Why, you ask?
Because parts of me need recreating. Because there have been periods of wearying toil and anxiety. Because I feel the need to be creative...or recreative. Because in the right hands, or with the right spirit, I believe that no thing nor person must necessarily "outlast their usefulness".
I've had a notion in mind for years of a business based in artfully repurposing items or materials. All manner of self-invented obstacles have dissuaded me, but for some reason my musings have grown into some kind of weird, visceral calling in the past few weeks. I NEED to do this.
So, I'm doing it. And I'm starting tonight, with this blog. (Well, and the online store I just set up, too, but that comes later...after the legal stuff. I'm serious, I tell you. I've done my research.) I'm going to have a business, folks...and it will be called "Ricrei"....Italian for "recreate". I did this for myself for years, but somehow lost the fun of it. I want it back.
I'll start poking around for treasures in Junk shops, Estate auctions and Yard sales again. I'll help my Dad go through the years of "stuff" accumulated in his library. I'll finally clean out my own garage and sheds! I'll surround myself with vintage fabrics and sew again. I'll get that wonderful thrill when I find a gem and immediately know what it needs, just like I used to.
And I'll bring it home. I'll dismantle it...or paint it...or refurbish it...or merge it with something totally unrelated. I'll laugh and giggle and squee. I'll get dirty, I'll become obsessed with projects until I come upon the "eureka moment" that I know is there somewhere. I'll value discarded art, I'll recycle tossed materials, I'll USE and enjoy things, finding new functions for old forms.
By example, I so hope that I will teach my son not to discard things...or people...without first examining the "what if?" I'll find my spark again. And, if I manage to make a few bucks for the family in the process...well, that will be the icing on the cake.
It's going to be fun, and I'll share it all here. Hang around and play with me!
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Time for an overhaul.
Posted by Ri. Short for Maria. Not pronounced like the bread. at 9:16 PM
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I am not embarassed to say that I have donen my fair share of dumpster diving in New York, and nearly furnished a house with what turned out to be coveted antiques and one-of-a-kind things "idiots" threw away...including a bank with $9.88 in it that was soon turned into two six packs of the cheapest beer the corenr store was selling that say. I found paintings and Wedgwood boxes (still in the box!). I still display a wood carving of a reclining nude that I dare suspect might...if not could be...a study by---say, Matisse, or at least a student of his---pix in books are WAYYYYYYYY too similar to what I polish once a month!
Anywho...Recrei could work, especially in the economic climate of today. Need help?
OF COURSE I DO! And, I was going to send you an email asking you to come and read this as soon as I made more coffee!!
I say it's fate. And I say ABSOLUTELY help. Hot damn - we're in business, partner!
Ri!
This is incredibly awesome! I think its such a wonderful idea for you! I love the concept and I think it will be wildly successful. You seem to oooze creativity in your writing and personality so I am not surprised you feel you need to do even more with that energy. Kudoz on ya. ;)
<3
Aspy
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