Tuesday, 9 February 2010

things we found in our pockets



At the annual Devoted and Disgruntled Open Space event, I led a session on things found in our pockets and notebooks. Follow the link to find out what we found...

http://devotedanddisgruntled5.blogspot.com/2010/02/039-things-i-found-in-my-pockets-and-my.html

Here's the text:


Receipt Vue Finchley Road with 2 pizzas for £12 offer
Ticket stub from Norwich arts centre
T Kettle Bonus Card
Norfolk and Norwich business card
A whole garlic
A phone number (07752219228)
A photo of four women on Graduation Day, one has had her head cut out
A free party invite
A Receipt for FABULOUS WELSHCAKES
Sanisbury’s Waterloo – Receipt for bottled water and croissant
Receipt for Nationwide account, account number ending *************44288
LINDSEY HOPE PEARLMAN business card with glamorous headshot
CAFFE NERO reward card with one stamp on its way to a free coffee
Envelope with loads of phone numbers and addresses and this code: J89*XLFJ
A branded piece of paper from the Young Vic with the name Mark Rosenblatt written in red ink
New York Wallet Subway Map
No fit state Carnet Valid for 10 weeks
10 Nov – 19 Jan
Plastic bag for 3D glasses
Shopping list for making couscous (ONION,
GARLIC
CELERY
COUSCOUS ORGANIC
CUMIN
PAPRIKA
RED PEPPERS
CORRIANDER
PARSLEY
MINT
RAISINS
ORANGE JUICE
EGGS
CANDLES
STOCK
WINE)
A stick


Other Things

The process of taking out everything from your pockets and bags and wallets

SHAME?
- dirty handkerchief, tampons, business cards, drugs in handbag
- train ticket to Cardiff

EXPOSING

SCALE

CLUTTER

Maps people draw you when you’re somewhere strange. In which “DISTANCE IS MEASURED IN MINUTES” or by the landmarks. The pubs etc

Letter from Grandfather – “ The joy of life is in the struggle for what you want to achieve “ (He is a bad man)

Little pieces of paper

Master Key (do not copy)

Banana

Moisturizer

(COINS) Change that’s worth something £ £ £ $ $ $ $

“you had a piece of garlic in your pocket…”

NICE to reflect on what you carry with you . A RUBBISH SHOW. A PIECE OF RUBBISH

Tickets, receipts, cards

Photograph of me as a baby, used for A THERAPY SESSION
??

How to survive? A shack in Suffolk.

The word IMMURE

Thoughts on abroad and on boundaries

SURVIVAL

CONTROLLED RECKLESSNESS

Conscious awareness of only 7 things

BEAUTY

How can we control the context around the objects in order to make everything beautiful?

HAT and FLAT

Charles Simic

Melancholy= desire to change
Fear= Reluctance / Avoidance to act
Anger=Desire for clarity
Joy= desire to live

“ I think the very nature of Art is Affirmative, and in being so it reflects the laws and the evolution of the universe” (Barbara Hepworth)

“We are such stuff as dreams… etc”

GUADALUPE NETTEL
El Huesped: In the wound there was something familiar and at the same time unknown

En la heirda habia algo familiar y al mismo tiempo irreconocible

SUBCONSCIOUS Keep things stowed away. Why> ? like atime capsule, a subconscious reminder. Waiting for them to reappear in your bag, your pockets, your notebook …

The phone card I WAS GOING TO USE TO CALL MY GIRLFRIEND IN AMERICA AFTER SHE HAD SLEPT WITH A WOMAN AND HAD SEX WITH MULTIPLE PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME AT THE BURNING MAN. I NEVER USED IT.I NEVER CALLED HER. BECAUSE SHE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT I WANTED TO SAY



1 comment:

  1. A triumphant return.

    This is funny and I don't even know why: "SHAME ... - train ticket to Cardiff"

    And they always know what you want to say, don't they?

    My word verification was "tatica."

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