In the pursuit of artistic opportunities, there can be many avenues. Different media, different concepts, and different methods of putting those two together. Artists across the globe have defined processes and creative outlets that they use to astound, dismay, and offend.
And then there is me.
Being the kind of person I am, I like to observe things. I watch people, I count birds, I pick up thing from the ground that most people walk right on by (like nuts and bolts. No one picks those up, but I do!). I try to find interest or beauty or humor in anything I see, and it has served me well so far. Observing in such a way has indeed led to interesting art projects and funny sketches.
Which brings me to this morning.
In the shower.
With a bunch of hair.
Everyone knows the experience- well, females with longish hair mostly- your washing your hair, you rinse, you come away with a bunch of hair strands in your hand from wherever the heck they were hiding on your scalp.
If you are me, you stick it on the shower wall until you are done, then roll it up into a 'hair bug' (my mothers term) and toss it.
Not today!
Today, I realized I had an opportunity to play around with this hair. Everyone has done that before, right? Swirling hair all over the walls to see how it moves and comes into lines that can be so easily disrupted by a stray splash of water, right? Right?
Well, maybe its just me, dearest reader.
In any case, I took some time playing with the hair schmeared (not a word, but one I say) over my showers tile wall and came up with a bit of a portrait. I am not very good at portraits, so I think you will agree that it is not pretty. I added some things here and there, but I still think it is not going to get into the Modern any time soon...
Yours, the artist
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