Project #3: Meat/Meet Deadline Extension

I have decided to add another week to the deadline for project #3.  There has been more interested, and I want to give everyone ample time to create a quality piece of artwork.  The new deadline for the Project will be Monday, August 4th at 11:59pm.

Keep sending in any comments, word suggestions, or artwork you would like to share.

Thanks,
Raygun

Project #3: Meat

Yep.  You read correctly.  The theme for Project #3 is going to be Meat.  Just for kicks, let's make it Meat/Meet.  We'll pretend that you were not given the chance to actually see the written word, but had it revealed to you audibly, with no explanation as to which spelling was used. 

I will go ahead and post the dictionary.com definitions for both versions of the word.

Meat

noun

1. the flesh of animals as used for food.

 

2. the edible part of anything, as a fruit or nut: Crack the walnuts and remove the meats.

 

3. the essential point or part of an argument, literary work, etc.; gist; crux: The meat of the play is the jealousy between the two brothers.

 

4. solid food: meat and drink.

 

5. solid or substantial content; pith: The article was full of meat, with few wasted words.

 

 

Meet 

 

verb (used with object)

 

1.  to come upon; come into the presence of; encounter: I would meet him on the street at unexpected moments.

 

2.  to become acquainted with; be introduced to: I've never met your cousin.

 

3.  to join at an agreed or designated place or time: Meet me in St. Louis.

 

4.  to be present at the arrival of: to meet a train.

 

5.  to come to or before (one's notice, or a means of noticing, as the eyes or ears): A peculiar sight met my eyes.

 

 

I hope the definitions help all participants come up with some good ideas.  I have to say that personally, there are many different directions that I never thought about going with this theme before I read the two different definitions.  However, feel free to ignore proper definitions.  Create what inspires you.

If you are unfamiliar with the blog and our projects, I recommend going back and looking through the previous posts.  I'll break it down quickly for everyone again.  Create one (or more) original pieces of artwork (or writing), based on the theme listed here in the project.  Take a good quality picture of the artwork and email it to me at artwithstrangers at gmail dot com.  

The tentative due date for this project will be Monday July, 30th at 11:59pm.  However, feel free to go back and create artwork for the previous projects if you wish.  I will continue to update and add anything to the blog, no matter when it comes in.  Remember to add your name and any website, blog, twitter, or otherwise, you want displayed with your artwork.

Until next time, take care and get creatin'.

Raygun

Project #2: Decay Submissions

Hello everyone.  Sorry that it has been a while since the last update.  I will keep this short and sweet.  Here are the submissions for Project #2: Decay.  Our number of participants has grown by one.  We're gaining steam....slowly, but still gaining.









Please excuse the gaps...can't let the images crash into my bio bar.

This piece was submitted by Alekx Schneebeck

This piece was submitted by my friend Amanda Blackman.  I appreciate her sense of humor quite a bit.

This was my solution for the project.

I will have to say that I was super excited about creating a piece of artwork for the word decay.  I immediately had an idea for the project, but had trouble getting it to come out the way I had it in my head.  I decided to try painting on wood, and now I have this 24x24" painting staring at me whenever I go into the kitchen.  I'm still not sure if I like it or not, but hey... not every piece can be a winner.  I'm glad I did it though.  I'm also glad to be moving on.

A random word drawing and post will be happening in short order, so keep reading.

Thanks again,

Raygun