"Living Word by Laura and William Gentry is an art project and a people project -- asking a variety of people of a variety of ages, races, occupations, and lifestyles -- what ONE word most defines them. Art is primarily about communication. This art project involves not only the original artists -- but it expands to include everyone who ever participates. The book includes black and white portraits of a wide range of people -- from the age of one to their 90s -- all wearing a plain white t-shirt of the word they feel best defines them. Brief text next to each portrait gives a sense of that individual. Look into the eyes of some fellow human beings and see a glimpse of who they are."
(Review by M. Pettit)
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Stray
Eggplant is a conceptual art project begun in 2004, by artist Laura
Gentry. Because today’s
technology makes information so readily available to us, we are
inundated with it. Words fly at us from just about everywhere. Often,
this information is contextless and difficult to process. The Stray
Eggplant
project invites viewers to look differently at the whirl of random
words that fill our existence—to contemplate our personal
responsibility to interpret this deluge of information and find focus,
meaning and hope to sustain us in this journey.
Stray Eggplant is made up of small ceramic sculptures which are sold
throughout the country in Art*o*mat
vending machines and directly to consumers at The Gentry Joint Web Store for just $10.
Each unique, hand-made sculpture contains a random phrase from our postmodern culture, pulled out of context and emblazoned upon a whimsical vegetable, the quote can be interpreted in any number of ways. The viewer, then, becomes the meaning-maker. To explore this concept, each eggplant owner is invited to send a photo and response to Laura Gentry at P.O. Box 11, Marquette, IA 52158, e-mail to strayeggplant@yahoo.com.
Here is Laura with her sixth edition of eggplants, completed in February 2007.
«Don..t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive. And than go and do that. Because what the world need is people who have come alive»: -Harold Witman
It's my great pleasure that we exchange our holy greetings for the 2nd time since we encountered here:) May the joyous bells of Christmas ring out through the Holiday Season! ...Merry MAGICAL Xmas & Bright NEW Year!!
Sincerely, Kyoko
*PS* Having met you & William was, absolutely the highlight of 2008 -- so exciting as Xmas gift:-D Thank you for coming into my real life!
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Hey STRAY EGGPLANT, I am sending you a gift. Could you please accept it.
hey its been a Zbit but i wanted to say HELLO and see how all your laughter is going. I just wanted to tell you i have decided to escape my situation and find my own HAPPINESS and LAUGHTER... I am feeling alot better...
I was up late last night blogging on Gratitude. What a surprise! (I know, I can’t help myself…) Anyway, I am inviting you to read my blog. I DARE you to do it. Trust me. It will be fun….. Loving you – as always, Barefoot
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. ” Beattie
