QUOTE OF THE DAY

"This is my art and it is dangerous!"
- Delia Deetz, Beetlejuice

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Shoe Tossing


I think this is where I part ways with these particular work. I tried so hard to add other images when it turned out that anything else took away from the focal point.

I've done some research on shoe tossing and I still have no idea what it means. On the lighter side, it could mean an adolescent rite of passage like graduating. On the darker side, it could signify a death and that these specific shoes belong to the deceased. Other explanations include the location of a crack house, practical jokes, and just human instinct to leave their mark.

Whatever myth you choose to believe in, the bottom line is that only the shoe thrower knows why they are hanging upon the wires.

It is this simple idea that intrigues me most.

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