Whirl-Mart
posted by Kong on July 6, 2002
"Whirl-Mart is an anti-shopping ritual in which a local troupe gathers and silently pushes empty shopping carts through the aisles of a local superstore...it combines the best aspects of activism, performance and meditation in one graceful statement."
There's a good article on these guys in the new Austin Chronicle.
Understandably their protest/meditation confuses a lot of shoppers, and store managers feel threatened.
I think it's beautiful. Doing a walking meditation in a zen center is nice, but doing it with a shopping cart in a Wall-Mart is brilliant.