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"Question Mark" is a new sculpture created by Rosario Marquardt and Roberto Behar and funded through a gift from the Madison Public Library Foundation. Photo by library staff.
do people still see?
how much do people turn a blind eye to?
is there any beauty at all in junk?
what happens to the things we throw away?
how much of the world do we NOT see?
do we still live?
how much potential can there possibly be in garbage?
in unwanted things,
in the mundane,
in the quotidian?
does potential ever disappear, diminish?
how about beauty?
does that have a limit?
can it exist without meaning?
does the ordinary hold a secret that we have to discover?
does it have something to tell us?
are we listening?
how do we hear it?
what does it sound like?
does anyone still listen?
how is it that significance can be diminished?
is there still significance in soemething that’s been thrown away?
is it true that one man’s junk is another man’s treasure?
is kitsch really what they say it is?
should sentimentality be a part of art if no one’s going to see it anyway?
is there a line that artists cross to go from thoughtful & introspective to just plain pretentious?
is kitsch even real?
does art have a universal standard?
is art saying anything?
is meaning vital in a piece of art?
is it possible to get rid of meaning?
does art need a message?
what fuels art?
is there meaning in a piece of half-eaten burnt toast,
or a burnt house,
or a torn piece of paper,
or shards of broken glass,
or flattened aluminum cans,
or frayed pages of a book?
how about the space under a chair?
or a half-open window,
or the friction in stacked chairs,
or the space between a ball point of a pen and a blank surface of paper,
or the crossed-out words in a manuscript draft?
maybe there’s meaning in a door left ajar,
and the little crevasses in a sandwich bite,
and the creases in a bedsheet you’ve just woken up from,
and the heat on a chair that’s just been stood up from?
maybe there’s meaniing in the crossed out days in a calendar?
or the ticked boxes on checklists?
maybe the blurred movement in a photograph has something to say?
would the marks on a pavement have stories to tell?
maybe if it had the little breadcrumbs from that sandwich with a bite?
and if it was bought with one of the aluminum cans flattened?
recognition lies in relationships, can it be thus said?
and is it so that significance comes with that recognition?
so is the question then HAVE PEOPLE FORGOTTEN?
have they lost sight because they cannot recognize?
do they still remember when they first saw the world?
do these things become invisible or are they just overlooked?
can we still go back to when we remembered?
can someone show us the way back?
are these people the ones who thrive in the mundane, ordinary things?
the ones who collect the quotidian?
and what do they do with it?
do they give it a new home so it can breathe again?
do we need to be collected & put in a new home to breathe & be remembered?
will the world still exist without the quotidian?
will we still live without remembering the quotidian?
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(the first task on our checklist said to accomplish a title for our contextual study. “better if it is posed as a question,” it said. i took that quite literally and drew two big question marks, not paying much attention to the near future of finishing it and figuring out what to do next. and then a question popped up in my head. and another. and another. and about fifty more. i just kept going until it filled up.)
"Question Mark" is a new sculpture created by Rosario Marquardt and Roberto Behar and funded through a gift from the Madison Public Library Foundation. Photo by library staff.
I was not only excited to see this one, but photograph it as well. It must have stayed in position for 10-15 seconds allowing me to get off several shots. Photographed in the Dixon Gardens of Memphis, Tennessee. ~ view large
That title doesn't mean I wonder what type of butterfly it is - it is actually called a Question Mark or the specific classification is:
Polygonia interrogationis
They are a Question Mark because of a small marking on the underside of there wings that actually looks like a question mark. They even have a cousin that looks pretty similar that is called a Comma - and you can guess why. I have several pictures of Question Marks - because they have a habit of spreading their wings - like the one in the picture - and sunning themselves. It makes for a easy photo opportunity.
Beskrivning: Växter och man med ett frågetecken istället för huvud
Stifts- och landsbiblioteket i Skara, Gustaf Sandströms exlibrissamling (bildnr 7032)
Este es el nombre de la mariposa "Question Mark", "Interrogación" en español, se supone que debajo de cada ala, se pude ver este signo dibujado.
Esta es otra especie que hace mucho tiempo yo no veia, y más me sorprendió verla a principios de enero y con toda le vegetación seca!!!
Se parece mucho a esta otra especie: la mariposa hoja
Aujourd'hui, les membres de we're here essaient de capturer les points d'interrogation pour question mark
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"Question Mark" is a new sculpture created by Rosario Marquardt and Roberto Behar and funded through a gift from the Madison Public Library Foundation. Photo by library staff.
This garphiti overt a trunk tree pop up an old story by Shel Silverstein www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TZCP6OqRlE
Subject for Monthly teaching article posted on our website. I am redesigning the site so I am trying to develop a way of graphically dealing with the article subjects for the front page.