Perhaps if you would have turned it sideways...

Today's class wasn't too out of line as to what I'd expect for the class. Most everyone showed off their egg project, and there were some gems in there. There weren't too many "holy crap, how'd you think of that" examples, but there was a decent amount of ingenuity in some of the projects.

I was especially impressed with the painting of the vinegared egg. I hardly recognized it as an egg. I can't say it was especially provocative or mind-bending, but the end result looked incredibly unique. I don't think the average person off the street would have believed it consisted of an egg and paint.

The emotional egg struck me as an alright sort of idea until it broke. After that, the meaning of the egg just took off to a whole new level. The event intensified the idea of how fleeting art can be (how we have to let go of our creations at times). And there's just something wonderful about literally putting your emotions down onto something only to have it shatter and ooze out all over the carpet. I'm curious as to what the owner of the egg felt after the event. Were her negative feelings washed away as the egg cracked? Did the egg remind her that it doesn't really matter what you felt in the past - that only the here and now really counts? Eh, who knows?

I think it was pretty obvious after this project what the point was - and it wasn't to see new and inventive uses for the egg. Nope, it was practicing the process of seeing common objects in a whole new way. Egg shells as a candle holder? Why not? Nobody will ever be able to fully divorce their thoughts away from pre-existing notions they hold on everyday items. The brain's just not wired to do that. But through constantly challenging the mind, shoving it twisting and screaming through the ringer every single day, we can begin to see past the accepted IS, and start catching a glimpse of the potential WILL BE.