I intended to finish up my exploration of the imagery of art of dying by passing out these pins I had made of a pressed flower and obituary page on these hand cut and stamped coffin shapped business cards. The pins took far longer than expected, so here they are, ready to be launched into coffee shops and other places I frequent hopefully to be found by unsuspecting folks going about their day.
It’s a lot to ask of any creative endeavor to “make a people think” so I will send these off with a prayer to just help folks pause and possibly just be blessed by a gift.
I have written as much as I think I will for now about the art of the dying but this site has several expressions of the imagery of fading flowers, wilting grass and flying time. There are a couple of bigger pieces and while I continue to be fascinated by the works of Holbien the younger and his Dance of the Dead wood cuts and other such works of art, and while I have some more ideas along the same path I am pretty excited about exploring what’s before me, “Family Curse” and expect to spend a good amount of time working on that theme, as well as some other projects in the coming months.
I hope to revisit the art of dying themes next fall for Day of the Dead, but for now this is where I rest from this series.
Patrick
on Jan 18th, 2010
@ 7:02 PM:
Hi !
I work at the Starbucks at the corner of Shelbyville and Hurstbourne. Whenever we find the little pieces of art you leave for us, everyone in the store knows to save them for me, as I collect them.
I actually wore one of the pins you left for us on my apron today.
I’d love to see more of the pieces you’ve done!! Say hello next time.. I’m the one with the wild hair, black apron, and tattoos.
-Patrick.
qwerty
on Jan 18th, 2010
@ 10:39 PM:
Patrick thank you so much for your kind words and enthusiasm! I’ll be sure to look for you next time I am in and will introduce myself.
~qwerty
Jasmine
on Jan 22nd, 2010
@ 5:37 PM:
Qwerty, thank you so much for the pin you gave me. As a fellow child of Christ I understand how hard it is to tell people to stop and smell the roses. But what your doing with these pins is a cool and great way to spread the word and make people understand. I hope your blessed by the wonderful things he is doing for you just like you had blessed me.
Love always,
Jasmine