"Mostly they turn in circles and wear out, then they get replaced."

Title: “Mostly they turn in circles and wear out, then they get replaced.”
Size: 7” X 9” X 5”
Date: 03-2007
Media: Assemblage
Materials: Wood, glass, clock gears, watch gears, bones.

Description:
This work is a summed up exactly by this section of dialogue from the movie “Waking the dead.” As a man re-plays conversations between himself and a loved one after her passing, he finally understands her fears.
“I don’t want to watch you turn into a cog in there machine.”
“Sometimes cogs can make machines run better.”
“Sometimes.”
“Yes.”
“Mostly they turn in circles and wear out, then they get replaced.”

Make yourself irreplaceable.

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Last diplayed at

"Shepherd University Faculty Exhibition"

Ruth Scarborouh Library, Shepherdstown, WV

10-2007