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Finger painting for a personal touch (literally):

 

Laser-cut tags (leaf sized and colored, great for fall):

 

Installation (can you spot them all?):

Outcome:

It was interesting to see the tags scattered on the ground days after the first installation. Weather this speaks to the success/failure of my project, or the lack of awareness in our community, or simply the strength of the wind that day, it reaffirmed my belief that artists cannot be too concerned about the outcome of their work. This is especially important in generosity based work. If the work is too controlled, tampered with or deviated from it original generous intention it makes the work self gratifying.

Project #2

I have been working on a few ideas all  focussed on note writing. I am curious specifically about notes as opposed to letters, and how the former differs from the latter. Are note less personal? do the only exist to serve a purpose?
Anonymous notes are particularly interesting as well as the reasons for which they exist. Anonymous notes can be received as angry, passive aggressive or nasty, yet, at the same time can serve as some form of release for the writer, though the writer may never see a reaction to or outcome of their note. Do people write anonymous notes out of kindness? and if so how often compared to ill intent?
One idea I have been playing with involves tagging bikes with "thank you" tags. I would cut the tags out of cardboard on the laser cutter and tie them to bikes on campus, in town, etc. One thing I am unsure about is if the laser cut cardboard is less personal then a handwritten note? and if you could still consider it a "note" without that personal element?
Here is a mock-up of what the tags might look like:

Some of them I just goofed off with to see if they'd communicate the same message.