{"id":1129,"date":"2020-05-29T12:13:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T16:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timcarrier.com\/blog\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2021-01-12T13:33:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T18:33:01","slug":"odetothelost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timcarrier.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/29\/odetothelost\/","title":{"rendered":"Ode to the Lost Pens and Pencils"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

#OdeToTheLost<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Here is a dedication to the lost pens and pencils found and recognized by their self-portraits. What? The pen made its own portrait? The pen\/pencil self-portraits are renders using that lost writing utensil while rendering it. Maybe the intention could be explained this way: I would draw the writing tool by using that tool to draw. During the process my hand while cradling that lost tool would also be rendered into the composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did this start?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I found a pencil somewhere\u2013 where, I do not remember\u2013 and I had a feeling that it felt neglected. Then I had the impulse to draw it with it giving it the feeling of appreciation. Beyond my own act of appreciation, I decided to share this dedication by a tweet with #odetothelost<\/a>. After one I gained a sense of purpose to continue supporting these lost souls. Incidentally, I worked in the perfect environment to find them. I worked in a school. Unaware, students would frequently lose these traditional tools of rendering moving from one room to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I continued and recorded more of these lost souls with their own existence and effort to support their meaning and worth. Think of Tom Robbins<\/a>\u2019 \u201cSkinny Legs and All\u201d\u2013a novel of journeys, where one described inanimate objects and their trek to find their coming or meaning of existence. (In confession, I have read this novel at least twice and I have not completely comprehend the full meaning; however, Robbins inspired a curiosity of whether things have a conscience.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, again, a dedication to the lost pens and pencils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n