"The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." – Marcel Proust
"It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope..." – Dr. Seuss
“Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain." – Edward de Bono
"I like nonsense — it wakes up the brain cells." – Dr. Seuss
I've always been a sucker for a good quote. The first two above succinctly sum up the philosophy behind my rust art: finding new places is less important than discovering new things in familiar surroundings. For example, just yesterday I took a long hike/walk on the trails around my home in Reston, Virginia. These were paths I'd trod many times before, yet I still managed to find a great piece of rusted chain link fence, a cool section of a cut stump and an old weathered shipping palette with rusted nails. One of my favorite things about my rust obsession is the fact that it's made me more aware of my surroundings and given me an excuse to get out of my car and see things in a much more intimate way than I ever did before. I'd highly recommend it — even if you're not hunting for rust!
The bottom two quotes reflect my attitude towards life: that the act of finding humor in the everyday is in itself an art form. And in some weird way, making "art" from junk you find on the streets has a certain humor to it.
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