Petra van Cronenburg<p>How does <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> come into being for me? Mostly by looking. By shifting the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/perspective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>perspective</span></a> while observing, by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/connotations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>connotations</span></a>.<br>A package is supposed to go into the recycling bin. A strip of words from another one. I see them white, painted with gesso. As a basket with a handle. It should overflow with paper <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>butterflies</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humans</span></a> and their making of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/species" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>species</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waste</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Beauty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beauty</span></a>. Longing. Possibilities.<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ArtistsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtistsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ArtInProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtInProcess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inspirations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inspirations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PaperArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaperArt</span></a></p>