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RichardLeach — Chance and Change
Published: 2010-01-16 17:54:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 1313; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 0
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yes and noPaper collage, 2.5 x 3.5. inches
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i have put this piece of yours into my journal [link]
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there is no harmless fun - this is a misleading card, Richard
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well, it is not intentionally misleading, the little card is doing the best it can!
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those little cards. they are good fellows and the try so hard ...
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mmm hmm. the best of them get to be seen all round the world, it makes them so happy...
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I am always glad to see little cards happy ...
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safe and harmless are rarely fun, but chance and change never are.
a chinese eagle and an easy paradox 
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yes, there's a lot going on in the interplay between those two phrases.
good eye to pick up the chinese eagle, and thanks for the comment about the middle.
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thank you sir! and for the fave too.
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I find this illustrates perfect political irony. Or Maybe I am seeing too much in this one. Great stuff anyway!
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There's no such thing as seeing too much in a piece like this! Thanks very much!
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Thank you !
I definitely get addicted to your collages (and to collages in a more general way). I would love to have the sparkle and be able to put together some pieces as you do.
Is it a lot of practice or a way of life ???
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More thanks. I think technically doing these has taken practice - getting a feel for how different papers act, how things look when they're put together a certain way, what kinds of distressing are possible. But visually and practically it's a way of life - always seeing little pieces that might fit together, having a desk covered with scraps, seeing key pieces, looking around and experimenting till a collage is done. I always have several started, in different stages on their way.
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'Having a desk covered with scraps', yes this certainly helps creating opportunities.
I remember a conversation with a friend. I was telling her that strict order is death and some relative amount of chaos is the proof of life (on a desk or elsewhere).
Cheers,
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"strict order is death" - absolutely true. It can even be beautiful, like a gem which has all its atoms in a perfect crystal lattice - but a gem is not alive!
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Yes, I like the comparison to gem...
Cheers,
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Tink.. Another great image your latest stuff is a lot more 'come and get me'
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Thanks, Steve! Yes, I'm in some kind of phase here - and quite happy with the recent work myself. I'm not really sure where it comes from - except that it comes from the incredible scrap pile on my desk
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chance and change - those two go together well. change is risky and exciting. but safe and harmless fun? it's kinda like safe sex, who wants it? 
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It's when they start telling you that something is safe, harmless fun that you have to be careful!
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And the noble seagull presides over it all. Wonderful work.
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Thanks, weeds. It felt right.
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Thank you very much!
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Youre very welcome
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nothing harmless can be any fun at all !
or am i missing something ?
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well, that scrap may not know what it's talking about - they don't always
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i like what you do with the words!|it makes me to use my mentality! but still complicated!
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thanks for that great comment, Farhad!
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thanks, kat! and for the fave too.
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beautiful. wanna pack my bag and enter the next plane now.
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Thank you! Wings for all of us.
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