expression

I found this image on one of those photo-caching websites, Flickr or Lumra, a couple of months ago. There were 2 or 3 showing pieces of found-art that'd been, um, found.

Somebody had taken the time to weave broken (or cut) pieces of galvanized chainlink fence into random patterns.

Think about that. I don't know if you've ever worked with/climbed over/cut through (ahem) galvanized chainlink fencing, but it's pretty heavy duty shit. I can't imagine how hard it was to weave, or how long it took to make this. Somebody really wanted to express something with this old piece of broken fence.

Which I guess I understand. I think the artistic urge to express oneself is inherent in everybody, to lesser or greater degrees. Something about being social animals, and needing to feel our feelings are, um, felt by others. And I suppose if the need were great enough and you found the opportunity you would find a way to weave galvanized chainlink fencing.

Either that or one night some crackhead got stuck on what seemed like a really awesome idea.

Oh, and did you notice the checkerboard pattern painted on the roof of the shed? It's the sort of pattern (not usually found in nature) that jumps out to the human eye; that rusty old shed must have been on or near an airstrip. Another form of expression, if you think about it.

Curious old world sometimes.