MEMEs

These are tiny 2 inch by 2 inch collages, ready to send out for the MEME people. I have about 16 of them. More than being created, these were discovered in the studio and added to with additional elements. So Jo Horswill, Jeane (yes, you get one), Luisa, Dorie, I Love Black and White, Robin in Las Vegas, 13 Moons, and Ian please send me your mailing addresses. My email is leslie avon miller @ gmail.com (remove the spaces). Once I send these off to you I will move on to larger works.

I didn't know what a meme was either, so here is what wikipedia said: A meme (pronounced /miːm/) comprises a unit or element of cultural ideas, symbols or practices; such units or elements transmit from one mind to another through speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena. The etymology of the term relates to the Greek word mimema for mimic.[1] Memes act as cultural analogues to genes in that they self-replicate and respond to selective pressures.[2]And a link to the weikipedia explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme

A link to my original MEME post is here:

I like this quote. It seems to me to be about speaking with our own artistic voice.

You learn the essential skills, how to manipulate
the brush and how to handle paint,
and you study the works of artists you admire.
After a while, though, you have to be yourself.
That's scary, but satisfying.

T. M. Nicholas

Collage and Meme

This collage is for the International Collage Exchange 2009. The lower part has more texture in the white area than shows up in the photo.

MEME:
I have had a great day; I have responded to 3 memes. I signed up with the Painted Lady at Art-i-ture, with Jo Horswill at Mystory, and with Cynjon Noah at ~ ~ Varietist Muse ~ ~. So now I will rein myself in and stop, because I will be making 15 items to give away! Except as I move my studio I am finding all kinds of cool items I have stashed and forgotten about. The potential that I already have 15 items is great. I adopted the variation of recipient’s input from Painted Lady, which I changed to be input of a color.

The first 15 people who respond to this post will get something made by me. My choice, for you. BUT with some input from you... a color request.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1. What I create will be just for you
2. I cannot guarantee you will like what I create (though I can hope!)
3. You will receive your item sometime before the end of the year
4. You will have no idea what the item is going to be but you will be allowed to add one color suggestion in your original response to this post.
5. You will have no clue what the item is going to be

The catch is you have to repost this meme and make and send out *five* surprises of your own.

Its fun! What you create could be a poem, a story, a photograph, or anything else you can think of. A babble, a bead, a bangle or cookies perhaps?