Junk Mail Art: the child, alone
Jane Dougherty’s microfiction painting inspiration this week was a child, seemingly left alone with some toys in the crib or playpen…
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- - July 28, 2016
method two madness 
Somehow sinister. I don’t know how it comes across but there is an overtone of bad things to come. Maybe it’s the excess ….
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I think there’s always a bit of ambiguity built into these. But no doubt about the excess…
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Yes. I think it’s the juxtaposition of SO MANY TOYS and one little baby that gives me the idea of the baby as megalomaniac. (I may need to step up my news blackout regarding politics, I think.)
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We can’t escape the political overtones of anything right now.
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I love what you did with this prompt! I’m not sure if it looks sinister or just that trouble is going to happen. The baby in the collage looks like a mischief-maker. 🙂
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Definitely trouble.
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Always love your junk mail art! Wow the plaintive look on the child’s face in that painting, so expressive.
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Thanks Laura. Jane does manage to find the most expressive and evocative paintings to work with.
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But does it really work? More to thoughtfully ponder.
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Yes, it’s a good question!
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I see trouble brewing!
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I think you are right!
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very interesting ….
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Yes, who knows what toddlers are really thinking, right?
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oh so true! haha
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That is really the only question that interests intelligent kids. This one has got a lot of material to test, should keep him quiet for a while.
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I remember too much quiet as being something to investigate…
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That is the downside. Constant check ups required.
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Very cool… though provoking. Too much stuff for one little child these days.
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It’s amazing how much one child can accumulate…
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