I consider Thank You Art to be the artistic collision of random things that happen in nature and/or within a structure, creating art/beauty/curiosity where you least expect it. One example is the nifty little rainbows I find on our house steps and hallway when the sun shines through the refracted view of the glass on our front door.
This one involves this bag that sits on my dresser, though unfortunately, you can’t view it. One morning around 6:30, my wife asks, “Do you see that on the bag?” And I do. It can’t be easily replicated because both of us are visually impaired enough that we can’t read the words ‘Thank You’ on the bag, which is only four or five feet away.
However, we can see a peculiar gold field that is disrupted by some flickering light. The dresser is to our left. On the ceiling above our heads is the ceiling fan, which creates an effect as the light from outside comes in with the new day.
It was wonderful, in large part because it was a random convergence of events that I wish I could have taped or photographed, but I couldn’t even replicate it. Nor should I want to, I think.
That said, what I do like about the photo is the uneven distribution of the light on the gold lettering and the shadow of the handle on the bag.
By the way, the bag itself was a giveaway at my niece, Markia’s, and her husband, Brandon’s, wedding on April 12th. It’s a nice bag and features some interesting writings to read.
Jaquandor
Kelly would understand. He noted, actually after I wrote the above, though I hadn’t posted it, “it was like the car in front of me was driving on rainbows.” He opined, “Light doesn’t just shine. It dances and bobs and weaves and flits and does all that kind of Carl Sandburg stuff.”