My favorite thought...

Zuzu enjoys supervising the project when she isn't stealing bottles or throwing herself into the pool.

I am so encouraged. Kim is cranking out painted and cut bottles faster than I can put them into the panels and just when we run out of bottles someone stops by!

Yesterday, a friend and her three children, the youngest a little baby, stopped by to deliver bottles.  I remember the days of car seats and diaper bags, and am humbled that she drove out of her way to help me. When we finished the last of their recycled plastic contributions, I decided to hunt around the house in case I had missed any plastic bottles. I checked the front door and on the front porch was a huge bag full of water bottles!

We are caught up again, but I just got an email that a friend coming over  with several bags for me. On Friday another friend is driving and hour and a half to bring me  500 bottles she has painted and cut!

A few months ago I realized that if I had one message I would want to leave the world, it abides in my work in recycled plastic. My ArtPrize installation is called "Dancing on Joy's Horizon: Building Bridges." I believe that joy rests on the  horizon between pain and beauty, weakness and grace. Taking trash that you can’t get rid of and turning it into art you can’t get enough of is the perfect metaphor for my favorite thought.  Thank you for helping me share it visually.