CTHB

Since it's not easy to gather up a game of dodgeball or tag with adults, here's a game that I'm playing that I'd like to share with you: take pictures of the alphabet as you see them in shapes, structures, and things. If it's part of some kind of signage, like the McDonald's arches or the McDowell's arcs, it doesn't count.

What might you find? Maybe the door handle of an old Civic looks like a D. The lock insert of a Kryptonite U-lock could be a Q. A fire escape may look like a Z. Letters of the alphabet, are everywhere.

It's a game you can play anywhere, anytime. You can do it with friends or with the kids. It's an excuse to go out and about and explore. Who knows? You may discover corners of your town or city that you never knew existed as you try to compile a full alphabet.

You don't have to be a professional photographer. In fact, I'd love to see the results of what us casual or amateur photographers can put out. Work it! Work it, baby! Oh, behave.

Would you like to play along with me?

Here's the part I don't know how to do, though. I'd like to see all the results that others get. It'd be one thing to ask people to send all their stuff to me, but then I'd be the only one to see it and I figure this is the sort of thing that all the participants would like to see. Wouldn't it be neat to see the alphabet in London through a lens? How about Toronto, New York, or Hong Kong?

I'd love to hear about the places where the pictures are taken. I'm sure some really cool stories could be told about how people found their letters and it's the sort of thing that would be fantastic, if shared.

But how?

I thought of doing a website, but it's too much for me alone to manage. Then I thought that it'd be neat if there could be posters done up for each city, after some time had passed. I suppose then, that there might be a contest to get the best pictures and that led to thoughts of different categories for amateur vs. professional photographers, in case any participated.

This could be big and it could be a lot of fun for a lot of people and I'd like to make it happen. I need help, whether it's with discussing ideas or taking on a chunk of this and running with it. I don't need credit. I just want to see it flourish.

If you'd like to help, please let me know.

If you don't, that's cool, too. Just before I wrap this up, though, I'll say one more thing: in the time that I've been playing the game myself, it's really opened up my eyes to what the world around me looks like when I'm not automatically assuming what it should look like. It's been surprising.

Play the game. Have fun.