{"id":80,"date":"2026-01-30T10:22:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobnegryn.com\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2026-02-28T12:12:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:12:28","slug":"to-give-the-mundan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bobnegryn.com\/index.php\/the-high-view\/to-give-the-mundan\/","title":{"rendered":"To Give The Mundane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Projects&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#eff4fc&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;fe800fdc-38de-442a-8280-43a67d427e06&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;50px&#8221; header_letter_spacing=&#8221;0.1em&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>To Give The Mundane it&#8217;s beautiful due<br \/>2010 &#8211; 2026<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">With how much attention do we look?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">An artwork is a proposal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">An unanswered question.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Even for the maker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The provocative beauty of tulips and plastic bottles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Takes us out of our daily drudgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Allowing us to celebrate life.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;READ MORE&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#eff4fc&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b><br \/>To give the mundane it\u2019s beautiful due.<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Provocative beauty<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p3\">Love of looking<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Love for seeing<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p3\">Love for looking<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Love of seeing<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p3\">Love to look<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Love to see<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p3\">Trivial objects photographed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Dead tulips, plastic bottles, scouring pads, cups, vases, pots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Plastic lace tablecloths, peeled lemons, watermelons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">You name it<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The detritus, the debris, the litter, the everything!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p3\">Daily lives<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Future waste<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p3\">We have so much!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p3\">You would almost think:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">These objects are important!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p3\">The objects often feel neglected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Bought, used, hanging around.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Thrown out!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p3\">I give the objects attention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The attention they deserve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p3\">I make the objects bigger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">More important.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">To emphasise our dependency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Both practical and aesthetic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Practically in our daily routines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Aesthetically by their shape and colour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p3\">Witnessing our uncontrolled weakness and love.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">For the artificial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p3\">The photos are staged, but not forced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Ordinary and extraordinary!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p3\">What do we see?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">With how much attention do we look?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p3\">An artwork is a proposal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">An unanswered question.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Even for the maker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p3\">There comes a time when \u2018stuff \u2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Loses its ordinariness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Acquires different meanings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Becomes something else.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Bigger, better, more mysterious, abstract!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p3\">A play of light and dark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Colour and texture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Scale, volumes and voids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p3\">Spaces which can be filled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">With content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p3\">How we find happiness in the multitude of trivial objects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Nearly drowning in the plastic soup of our existence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p3\">The provocative beauty of tulips and plastic bottles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Takes us out of our daily drudgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Allowing us to celebrate life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p3\">Bob Negryn<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; 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