Brain Pickings

05 NOVEMBER, 2009

Troika Moonshine 300

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Three random things, 300 words, a story.

Troika Moonshine 300 is a collective of writers tasked with creating 300-word stories based on three words assigned to them by another artist. Since 2007, these stories have spanned an incredibly rich range of styles, genres and voices, playing with the dynamic relationship between boundaries and creativity in the most inspired of ways.

Artist Eric Power chose to construct his story — based on the words driftwood, poncho and sacrificial — visually, in this beautifully animated short film.

Explore all the stories for a fascinating journey into the diversity of imagination.

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