Aug 15 2008
About Art from the Outskirts
Welcome to Art from the Outskirts: a creative place beyond the boundries. Unlike my other blog Waxing Poetically which deals mostly with news, lifestyle and current events my goal here is to present the arts from unique and some what otherworldly perspectives. By doing so I mean to showcase work that may push your minds a bit further than you would have thought possible before arriving at the “outskirts.”
Let me emphasize that I do not wish to conflate or confuse the term “outskirts” with the “edge” that has dominated popular culture with its overextended and exploitive lexicon of commercial soft drinks, movies, music - and those goth kids on your block who are ravenously starving for that moment when their overworked, barely apparent parents say, “hello” to them. Rather, I refer to that place in art that makes us cringe and smirk with the same first glance or listening. It is in truth, that part of us that wants to “go there” with out any fear of what may lie ahead which interests me most. Art from the Outskirts‘ objective is to take that random detour you’ve always considered but never taken.
So join me, won’t you? You’ve always wanted to come along and now you can! I promise the worst that will happen is that you should gain a well-exercised mind!
