Thursday, April 9, 2009




This fucking hilarious. If i ever found this i would probably shit my pants. But on a serious note how creepy would it be to find a note like this pinned to your car windshield. I'm going to be straight up and say that i have admired people from a far, i'm pretty sure we all have... but who acts on it like this?....yeah someone thats crazy-thats for sure. So, here's a question..obviously for myself because i am the only one reading this... is this "foundmagazine" an artistic site? are the notes pieces of art... i'm only asking this because honestly- it's assigned in art history class, so it's my duty to find an artistic connection. I hope my few readers aren't judging me at this point. Anyways, ONWARD. The act of finding objects is a very curious thing. Everywhere one goes , one is expsed to thousands of interesting objects and as in this case- crazyyy things. Does taking these things and putting them onto the web act as an catalyst into an artistic exploration? hm, possibly. I really think this breaks down into the age old question of "what is art"? Art, I feel is a very personal thing. i think depending on the person, "actual art" can be considered to be merely based on technique, or in some cases it could be more a broad practice, based on conceptual and pure expression. If art is based on the acts of expressing ones self, then couldn't it be said that posting notes and photos found that contain private snippets be considered an act of expression? I feel like i am not expressing this clearly. Art is a way of expressing ones self and so is writing, thus, if you take personal written notes and post them online, for people to view would that be considered an artistic practice? In my opion...not so much. Not to say that i have a narrow minded view on what art is, i just feel that you need some type of harnessing of technical skills and conceptual ideas. I feel that forgoing all types of technical skills undermines the act of creating. I guess thats my personal opinion. Anyways, all in all i hope i wasn't tooo vague. sorry if i was- sometimes i have a hard time conveying my thoughts.

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