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    Painted Slogans: Inspirational Cardboards: Painted slogans
    Painted Slogans: Inspirational Cardboards: Painted slogans
    Painted Slogans: Inspirational Cardboards: Painted slogans
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    Painted Slogans: Inspirational Cardboards: Painted slogans

    By Cameron Gordon

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    So what do you do with all that old cardboard left over from boxes of cereal, crackers, chocolates, paper, shoes? I used to throw it out or recycle it but then I got an idea: why not paint on it?  I was already painting as a hobby - mostly abstract and nonrepresentational watercolours. These were more doodles than anything else and I was buying rather expensive watercolour paper to undertake what essentially was a pasttime.  So this use of refuse seemed to be an easy way to transform trash into 'canvas' and save a bit of dough and landfill on the side.  

    Then, for some reason, I began to hit upon another idea.  Why not move from abstract doodles to words?  But what to say?  It came to me that I wanted to inspire more than anything else.  But did I really need to inspire with new thoughts?  Perhaps the most inspiring things had already been said.  So I drifted towards using sayings that had meaning for me and which had moved me.  In turned out that the act of painting slogans I had heard all my life was somehow especially powerful, transforming words on a page into a personal expression that required me to ponder each letter and each word with each brushstroke.

    What this book is a selection of some painted slogans for your edification and enjoyment.  Enjoy! 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCameron Gordon
    Release dateNov 6, 2017
    ISBN9781386107675
    Painted Slogans: Inspirational Cardboards: Painted slogans
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    Cameron Gordon

    I am creative fiction and nonfiction writer of plays, poetry and prose.  My themes are eclectic but the major ones include: the meaning and practice of daily spirituality; the human experience and how it is affected by an increasingly technocratic and technologized world; war and peace in the digital age; quirky narratives of quirky trips; and unusual bits of history.  I have training in a technical field and have had careers in government and academia.  I continue to practice as an independent scholar but have devoted the greater part of my time and energy to being an artist.

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      Painted Slogans - Cameron Gordon

      INSPIRATION THROUGH CARDBOARD

      So what do you do with all that old cardboard left over from boxes of cereal, crackers, chocolates, paper, shoes?

      I used to throw it out or recycle it but then I got an idea: why not paint on it?  I was already painting as a hobby - mostly abstract and nonrepresentational watercolours. These were more doodles than anything else and I was buying rather expensive watercolour paper to undertake what essentially was a pasttime.  So this use of refuse seemed to be an easy way to transform trash into ‘canvas’ and save a bit of dough and landfill on the side. 

      A more demanding artist might not put up with such a thing, especially given the variability of cardboard textures and colours and shapes of discarded boxes unfolded.  A pure and even white background in particular is hard to come by; brown and gray, with various textural imperfections is the norm.  But for my purposes of playing and exploring with paint, old cardboard was just fine.  In fact it was fun: taking creative chances was less daunting when using free and disposable surfaces.

      Then, for some reason, I began to hit upon another idea.  Why not move from abstract doodles to words?  I could play with backgrounds and work with various designs of text size, colours and settings. Some abstraction would remain but I could also say something specific and definite in words as well.

      But what to say?  It came to me that I

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