{"id":14602,"date":"2020-08-04T19:18:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T19:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?p=14602"},"modified":"2020-08-18T01:11:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T01:11:22","slug":"art-from-trash-small-project-sugarpills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?p=14602","title":{"rendered":"Art from Trash: Sugarpills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This creation was inspired by the habit of compulsive eating, which is an aspect of my experience with OCD. One of the first questions asked in the class was \u201cWhat are you obsessed with?\u201d, so obsessive compulsive disorder seemed like a good place to start. Compulsive behavior of any sort is brought on as a temporary remedy to something that is causing severe, uncalled-for anxiety (aka obsessions). What separates compulsions from legitimate solutions is that they are only subjectively logical and can be anywhere from inconvenient to unhealthy to dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"491\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7260-491x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"14608\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7260-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?attachment_id=14608\" class=\"wp-image-14608\" srcset=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7260-491x1024.jpg 491w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7260-144x300.jpg 144w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7260-768x1603.jpg 768w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7260-736x1536.jpg 736w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7260-981x2048.jpg 981w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7260-1246x2601.jpg 1246w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7260-675x1409.jpg 675w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7260-480x1002.jpg 480w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7260-scaled.jpg 1226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"272\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7252-272x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"14605\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7252-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?attachment_id=14605\" class=\"wp-image-14605\" srcset=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7252-272x1024.jpg 272w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7252-80x300.jpg 80w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7252-768x2891.jpg 768w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7252-408x1536.jpg 408w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7252-544x2048.jpg 544w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7252-675x2541.jpg 675w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7252-480x1807.jpg 480w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7252-scaled.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"441\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7256-441x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"14604\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7256-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?attachment_id=14604\" class=\"wp-image-14604\" srcset=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7256-441x1024.jpg 441w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7256-129x300.jpg 129w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7256-768x1784.jpg 768w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7256-661x1536.jpg 661w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7256-882x2048.jpg 882w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7256-1246x2894.jpg 1246w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7256-675x1568.jpg 675w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7256-480x1115.jpg 480w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7256-scaled.jpg 1102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The subjective logic, though, is what keeps compulsions going&#8211;this is why I chose an empty opioid pill bottle as the cause-piece of this project. I was drawn to this piece of trash because it embodied something that I\u2019d used responsibly, only taking the prescribed pain medication when necessary. Around this time, it was far more difficult for me to be responsible with how many ginger beers I was downing, persuading myself that I had a slight stomachache or that it was too hot out to drink plain old water when I really just needed an entire bottle of soda to ground myself. (Needless to say, it\u2019s been a strange couple of months.) Of course, misuse of ginger beer is far from as dangerous as misuse of codeine, but with this piece, I aimed to create something unexpected that showed how I plowed through a bottle different from the one you\u2019d expect&#8211;in fact, many of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I used a prescription bottle as the container, since that\u2019s what people expect when considering the intense desire for a certain substance, and bottle caps as the pills falling out, since they represent empty or spilled bottles, gone too soon and too rapidly. The cap at the bottom of the piece is from a bottle of cherry juice, which I sometimes drink a little bit of before bed because it helps the brain to fall and stay asleep. All of the trash in this piece was gathered over the span of one week, meaning that that\u2019s when I finished everything off. In this case, objects \u201cat-hand\u201d came to use very immediately, just like some of their contents had. This piece was originally intended to be part of a larger whole, but as I changed my direction with my large project, I found that the pill bottle and its spilling contents can stand alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7254-662x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"14606\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7254-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?attachment_id=14606\" class=\"wp-image-14606\" srcset=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7254-662x1024.jpg 662w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7254-194x300.jpg 194w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7254-768x1188.jpg 768w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7254-993x1536.jpg 993w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7254-1324x2048.jpg 1324w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7254-1246x1927.jpg 1246w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7254-675x1044.jpg 675w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7254-480x742.jpg 480w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7254-scaled.jpg 1656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I drew inspiration in terms of structure from Cecilia Vicu\u00f1a and Sarah Sze, both of whom use dangling objects in their work. When working on one project, Sze asked herself how she wanted the dangling objects to interact with the elements&#8211;would they sway in the wind? How hard? How often? How much of the wind would be real, and how much of it would be made by a fan out of frame? I decided that I wanted this piece to have the potential for motion since it\u2019s in a spilling position, plus it\u2019s meant to be held in its current form; however, this piece can also exist on a flat surface as if the spilling has already happened, so it\u2019s entirely up to what the viewer sees within and wants out of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, my experience working on this project was pretty straightforward: I knew what I wanted the simple structure to look like from the beginning, so I went and made it. I\u2019m proud to say that this piece was made (almost) entirely with trash materials, the only exception being the clean tissue (wadded up inside the bottle to represent empty consumption). In my defense, though, tissues are made explicitly to become trash. They are not used to advertise or appeal to the eye, but to be sullied and promptly discarded. There\u2019s little other thought that goes into the individual tissue. Aside from that, the only non-trash material is the tape used to connect the cap chain and bottle, but hey, none of us can be gods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7253-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"14609\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7253-1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?attachment_id=14609\" class=\"wp-image-14609\" srcset=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7253-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7253-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7253-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7253-1-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7253-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7253-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7253-1-1246x1246.jpg 1246w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7253-1-675x675.jpg 675w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7253-1-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7255-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"14610\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7255-1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?attachment_id=14610\" class=\"wp-image-14610\" srcset=\"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7255-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7255-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7255-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7255-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7255-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7255-1-1246x934.jpg 1246w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7255-1-675x506.jpg 675w, http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_E7255-1-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was very validating to make a project on my experiences with control and lack thereof all with the prompt of garbage, because that\u2019s where all empty vessels end up, ultimately, no matter what was in them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This creation was inspired by the habit of compulsive eating, which is an aspect of my experience with OCD. 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