I walked into the grocery store one day and was immediately drawn to a small green piece of art. After looking suspiciously around me, I studied it closely, turned it over, and saw the name of a familiar artist. She was a local favorite of mine so I was excited to have my hands on her work. Again, I looked around, and began spinning different scenerios in my head,"hmm..." I thought, "could she have lost it? Is it some sort of self promotion, and I should leave it where I found it? Was it a gift ,left here for a friend of hers?" . Against my instinct, I left it where it was and rushed home to email her about my find, that's when I was introduced to ,"Found Art " . Wow, a way to share art with the world with no strings attached. Freedom from judgement, from money, from expectations... I have been painting for many years now, and yet , I approached my first found art piece with no paint at all-not even realizing that I'd done so until I sat down to write this. I'm eager to see what other walls will come down. I look forward to this expedition . -Oh, and when I went back the next day, Pachas piece was still there, at the store, waiting to come home with me, now it lives in my kitchen ( :

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

"envelope"


i painted a white envelope,decorated it , stamped it, filled it with things that i've been meaning to do, and set it free in hopes that someone else will have time to do them. A GUITAR PICK= everyone in my house owns, but does not play(well) a guitar, oh if i had a dime for every instructor i've taken a buisness card from , fully intending to give them a call. A PACK OF FLOWER SEEDS= everytime i see that pack in my junk drawer(one of many) i set it out so i'll remember to plant it..then i tiddy up,put it away, and find it again 4 months later, only to repeat said action. MASSAGE THERAPIST BUISNESS CARD= you can see how tattered it is, i've been carrying it around forever..seriously...years. i've met her, but never taken advantage or her services(my husband has). BACKGAMMON SCORE CARD= everynight my husband and i hope that we'll have a chance to hang out, make ourselves a drink, chat and play a game, but that rarely happens, by the time we can stop and hear ourselves think we're too tired to do anything that requires being in the upright position. BIG SCARLET BEAN RUNNER BEAN= i grew this one year, the beans are beautiful and amazingly enormous. the blooms are stunning as well. when i did grow it i plucked the beans and took pictures of my baby holding them because they were as big as she was. THE BUTTON= o.k. , who doesn't have something they need/want to mend-laundry aside. to be honest though, i picked it because the white stripes lyrics,"the hardest button to button" have been reeeling through my thoughts all day long.
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