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A few weeks ago, I commented on Gatochy's blog about being inspired by one of her posts about a collage artist who has her own blog, called Scrapatorium. I mentioned that I would post some of my artwork here on my blog, since I too enjoy collage. Of course, mine are nowhere NEAR as cool as the great ones at Scrapatorium, but then we both have different styles. I'm still debating whether or not to post my (in retrospect) very lame "book" that I made for bookmaking class. It was a big hit at the time (though some found it "disturbing"...feh...pussies). The assigment was to incorporate images of ourself into a book ABOUT ourself. My work has never been what one would consider "upbeat," so looking at the individual pages now, they all seem to be screaming "I'm suicidal and I wish I were dead!" If it's something you wanna see, lemme know and I'll scan 'em. Either way, it's no big deal.

I don't generally name my artwork, unless I must (as was the case when I was in college), nor do I generally "explain" it. It seemed like every time I displayed my collages or showed people my portfolio, they inevitably wanted to know why I used this particular image, or why I chose the images that I did, etc. I like to leave it up to the viewer's imagination. It can be whatever you want it to be. It can mean whatever you want it to mean. At the risk of sounding pretentious, that's just how I feel when it comes to art "interpretation." I've been around way too many "artists" who take themselves waaaaay too seriously and feel compelled to come up with some long-winded, cathartic (a word once used by one of my professors to describe by artwork!), faux-deep explanation. It is what it is.

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