TINSELL AND WHIMSY: June 2011

Wow.......is what I have to say .......when finally I notice something so obvious, something that has been right there in front of me all the time, and I thought it was only my idea, or thought. Such is the idea I had titled Random Acts of Art for a Desolate World. One day when I was walking up my front steps looking at the air vents in my foundation, I thought wouldn't it be great if you could see art in unexpected places........like inside the vents. When I found out ............duh......that Random Acts of Art is already a concept embraced by many I felt like that little sixth grader, who long ago ran up to their teacher and showed him what I thought was a brillant idea. He looked at me with his one eye (his other was glass) and remarked something like this.......Susan, there are not many new or unique ideas in the world.....mostly there are only ideas that have been re-invented. Man, that was hard to take thinking any ideas I may have in the future would only be the "backwashed" thoughts of others. I am not sure I really subscribe to this belief, because after all don't we all think we are something special, and that what we do, think and feel is just like the first time ever for any of these things. So, with that being said......... and sort of sincerely beliving I am all that.......here are some plain old random art visions..........with no rhyme or reason........which is how it should be in art. There should be no rhyme or reason for any art you see, or create ......otherwise it would be craft.....and strictly for a utilitarian purposes. Following are some random works of art........some created by me and some photos by others......but then if you believe my sixth grade teacher......we all had a hand in the creation of everything, as it was always there before us.