Fat Lip
The best thing about living in a city with a huge art school are the finds.
Plenty of Salt
This was within the pages of an old Leonardo DaVinci library book. It was on the back of a blank spelling game copyrighted in 1936. It reads: “Dear Meg, Life, religion, art and love are experience and not topics. I like your spirit, that is why I stayed so long last night–please forget it. Bob … Continued
I Hate Art
This is from a tiny diary I found in my backyard.
Kitty
Walking into the gym, I passed this artwork laying in the gutter. Thinking maybe someone lost it, I left it there and continued on to my late-day workout. I left the gym and was surprised to see this unusual crayon drawing still in the gutter, unclaimed.
Nude Girl Painting $450
Found the list in my apartment’s parking lot. I’m not sure exactly what this is. An inventory of stolen/missing items, I guess? I really like the mix of personal, artwork, and random items included. And that while the sewing machine is underlined twice, the methadone is not.
Spilled Paint
I think whoever was on the receiving end of this note, WAS offended. I found it lying next to the bins of the studio area at the art school I attend.
Russian Portrait
I found this portrait (along with a few others) flying down a sidewalk.
It’s Not Really That Nice
I found this at Michigan State University under some bushes outside the Kresge Art Museum.
Dear Dad
I found this spiral notebook in the dumpster behind my apartment building.