holly and evergreen, unlike the forementioned Oak tree, were believed to have some special power against the darker magics of winter because they were the only plants that stayed green throughout the year. During the winter, to shore their homes from malevolent winter spirits, Pagan Germanic peoples would hang wreaths and bushels of evergreens over their doors and windows, believing their spirit was enough to ward off winter evils. In many cases evergreen decor were brought indoors where their scent could freshen the dark, medieval homes of otherwise stagnant straw and thresh. The needles and cones would even be burned as a form of incense; its smoke and fragrance filling the home with the protective spirit-magic of the evergreen.

From http://delongfarms.com/tree_1.html

The use of Fir/Evergreeb Trees for their aromatic purposes and Paul’s remark about the stereotypical air fresheners shaped like Fir trees and their use in film, led me to purchase a few.

The sinilar shapes but completely different smells led me to start to think about things masquerading as others, maybe an idea which begun with the Norse myths of Loki who was a notorious shapeshifter.