what is 'the 100th monkey'?
Scientists studying monkey behavior on an island trained each newborn to wash sand off buried yams before they ate them.
They wondered when the parents would learn from the babies to wash the yams - but it wasn’t happening.
The scientists kept training each newborn and it took teaching 100 babies before the parents caught on and began washing their yams too.
This is called critical mass: The scales tipped and suddenly all monkeys were washing yams before they ate them, including monkeys on nearby islands.
The 100th monkey can be an ordinary person--not the most outstanding one in the community. The idea is that once an idea gains the acceptance and is practiced consciously by at least 100 people, it seems to take on a life of its own and become disseminated broadly as if by quantum leaps.
Tacoma 100th Monkey was the monkey genius of Lynn DiNino and as expected our 100th Monkey Events have gained total acceptance of the art community in Tacoma. Attendance is now exceeding 300 at times. What do you do at a 100th Monkey event? Hopefully you show up - on the night we post, at the location we post, with monkey finger food, wine and several of your friends. You could the the next 100th Monkey if you purchase the winning tile!
Our Amazing Monkey Founder - Lynn DiNino
Lynn is the idea person behind the famous Tacoma art projects such as the RED DOOR, the First Night Figure Head Roll and the Suitcase Sightings, involving 125 local artists matched with 125 businesses. Lynn designed a Face West Sculpture for the Tall Ships. Click on her pic to visit her website and learn more or talk to Lynn!
