Project #1: Venus

So, it seems we're off to a slow start.  In the first couple days of posting this blog, I received perhaps fifteen words.  After that, submissions dwindled down to an average of zero per day.  In the spirit of giving this project a good, swift kick in the backside, I've decided to go ahead and select our first word from the submissions.  I have literally written all of the words out, folded the paper and thrown them into a hat (I apologize for the sweat stained Mountain Dew baseball cap.... a guy has to have something to wear while he's mowing).


As I sit here writing this I have yet to select the word.  So without any further stalling, I am reaching into the hat, shuffling the papers around, closing my eyes and drawing our first word.

Ladies and Gentlemen,  the word for Project #1 is:  Venus, submitted by Alekx S.

 I figured I would include a dictionary.com definition of each word once they are drawn, so here you go:




Venus

noun, plural venuses

1. an ancient Italian goddess of gardens and spring, identified by the Romans with Aphrodite as the goddess of love and beauty.

 

2. an exceptionally beautiful woman.

 

3. ( sometimes lowercase ) Archaeology . a statuette of a female figure, usually carved of ivory and typically having exaggerated breasts, belly, or buttocks, often found in Upper Paleolithic cultures from Siberia to France.

 

4. Astronomy . the planet second in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7521 miles (12,104 km), a mean distance from the sun of 67.2 million miles (108.2 million km), a period of revolution of 224.68 days, and no moons. It is the most brilliant planet in the solar system.

 

5. Chemistry Obsolete . copper.

 

 

Since we are slowly building steam with this project, I am going to make the "due date" of Project #1, Friday, June 15th 2012.  Any submissions I receive before the end of the 15th (11:59pm EST), will be posted here on the blog.  After round one, I'll post another word and set another due date for Project #2.  The goal is to eventually have one new word, and one picture set of completed artwork posted each week.  As for the artwork itself?  Whatever comes to your mind is what you should create.  The word is merely here to spark inspiration.  Feel free to use any or none of the provided definitions.  Now, for the submission guidelines.

 

Your artwork can be created in any media, and be any size.  High quality photos or scanned images will work best to re-size and post on the blog.  A file size of 600-800KB would be the best for emailing and resizing.  Send images to artwithstrangers at gmail dot com.  Don't forget to include how you want to be recognized.  I can include names and am more than willing to post a link to your blog/website/facebook/twitter etc. All artwork received by the deadline will be posted.  

 

While I encourage artistic expression and freedom, I will not be able to post anything of illegal nature on this blog, so the, "using good judgement for submitting something to a website" rules apply.

Also, don't forget to keep sending in those words.  Once a word has been used, I'll toss it out to make room for new words and avoid repeats.  Feel free to leave suggestions in the comments as well.

artwithstrangers at gmail dot com

Thanks for reading,

Raygun