A Luther Lens on Berkeley: Pieces.

Collaging. If you know me at all, you know that this is something that I loooove to do. I've probably mooched some magazines off of you at some point in time (and if I haven't, feel like sending some old magazines to Berkeley?? I'd totally take them! Or better yet, come visit me and bring them!).

Collaging is fun because it essentially is organizing pieces of paper together to make something new. I oh so enjoy organization. I also love finding ways to creatively put things together; I like to think that I am able to capture feelings in my collages. I especially like to collage for my friends because then I get to attempt to capture their personality (try combining a teenage-like dirty humor and extreme thoughtfulness/melancholy on an 8x10 piece of paper....yea my brother is hard to pin down). I've made some collages that I've been really proud of and some that I cringe at; some take over three hours while others take fifteen minutes. But mostly I enjoy doing it because it's cathartic and helps me get through the every day stresses.

I was talking with a lovely, talented artist friend (shout out to Celestie!) and she urged me to post my collages. Truth is, I don't consider them art pieces because they seem simplistic to me (I mean, I've had four year olds make collages at church camp and they were pretty damn good at it). But that's my own limitation and judgement talking; collaging is one of my mediums as an artist. Because I am an artist. (Maybe if I say it enough times I'll believe it....)