Tea Party

Chaos:

The above image is a work of art designed to show the beauty of order and chaos intermingled, a beauty which was all too apparent this past Saturday at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party Bump hosted in PAR. The event itself was delightful, and resembled the chaos of the literary episode superbly. People shuffled in confused, just as Alice was confused and unsure, shown by her thought upon approaching the March Hare's residence that "Suppose it should be raving mad after all? I almost wish I'd gone to see the Hatter instead!" (Carroll, 67). Nobody knew what was going on, least of all the performers, it was absolutely delightful. The repeated renditions of the scene gave truth to the statement of the Hatter that "it's always tea-time, and we've no time to wash the things between whiles." (Carroll, 74). I had a blast, in fact listening to those two little girls laugh at us may well stand as the highlight of this entire semester. The entire thing was great, and crazy, and will stand in my mind as an excellent memory of this class, especially watching people file out slowly, all the more confused for the entire episode, much like Alice, yet each "looked back once or twice, half hoping that they would call after" (Carroll, 76). Oh, and below I've posted a side by side of Conrad and the Mad Hatter, in appreciation of his excellent and hilarious performance, he did an excellent job and made the entire thing smooth and entertaining, props to you Conrad!