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James In The Pines, Caminal (study)5x7 inches		 EXCERPT FROM SARA’S JOURNAL

March 4, 1999

Calle Conde de Barajas, Seville

Sketches Continued

In Art School we were asked to make something that manifested in our minds an "Anti-monument". I thought of an everyday object—something one wouldn’t consider celebrating. Something unmonumental monumentalized. I built a chair, replacing the seat with a box, and filled it with bedding plants. In this way I made the chair functionless, except to be enjoyed visually.

I’ve heard it said that Art shows itself when its function is sensual, like the flower-chair. A classmate of mine told me, "artists serve the emotions of the people". Aesthetic, story, and connection with others. My father, tongue in cheek, once filled the mysterious definition with, "Art is what you can get away with."

At this moment, Art is thoughtful play. Drawing is joyful. This game of keeping a journal has done something surprising to the paper-musings. Examining daily encounters, recording details that would otherwise blur into something with wind and oranges and long shadows, has magnified the omnipresent excitement of looking. In my mind, artist’s drawings are always excerpts from the Big Journal, and today mine praise me for loving my surroundings.

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No 21, Calle Conde De Barajas, Seville (study)5x7 inches

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