Meilahti Style

Larp doesn't last. Larp is not something you can store in a warehouse or exhibit in a gallery. Larp is in the moment. Larp is in the here and now and later in the continuous re-examining and re-evaluation of the experience.

Larp is a string of pearls. Each pearl represents a moment of value, of importance, of meaning. The impact of larp is not in the whole but in the part. Larp is those instances of clarity. Like bullets smashing glass in a silent movie.

Larp is a sequence of single serving shots of impact. These moments we remember, these moments we treasure. This is the para-experience we need. These pearls are our rush.

Larp is fleeting. Larp is surface with sudden surges of an illusion of depth.

Brutal honesty is the new irony. Mean what you say, say what you mean - right now. Kill bashfulness. Kill modesty. Surface is the new depth. Surface is depth. Meaning is hidden in plain sight. Time is of the essence - hidden depths can bloody well stay hidden.

Larp is surface. If you scratch the surface, you'll find more surface. One illusion after an other, one fake after another. All experience is compacted. I'll have a decaf despair with loss to go. Do you want scars with that? You can do it in a day, why waste a week? Longer is not more real, it's just an excuse for remembering it louder. Catharsis, smatharsis. Diem all the carpe you want and then get back to the real you, which is the same.

Is it possible to larp in a closet? How many angels can? If a tree falls in a forest. What is the point of doing something worthwhile is nobody is watching?

Larp is social. You recreate the world every moment but the house of cards crumbles if there are no others to support it. Give your best and take back in abundance. Steal in moderation.

The player is a customer, the game master a god. Lousy religions have empty churches. Shop till you drop. Supply and demand, faith and opium. The balance of terror. The death of a salesman is the death of a god.

Have genre will travel. Arm your weapons. Fun is not bad. Entertainment not less. Be a smuggler of beauty, brilliance and moral. Know thy vision and give it away. Kill your darlings. Paradox is power. Truth is fluid. Don't hide it, you have hidden enough as it is.

Sometimes positive really is good. Suffering doesn't make you holier. Anyone can commit suicide. Reality is a fashion. Aesthetics are essential. Larp is in the moment. Ride the wave. Nostalgia is cheap, but effective. Now is a race.

See me, feel me. Emotional roller coaster. That's a wrap. Move along, there's nothing to see here. Polaroids of the dead (I don't trust mirrors).

Change your mind when it changes. Don't cling to things five minutes ago. Your memory suffers from delusions of grandeur. Make a choice. Put your trust in something.

Give me liberty or give me death. No wait, just give me. Don't waste my time.