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ART IS // WORDS AND PHOTOS BY TANNER GRUBBS EVERYWHERE
I've always had a fascination with the small things in life. Not necessarily small things in the literal sense (although they catch my eye, too), but the things our eyes tend to glance over on our way to work or school, when a million thoughts seem to be racing through our minds at once.
I consider myself a fairly normal student — deadly in the art of procrastination, while reserving time to complain about not having enough time. This really is an art in itself.
Yet for some reason, during the tumult of the day, I still find myself glancing to objects, patterns, textures and
colors of all sorts, whether they come in the form of old bricks beneath our feet or neglected sewer caps tinged with rust.
To me, all of these things have a beauty unto their own.
Art truly is everywhere; you just have to look for it.
To convey this to the best of my abilities, I took a stroll around campus and my neighborhood block in the student ghetto, photographing various things that caught my eye. The German poet Ranier Maria Rilke once wrote, "The future stands firm ... but we move about in infinite space." Why not explore this space a little?
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I immediately thought of an abstract painting when I approached this tree next to Watson Library. The frozen bloom of the blue lichens begged to be framed against their yellow-green brethren.
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Blades of grass emerge in a rain-soaked frenzy from the earth outside of Smith Hall. The miniature has been brought to life. The blades of grass are now spires, casting their shadows into an unknown abyss.
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