Vacuum: A Study in Pencil

Dear gorgers,

You may already be aware of my many divergent interests (yelling, spreading peas and banana in my hair, the literary works of Sandra Boynton), but few of you know about my penchant for the visual arts. Specifically, still life studies in pencil and the occasional

sweet potato sculpture.

The famous German Der Blaue Reiter painter and printmaker, August Macke once said "A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness, in fact he creates new appearances of things"

This piece, titled simply "George #1: untitled" is my interpretation of the vacuum cleaner. My relationship with the vacuum cleaner is, at best, adversarial, and, at its worst, is downright hostile. I don't like it and I am pretty sure it doesn't like me. This work is intended to represent not only the underlying subtext of deep rooted loathing that permeates my relationship with that device, but also incorporates elements of chaos, apathy and sleepiness. I broke two pencils during the creative phase of this work so you can well imagine how much I hate the vacuum.

This is only my first foray into the world of art, and, seeing as how good I am at making art, I suspect you will be seeing more of it in this space in the future. The George Gorge will, in a way, become a virtual gallery for my creativity. No man is bigger than art, and no activity, except for maybe bath time, will impede my creative output.

- George