Recycled Art Projects

Art and the Environment

Artists are interesting people.  They can be at once self indulgent and opulent souls, and also people who care deeply about the human condition and the world in which we live.  I do not think it is a far stretch to assume that most of them are green at heart, perhaps with a tempered streak of environmental activism that could be detected in any of their works.  This is because artists express:  they convey messages from deep within themselves in a form that is more ancient than the spoken word.  The things that they “say” with their paints and drawing pencils and pens, or their sculptures, jewelry, or woven patterns, often hit deeper notes and tones than the words people speak.  This is why art appeals to us an almost primal level.  We seldom fully understand why we are drawn to a certain work, or repelled by another.  The appreciation of art is a mysterious good appropriate to human beings, and without it, we would not be fully who and what we are.  As artists have become more conscious of their own feelings towards the environment, and of our feelings about their feelings, more recycled art projects are appearing in museums around the globe.  You might not recognize them as such, but they are everywhere.

Finger Painting

The older we all get somehow the creativity and imagination seem to fade away. The phrase “I wish I had an imagination like that” tend to come out of our mouths more and more. When did your creativity and imagination being to fade away? Was it when you began to work? Got busy? Started a family? Or some other excuse? How about when did your creativity begin?