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From the altfriday5:

1. If you were going to build a temple, to whom or what would the temple be dedicated? (Hint: Don't say "me".)
Mine would be dedicated to the concept of What Works. As a matter of fact, that would be our only piece of Dogma: "If it doesn't work, make it work; if it does work, let it. If you can improve the design, do it."

2. Assuming you had infinite resources to build this temple, what would it be like? What would go on there?
Duct tape and coathangers would feature prominently, along with crows, rats, and chimpanzees. Otherwise? What Works. What I Have To Hand. What I Can Create To Do The Job. Each of the adherents would build their own little shrine, or not, depending on whether they need or have space for one. It would be a fondue pot of art and philosophy and practicality and whimsy and reason.

3. If you were going to create a new holiday, to whom or what would the holiday be dedicated? (Hint: Don't say "me".) &
4. How would that holiday be celebrated?
The High Church of What Works would observe the birthdays (and if applicable, death dates) of its saints in ways suitable to the saint in question. Tim Gunn, for example, could be celbrated by trying to make a project both Work and Be Aesthetically Pleasing. Thomas Edison could be honoured by dusting off a cast-off project and making every conceivable mistake on it until Something Works. Galileo, by smiling in the face of authority and mouthing what they want to hear so they'll leave you alone to Figure Out How Something Works. Thomas Paine, for those of a political bent, by poking government to become more nearly Something That Works.

Adherents would be asked to compose their own list of Saints, since What Works for one of us might not for another, and to remember them daily.

5. If someone was going to build a temple or dedicate a holiday to you, what would it be like?
See above, only more string, fewer coathangers, more crows and fewer chimps. And the fastest internet connexion physically possible. And bookshelves. Think reference library+machine shop+Dave McKean. :D