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Pack Rat

I confess I’m a little bit of a pack rat.

No sooner do I write those words than I head to a dictionary for the actual definition of a pack rat and the difference between a pack rat and a hoarder.

pack rat: a person who collects or keeps things that are not needed. Well, maybe I’m not a pack rat after all. I keep things precisely because they are useful; they will be needed.

Then I see this: Pack rats insist they keep things because they will need them.

Oh.

 A hoarder gets things to satisfy a subconscious need to just have more stuff.

Well, I can say unequivocally that I am not a hoarder.

Maybe I’m an entry level pack rat. Particularly in my studio.

In any case, these mental peregrinations are no more than an overlong introduction to today’s CutUp whose creation comes from giving myself the challenge of using the snippets that fell away as I cut shapes from a particular piece of hand-painted collage paper in the process of making two earlier CutUps.

He Brought Home Blue Milk of Magnesia Bottles,
Broken Bits of Colored Pottery, Even Pieces of Broken Mirrors
2.5 x 3.5″; acrylic, ink, and collage on card stock
CutUp
2024

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7 responses to “Pack Rat”

  1. imajenationgmailcom Avatar
    imajenationgmailcom

    this piece is soothing to me…I immediately take a relaxing breath just looking at it. 😁 as usual, the title just blows me away! 

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      Dotty Seiter

      oooo, love hearing that this CutUp is soothing—just came in from local rush hour traffic in the rain following a medical appointment. Having you say soothing and redirect my attention to my own art for its soothingness is PERFECT.

      And thanks for touting my title! Always fun : )

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    Sheila Marie Delgado

    Possibilities. 🙂 I have some of those old bottles. Two different sizes I think. Wow, it’s been a long time since I have see them. Hmm. 🙂

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      Dotty Seiter

      Yup, possibilities!

      Totally loving that you have some of those old bottles, Sheila!!!

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        Sheila Marie Delgado

        I am a fool for cobalt blue. Hahaha

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    Joyful Puttering

    I smiled all the way through reading this post. I KNOW I’m a pack rat. Love this little snippets piece.  

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      Dotty Seiter

      How could a dyed-in-the-wool pack rat par excellence such as yourself not love this little snippets piece??! I thought of you as I created this piece, knowing you’d totally know how much fun it was for me.

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In 2014, I grab an unexpected opportunity to paint.

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I get hooked.

In 2015 I start a blog—a diary of my life as an artist.

I post my paintings and their stories. The good, the bad, the ugly.

My compass points: bust through fear, be playful, get messy, trust my gut.

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