Inspiration
“You can’t be serious, Maude!”
“And just why can’t I, Fred? Twenty baby showers I’ve been to this August and I’m fed up!”
“But it’s your own niece’s, Maude!”
“Fred, we’ve spent a fortune on her already! Graduation from art school, and did you see the garbage that passed for modern art?! Then her birthday, bridal shower, now . . . .”
“Okay, okay! But a baby chair somebody threw out with the garbage, that’s going too far!”
(pause) “Is it garbage though? Or an art exhibit? Fred! Take a picture! Let’s take it all! Just the way it is!”
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This Jolly Beggar 
They could pass it off as brand new I reckon! 🙂
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Of course! It’s all in the presentation. Maybe a MOMA plaque thrown in!
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They say one person’s trash is another person’s treasure — or art! Fun story, Dora.
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Haha! Thanks, Lisa 🙂
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🙂 You’re welcome.
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Stranger things have passed for art and sold for millions… 🙂
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Heh. Maybe having millions to throw around changes your taste in “art” 🙂
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Some people just keep taking, and expect it to go on forever…
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And wind up with their comeuppance like poor Maude’s niece! 🙂
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Love this
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Just the name “Maude” inspired this whinge. And I don’t even know any Maudes!
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Perhaps from a book or t.v?
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I’ve seen stranger works of art. Even an unmade bed…
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Dear Dora,
As a former KC Art Institute student, I can tell you some of the things that pass as art set my teeth on edge. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle,
I can believe it. It would be nice to press the reset button on a lot of it, but then again, we’d have less to joke about 🙂
Aleichem shalom,
Dora
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A new form of regifting, maybe? Fun story😊
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I’m not sure Fred would have let her go through with it! Thanks, Sue. 🙂
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like they say, art is the eye of the beholder. 🙂
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Exactly, Plaridel 🙂
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If she is a graduate of art school, she might actually appreciate it 🙂 Good one Dora!
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In which case Maude would come off as a refined person of culture — what a thought! Thanks for reading, Joy 😀
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Well done!
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Thank you, Dee.
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What – bags of smelly garbage and all? 🙂 That’s going to cause a stir!
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Rather noxious, for sure. Hopefully, Fred will put a lid on Maude’s “bright idea” 🙂
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Maude’s quite smart! It’s all a matter of perspective. I enjoyed the story, Dora!
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She’s desperate and she probably will never receive another shower invitation which will suit her just fine probably 🙂
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Fun story, Dora. I hope Fred talks her out of it.
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Heh. Methinks it was a moment’s madness 😉
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Methinks so too 🙂
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👍
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Ha! Ha! We had the same idea this week.
Though when you think about the metaphorical resonance of the visual representation of the household trash………. 😉
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Ha! Great minds … 😂
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Thats a lot of baby showers! I’m not sure about the rest of the stuff dumped but perhaps the baby chair has been well taken care of?
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Hopefully. My guess is Fred will talk her out of the art project 😀
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Oh dear. Such an inspiration for all sorts of art. 🙂
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Some garbage is art. Some art is garbage. It all depends on taste. That’s one way to recycle. It’s better than leaving it on the street.
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Truer words . . . . 😀
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Fun story!
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Thanks, J.A.
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This was a great read! And my grandmother actually did something just like this. I was mortified (at first), but the person loved the gift. You never know what a blessing something can be to the person who receives it.
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Oh, that’s wonderful when a gift is received in the spirit that it is intended. Thanks for sharing 😀
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