I have been tagged in a meme by Oza Meilleur, so this post today is a response to that. For any of you that don't know what a meme is all about, they are information patterns that replicate. Usually, you and I are the ones that replicate them, because information can't exactly replicate itself. It is a phrase popularized by Richard Dawkins. If you want to know more about the idea, Susan Blackmore has a TED video on her studies and theories of memes. The idea is that memes function on an evolutionary basis. Natural selection occurs when people choose to replicate patterns of information that make the most sense and fit in with other memes in use (ie if it is handy or fun you will pass the idea on to your friends).They replicate across time and space because you and I talk to each other and pass on ideas or patterns of information that work.
The information pattern for this meme is as follows;
go to the sixth page of your Flickr photostream
pick the sixth picture there
post it to your blog
tag six other bloggers
Well, I don't have 6 pages of flickr photos cause I hardly use my account there, and I couldn't even be as deep as Oza (who also didn't have 6 pages) and choose the 12th picture, because I only have 8! So my choices were irrigation sprinklers, coloured leaves or a walking path .......... I chose to go with photo number 6, trying to keep as close to the instructions as I could. I really WANTED to choose the coloured leaves, but figured that wouldn't be fair because the idea in this meme is you take what you get and work with it... and it can end up rather interesting. So....... the photo below is #6.
Here is my exciting photo #6!! A circulating sprinkler I uploaded to my Squidoo page about garden irrigation.
The next thing is to figure out how this could work into something interesting for a blog post.
The reason I uploaded it in the first place - or even TOOK the photo was that it is part of my lens on garden irrigation methods and what might be the best method for conserving water in your garden. Now THAT is an idea that should become a meme. People need to replicate the idea of "water conservation" when planning gardens! If we all did it, we wouldn't waste so much water. Which I suppose is a good tie in to the "Water's Edge" ..... and nature's connections on this blog. But the sprinkler itself is kind of a meme as well. Someone came up with the idea, created it in reality, and it has spread most everywhere that there are gardens.
Now - how can we spread the conservation idea so that it is easier than the sprinkler? Any suggestions? If you do, pass them on to all your friends and create a few memes yourself.
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