Trash, Trash and more ...

I had collected trash yesterday, but didn't have time to make "something" of the debris. I luckily caught Meggan before she tossed the bag into the dumpster. Whew, just in time!

Suki and I wandered the park this morning, dodging the riding mowers. It IS nice that the city takes responsibility for watering and mowing the park; too bad the folks who benefit from it don't clean up after themselves.

But, the purpose of this blog isn't a social commentary, it's about photography. I suppose if I'm deliberately picking up trash and making something out of it, I am, in fact, making some kind of comment; maybe just advocating recycling of an odd sort. I mean, after I make the "thing," I proceed to throw away the debris, except the pennies and dime I found. I also found a cool computer chip thingy, which I'll see if I can incorporate into a piece of jewelry or something. See! I AM recycling!

Here are Trash Collection II and III:



Cig Butts, Glass Shards, Wicker Mat Remains




Broken Glass Shards, Cig Butts, Wicker Mat




Trashy Components



And Project 365 Photographs:

Recycled and Project 365

Sunshine today!!!!! Huzzah!

Today's photograph is a detail of a glass sculpture installation by San Jose, CA artist Marta Thoma at the Lighthouse Point Water Reclamation facility in Blaine, WA. I love the swirls of aluminum and all of the bottles and the blue blown glass "droplet!" I understand her intent was to demonstrate nature's hydrological cycle. The entire installation is beautiful, but I wanted to highlight the motion of this part of Thoma's sculpture.