We invite individual visual and performing artists, writers, bookstores, book clubs, brave non-profit or government organizations and other individuals or groups across the USA to independently “flood the zone” with creativity, for Create to Liberate, Saturday, April 19, 2025.
Think of the following idea as a pilot light for the creative fire within you (if yours needs to be lit.)
Create to Liberate Idea No. 6
You may like the idea of organizing a pop-up gossip event on April 19 with cups of tea, outlandish hats, and deep-dish dishing.
It’s theatre. It’s scuttlebutt. It’s tattle tea.
Create to Liberate
In 1773, American colonists, frustrated with the king, dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. They were protesting punitive taxation policies from the British monarchy.
The Boston Tea Party became a pivotal event that led up to the start of the American Revolution on April 19, 1775.
That is why we are encouraging creatives across the USA to stage their own revolutionary but innovative acts of resistance and creative liberty on April 19, 2025.
Hat’s a clever idea!
Tea has long been a symbol of hospitality, comfort, and social interaction, making it a rich subject for literature and history.
For example, one absurd and illogical scene in Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” has come to be known as the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.
Some interpretations suggest that the tea party is a satire of social norms and etiquette. The repetitive nature of the tea party, with the constant changing of seats and unfinished tea, provided commentary on the rigidity and emptiness of social customs.
Abbetuck believes the Mad Hatter’s tea party also provides commentary on the absurd and empty political dynamics of 2025.
Especially with so many red hats in circulation.
Spill the tea!
Tea in “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen and “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde provided opportunities to build relationships, share gossip or divulge secret information.
With the individuals in this U.S. President’s Cabinet, goodness knows there is enough material to keep the tea pouring … especially if you are gathering at a public venue or sitting in the back row of a congressional town hall meeting.
Spill the beans. Give the lowdown. Tell the 411.
It will just drive them mad to overhear all the deets.
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