Zuzanna Stempska — an artist, a writer, an educator, a researcher, a magician, and above all, a stick enthusiast.
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1. Sticks can become anything.
2. The stick started before we found it.
3. A stick can be a tool.
4. A stick can provide support.
5. Sticks are important.
6. Sticks are useful.
7. Sticks are utilitarian.
8. No two sticks are the same.
9. Each stick is unique and unrepeatable.
10. You're not allowed to have a favorite stick.
11. Sticks can be anywhere.
12. The stick is not used to take over space.
13. Not every stick found is ready to be seized.
14. The stick may go missing unexpectedly.
15. The stick may be carried away by the stream.
16. The stick can be taken by a bird.
17. The stick can go away on its own.
18. The stick may break.
19. The stick may crack.
20. The stick may crumble.
21. The stick may rot.
22. The stick may be damaged.
23. You have to think about sticks.
24. You can receive a stick as a gift.
25. You can give a stick as a gift.
26. You can offer a stick to the world.
27. You can leave the stick somewhere outside.
28. A stick can be thrown away but come back.
29. The stick doesn't end when you put it down.
30. You must not throw the stick into the garbage.
31. A stick is not garbage even if it lies next to the garbage can.
32. A stick can come to life.33. The life present on a stick must not be ignored.
34. Stick may have his own thoughts which it will never
share with anyone or anything.
35. A stick doesn't feel emotions.
36. You can collect sticks.
37. A stick can be worshiped as a magical object.
38. One can attribute divine meaning to a stick.
39. A stick can be an object of worship.
40. You can draw with a stick.
41. You can throw a stick to a dog.
42. You can take ownership of the stick.
43. A stick can be ugly.
44. The stick can cause pain.
45. You must not use a stick to harm someone or something.
46. You must not use the stick against life.
47. The stick always remains impartial.
48. You can get angry with a stick.
49. A stick can be scary.
50. The stick can be processed.
51. Each stick has a limited material patience.
52. You can immerse the stick in various media.
53. You can cover the stick with various media.
54. You can cut a stick.
55. You can strip the bark off a stick.
56. You can engrave something on a stick.
57. You can carve something into a stick.
58. A stick can be a support.
59. A stick can be part of a larger whole.
60. The stick can work on its own.
61. You must not pay a stick.
62. The stick does not provide ready-made answers.
63. Stick can be picky.
64. Sticks must not be called twigs, sticks, etc.
65. The stick can be used for writing.
66. The stick can tell stories itself.
67. Sticks have memories.
68. Sticks must not be deprived of their typical character.
69. The stick may do absolutely nothing.
70. A stick can be stupid.
71. A stick may be smarter than us.
72. The stick can become a decoration.
73. A stick may not want to be part of something bigger.
74. We must not promise things to a stick
that we do not understand.
75. The stick is a form of thinking beyond language.
76. The stick can be the center of a situation of not being
the center of attention.
77. The stick likes to be carried for no reason.
78. If the stick falls out of your hand,
the decision is up to the stick.
79. The stick immediately detects falsehood.
80. A stick can be perfect for pointing to something.
81. The stick may be the wrong direction.
82. The stick may be forgotten in your pocket.
83. You can throw a stick into the fire.
84. The stick may be burned.
85. The stick can be used to stir water in a puddle.
86. A stick can only exist in our head.
87. The stick can be invented.
88. The stick may not fit anywhere.
89. The stick may be useless.
90. A stick may look like a stick but not be a stick.
91. A stick can pretend to be a stick.
92. We must not expect more from a stick
than what it can become.
93. You must not threaten a stick.
94. You must not damn a stick.
95. You must not curse a stick.
96. You can make friends with a stick.
97. Stick can listen.
98. A stick can understand.
99. You can trust a stick.
100. You can become a stick.
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