SashaLenae: My Art

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The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

My Art

Last spring before I graduated, I said to my professor, "I wish I could go to Africa" and he replied, "Why can't you?" And as you can see, the rest is history!

So last week, I wrote on my facebook, "I wish I was artistic so I could sell things on etsy" (an online website for all items handmade and vintage) My sister replied, "You are, you just need to think of something" another replied, "You have beautiful handwriting, maybe you can do something with that?"

And then I got the idea. I decided to make mixed media collages based on Africa. Everything (minus the canvas and the ribbon) is recycled. I used antique maps, old pictures from encyclopedias, pictures that I took in Africa, and random knickknacks I found around the house. And here is the result:

I am going to be setting up a site on etsy.com for anybody who wants to buy one. I am also going to include a handwritten story about each one and what inspired me in making it, and what I used to make it. If you are interested, please email me at
sasharomanowsky@gmail.com

Part of the proceeds are going to go towards the Pro-Link BOS program I worked on :)

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