INTERNATIONAL ART PROJECT




AN INTERNATIONAL ART PROJECT

Compared with the infinite size of the known universe and the distance between galaxies, the distance between person to person on planet Earth begins to seem microscopic! We are all closer than we realize! Even so, with six billion people and even billions more species, coupled with the exponential growth of technologies that increase our separation, it is easy to feel disconnected and alone...

This project, stemming from individual community art projects and growing into an International art project, is about sharing the moments when you felt connected to something greater than yourself... maybe to another person, an animal, the environment or to any possible interpretation of God. Someone on the other side of the planet wants to feel what you felt when you could have sworn the universe was closing in on you and maybe all you could do was squeeze the hand of the person next to you because there were no words to describe, or the moment when you wanted to scream, "Did anybody else just see that?!" Someone out there wants to know about the time when you caught a stranger's eye and you both just smiled.

This worldwide collection of moments of human connectivity are encouraged from ALL walks of life with no discrimination whatsoever. This project is an extension of myself and without knowing it is an extension of you too. The principle point is that I can't do it alone.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

September- "If for nothing else than to ask her when the picture of me in her bed, sound asleep was taken..."





Julia! I met Julia in a random way, but that's not my story. It was long after we had our time together and she became my "one who got away". Last year she had moved to Chicago and we hadn't spoken in sometime. Before she left she had a showing of her photos at a small rented out space. I walked through the makeshift gallery and before I read the placard I knew exactly which photos were hers. I felt as if there was still that connection strong enough for me to feel her eye and her aesthetic. I saw her at the other end of the space with her new boyfriend and before I could say hello I decided to bypass an awkward moment and make my exit. That night I had a dream about her. She owned a photo studio and was a well known photographer. There was a fire that spread throughout her photo studio, and in this dream I was the firefighter who put the flames out. Soon after the showing she made her move to Chicago and we lost touch. Out of the blue one day she sent me a random cordial text message asking how I was doing. In response I told her about my dream. She told me it had always been her dream to have a photo studio. I said "Well, if my dreams come true it will burn to the ground. Bittersweet." To this day she has no idea that I was at that showing and ever since, I regret not living through an awkward moment with her and her new boyfriend. If for nothing else than to ask her when the picture of me in her bed, sound asleep was taken that she included in her show.


Keith McCarthy, Chicago, Illinois


Artist- Colie Parks  Orlando, Florida
Colie's Flickr
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