Letter From Paris: Thrown Away

The Lone Wolf and I were walking home on a beautiful Paris evening.  The Paris twilight now lasting till about 10:00 P.M. with a breezy temperature.  These are the evenings that bring people out like raindrops in a shower, dropping into all our cafés.

So we were just a couple of blocks from home when we found this poor little guy thrown away:

One never knows what she will find on Parisian streets, and I mean this in a good way.  A couple of weeks ago our landlord carried home a beautiful wooden plant stand with an Art Nouveau design carved into it. 

Why would someone throw this away?  At least, set it on the street for someone to discover as a new treasure--and not a piece of trash.

Look at the face of this hot dog/cool cat.  He looks alive, and I felt like a living being had been dumped into the garbage.  There is a reason for anthropomorphism.  My buddy here is one good example. 

L.W. and I always put things on the street that we don't want, and someone inevitably comes along and picks them up, usually in a matter of minutes.  People scavenge anything.  This is the way of the urban hunter-gatherer.

This little guy could have made a little boy or girl--or hipster--very happy. 

Recycle it.  

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Quick note:

Gallerist Louise Brody has chosen another boffo show for her former Picasso abode  Atelier 7 with the photos of Yasmin Al-Ani Spence who lives in London.

Spence was born in 1968, in Hamburg, to a German mother and an Iraqi father. In the mid-70s the family moved first to Iraq and then to Vienna, Austria. Both cultures left a deep impression on the photographer that would later influence her work and understanding of space, art and architecture.  The detail she captures in every day images is wonderful.

Photo of Yasmin Al-Ani Spence's photo (that I loved)

Be there or be square. 

to visit atelier 7

during exhibition events
wednesday to saturday
3pm - 7pm

outside exhibition periods
by appointment

please telephone, email

Louise Brody
+33 6 14 21 48 12
louise@atelier-7.com

Unless otherwise indicated, photos by Beth Arnold.

                                                                         ---Beth Arnold in Paris