Mrs Metaphor

Having spent 18 years in Chicago I can appreciate the subtlety of Sleepy Urbanite.
The gist of this site is that a chicago area artist spends time documenting the urban setting using the digital camera on her phone.

She has 4 galleries to date of her work online, Sleepy Urbanite, Urban Heiroglyphics, Blue City and Found Art but the one which has been receiving the most action is the Sleepy Urbanite exhibit.
The Chicago-based indie muscian and formally trained artist has moved past letting her eye wander to her snoozing fellow CTA riders and has actually compiled a collection of photos she had taken with her phone for all to peruse.
In her words:

“this series was born out of my fascination with the morning train ride to work. i found myself amazed by all of the different faces….the long stares out the windows… people are dreaming all around you on the train. the train, where we are all crammed in, but also so isolated. if you find yourself in this photos, apoligies for the intrusion. if you do not find yourself in these photos, apologies for the oversight.”

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Needless to say, this has caused something of a stir…is it legal? is it moral? is it art?

Personally, I am quite taken with the beauty of these images. I find this to be a noble artistic endeavor, worthy of a look and a comment or two. Be forewarned that you may have some strong feelings that crop up around this. Your assignment, dear readers, is to look as though you are in a small gallery on the near west side of Chicago. You have the opportunity to ask this artist questions in her blog. She does respond and she does seem to care what you think of her work…although she is firm in her foundational thinking as a visual artist. She has reasons for doing what she does.

I would invite you to visit and ASK QUESTIONS…rather than place judgements. I know, I know, we all have opinions, that is what makes this free speech of ours such a gift in this country and YET, can we reserve our highly sought after opinion in favor of gaining a little more wisdom in the process?

Before posting, ask yourself your motivations…seek wisdom, not self glory…this is the crux of great art.

I’m beginning to post a series of reviews this week on Blogs of Note.

These are blogs and sites I’ve stumbled upon that I think might be of interest to the typical Mrs Metaphor reader.

Hope you enjoy them…please feel free to comment and even offer up your own suggestions for blogs Mrs Metaphor might frequent if only she knew of them.

peace
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