DailyPhoto 02-21-09 (old stuff)
Saturday February 21, 2009.
Today my mom and I went through a giant pile of things I had left in their basement. Mostly old artwork- a lot from art school, but also some from high school and even elementary school. This is a woodcut that I know I made in Mr. Adams’ evening art class, so it must have been either 4th or 5th grade. It’s one of the nicer things I found- there was a lot of horrible crap. But I firmly believe that you sometimes need to work your way through some horrible crap to get to anything good. I kept some things, mostly things I can recycle into something new. I was surprised to find myself so very unsentimental about all my old artwork. We ended up with a giant pile for the dumpster, and it was strangely cathartic getting rid of stuff, although I did photograph almost everything. I’m considering posting some of it here, just for laughs. I also brought home a giant bag full of about 75lbs of sketchbooks and journals full of miscellaneous teen angst- those will be headed for the shredder soon! Thanks mom for all your help!
You’re most welcome!