Diary of an artwork (excerpt)

by Laura Peck

15 May 2023: My next challenge is an opportunity. This collage, stamps on cradle board, was not chosen by the Jury of the Juried Show in Williamstown.

I hate waste, I love stamps. I need to do something. 
Will I succeed in making it more appealing to the eyes and to the heart? 

Second chance, second life, a better title too.

Sapristi, pense l’artiste, qui comprend la décision du jury ne pas avoir été choisie.

Saisit la chance, pense l’activiste, qui s’en retourne à ses sources, ravie.

June 12 What’s the title? Asked Yvonne

What’s in a title by the way?

Is it a thought or a thing? An emotion or an invitation? A perception or a provocation?

I let the work sit on the bench for a while – as I would bread – 

Unlike bread, it did not rise itself

I had to forage through a lot of stamps, blue, green or red

Before my fingers finally found the ones, the chosen.

The bench was messy and chaotic yet never confusing

And like bread, it took shape under my astonished eyes

And it led to three other pieces

And I liked what I saw.

But then… the title

Following my rule of shorter is better – when it comes to title – 

This is the sequence I wrote down words to get it – see the last on the list.

I am curious to know which one you prefer. Please leave a comment. 

1. Why do you care
2. La beauté des laids
3. Where’s the intruder
4. The ugly intruder
5. The pretty intruder
6. Le beau, le laid, l’amoureux
7. L’amour, toujours 

[Ed. Re jurying. What doesn’t get into one show may win at the next, it is a subjective art!]

Pssst, you. Yeah you! Share your creative activities! Send JPG image(s) to cagac.ca@gmail.com with a few words telling us what moved you to produce . . . something!  Share how creativity affects your life. Please include title & media for each image.