Inspiration
ERROR! Your world's suffering minor irregularity, each day kids go missing!
Get to Know The Glitch: Have you seen me? Stars shining bright, but he wouldn't know. He's given up, tonight as his head hangs low. He only sees the ground as he walks alone everyone's around... but his presence is unknown, yet he walks in hope for his glitchy shoes to be the first thing seen. This is the feet fable of an invisible and missing unknown boy – The Glitch Boi! They See you. Found kids find kids.
The Invisible Kid goes Missing' Monologue
An absent-minded father is sitting complacently in his recliner, reading a newspaper or magazine. Shortly after a tween or teen arrives home from school, holding out a school report card in their hands. Every now and then, the child glances at the report card which they thought their dad would want to see as from time to time, the father absent-mindedly stretches his arms, looking preoccupied in the duration of their kid's chat with them.
KID: "Good afternoon, Dad. Dad, I’m excited. My class teacher said I was the best improved. I was… Aren't you even going to say good afternoon to me? Or ask me how my day went? Anyways, science has been a particular headache, but this time… Oh, you were? You, you used to be number one and absolutely unbeatable. What about me? Dad, I was going to tell you that this time… Oh, I see... Science for you was particularly easy you never scored anything less than 90%. Well, then... What, where is your mum? You've been home all day don't you think you should know where she's at. I'm sorry for letting my emotions get the best of me. Mum is in the garden picking vegetables. But Dad, you are not listening to me. Do you even see me? Alright, well, now might be a good time to say... I have been fantasizing about running away. I’d picture myself wearing a straw hat and carrying a knapsack over my shoulder – like the ones they show you in cartoons where they use a red handkerchief to bundle up your belongings and it gets tied to the end of a stick that you throw over your shoulder. I’d picture myself barefooted, walking off into the sunset on a desert or beach. I envisioned living a glamorous hobo life living off the grid in the woods, talking to nature. And whenever my sister annoyed me or you or mum snapped at me, I’d trudge to my room, slam my door, and swear I’d run away. The furthest I ever got was around the block. I had packed my favorite stuff apart from my cellphone, a handful of colorful marbles, and a box of Pop-Tarts with a granola bar in my Jansport backpack. After a couple of minutes of being a “runaway,” I ate the granola bar and snacked on a Pop-Tart about an hour or so ago. Then a few minutes later I decided I was hungry for lunch so I went back home. I would “runaway,” I’d just have lunch first. But, this time... I don't think I'll be home for dinner this time, Dad. So, if you hear me... tell mum I love her, but I don't think I love you anymore, dad."
If I were a billionaire I'd buy a city for this one kid who feels like this called, The Glitchy Paramatrix and put the WOM out for any troubled teen to runaway to but I'll let the law enforcement know where they are at so they could talk to them and find out what is going on in their home that made them run away; it would be a place where missing kids will have a place where they could run away to and be found.
What it does
Provide a safe place for kids that they can run away to without running away from home, but to gain access to it; they will have to purchase a special pair of sneakers with a code on the inside of the tongue, that they will have to solve a riddle to encrypt.
How I built it
It is envisioned to be built as an Oculus VR app.
Challenges I ran into
Solving problems in planning and throughout the development stages.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Whenever it finds the one kid and they purchase to download it to change their mind from running away from home.
What I learned
"Do you know where your kids are today - physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually?"
Each day, all around the world, we go missing as it's a Glitchy Parametrix when a kid goes missing and ages from their pinup, and even glitchier when they are completely oblivious to their real identity or that they are a missing kid. So don't let it happen. Be vigilant. The Glitch.
When the question within our kids goes from... "Do you see me?" to "Have you seen me?"
Invisible Kids become Missing Kids
Have you ever looked at someone as if they were really there, and as if though, they really existed?
"Joe Lamb: She used to look at me... this way, like really look... and I just knew I was there... that I existed." Super 8 (2011)
May we look at our kids with eyes that tell them, your existence gives me hope?
A KID SHOULD ONLY HAVE TO ASK THEMSELVES, "SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?" DEPENDING ON HOW BAD THEIR SITUATION IS AND IF THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION TO TAKE TO SETTLE IT.
Fight for kids because childhood is not a mental illness.
- Inadequate care and supervision
- Destitution
- Conflict over custody
- They want to escape a life that causes them harm
- Mental illness
How Parents Can Prevent Their Child from Going Missing:
- Never take your eyes off your children
- Teach them safety tips
- Seek the help of modern technology
A child becomes lost first in the home and missing when a matter takes them away from their home and into the world to solve a problem.
Runaways are running away from their problems and seeking answers in a world of lies.
"I think artists can go to a level of vision that can often save us from a situation which seems to have no solution whatsoever." - Susan Griffin
"It is your ability as a creative person to envision positive change that will make a difference." - Patricia Johanson
"I think artists can go to a level of vision that can often save us from a situation which seems to have no solution whatsoever." - Susan Griffin
"The portal of healing and creativity always takes us into the realm of the spirit." - Angeles Arrien
CREATIVE ACTIVISM: TAKE WHAT BREAKS YOUR HEART AND TURN IT INTO ART.
What's next for City Glitchy Parametrix
Open to improve
Built With
- oculus-gear-vr
- platforms
- vr
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