Can you guess what this sculpture is made from? As you scroll down the page each frame gets closer and closer so that the last one shows you the composition with clarity. Anyway, let me know if you guessed what it was made from before you got to the last frame and post that in a comment :) .
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| Know what it is made of yet? |
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| How about now? |
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| Hint, something you might wear. |
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| How about now? |
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| Yup, regular ole flip flops. |
Kinda cool huh? My friend Lynn sent this to me and I thought you'd like to play along too :) Sculpting is a lot like writing in that all those little parts (the flip flops) come together to make one huge thing for the world to see. To explain further, all those verbs, nouns, and adjectives are just different colored flip flops for you (the writer) to form into any shape that you desire.
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That is extraordinary! So many writing analogies could come from this.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea what it was, but I had a feeling it involved recycling.
At first I thought flowers, but that seemed too obvious. Then I thought with Easter coming up it might be Peeps, though that would probably be a bad idea to put outside where animals and bums and such could get at it.
ReplyDeleteGreat use of flip flops!
In one series of stories I have a guy who lives in the sewers and makes sculptures out of whatever he can find, which he uses to woo our hero by making a statue of her out of toilet paper tubes and old newspapers and stuff.
Very cool!! At first, I thought LEGO. I didn't guess until the second to last photo. Amazing what art can be made of, isn't it?
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That's great! The protagonist in my novel is a sculptress so this definitely puts a spin on it!
ReplyDeleteLike Rogue said above, I first thought of flowers, too.
By the time I made it to the third photo I guessed the sculpture was made of flip flops. Very clever.
ReplyDeleteI didn't figure it out until the last photograph. The two white "V"'s kept throwing me off and I thought for sure it was some kind of plastic.
ReplyDeleteC-O-O-L.
ReplyDeleteso instead of being a sock monkey, it's a thong monkey? *snort* Oh, I know... not THAT kind of thong, but that's what we called them when I was a kid, and I love the double entendre of it.... BRILLIANT!
ReplyDeleteHe's had too much fun - time for a collapse. Great series of shots - I was nowhere near guessing right until the 4th one.
ReplyDeleteOh, wow! That sculpture is really cool!
ReplyDeleteAha, excellent! :) Flip flops or 'thongs', which I as a Canadian, living in England, discovered that 'thongs' has a somewhat different meaning...
ReplyDeleteHappy writing and thanks for sharing this.
Kind wishes, Gary.
Fantastic! I like.
ReplyDeleteI really like your analogy to writing to this sculpture. Seems today is the day for analogies - I woke this morning with one I had to blog about. Ah...I see you already checked it out.
(I wonder why this sculpture makes me want to go to the beach....)
Epic find.
ReplyDeleteKudos to the artist for finding an awesome way to announce spring is here!
Very cool. I couldn't figure it out until I got to the third shot. At first it looked like pop cans. I love when people make art out of strange things.
ReplyDeleteYeah the last picture gives it away. They are flip flops. How neat.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was flowers at first. Then as it got a little closer I figured it was some sort of plastic leaves or something. I didn't guess flip flops. That is so cool! I love flip flops. Who knew they could make art.
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought it might be some kind of colorful food (since I've seen pretty awesome sculptures made of out food before) and then some kind of fabric--but I didn't guess flip-flops!
ReplyDeleteAt first, marshmallows came to mind. XD Then I thought flowers, like others.
ReplyDeleteI got flip flops on the third picture.
I kept thinking they were flowers up until the end. I love visual illusions, mostly because I seem to fall for them every time.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm not sure how many other types of illusions I've come across. I suppose there can be auditory illusions, and tactile, etc. But I'm thinking I should have just used the word 'illusions' and been done with it. It would have made this entire paragraph redundant.
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ReplyDeleteVery cool! I guessed it on the third picture. Someone put a lot of time and effort into that sculpture!
ReplyDeleteOoh, very intriguing, and great comparison to writing :) I was guessing clothes pegs by the third picture, but didn't guess flip flops (LOL, we call them thongs in Australia *chortles*).
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Rach
Well You hinted - so i think i got it much earlier. I thought soda pop cans then you said 'something you might wear' - shoes - bingo - flipflops.
ReplyDeleteVery cool thing!
Way cool. First I thought flowers, then I thought condom packets (yikes)! Very cool.
ReplyDeleteHi! Where is this beauty located? ))
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