An Explanation of this Artwork

(Red Wings was created in response to a request for non-monetary compensation
in exchange for The Sickly Season magazine.  This explanation was packed with
the work.)

I've been selling off a lot of stuff on ebay and half.com, and giving things
away on craigslist and freecycle.  Sometimes, though, I'll buy something.
All this buying and selling has required me to become familiar with cardboard
boxes, shipping things, and tape.

For the past nine years, I've been "decluttering" or getting rid of stuff,
mostly my father's stuff.  I'm on a "decluttering" online support group, 
where we used to discuss different issues around "stuff".  My father was
a compulsive hoarder, and I am to some degree, as well.  One of the 
cognitive techniques I use to "clean" is to photograph the mess, and 
analyze the photo to figure out how to clean up.  It's also a way to record 
the possessions, so I can overcome the anxiety associated with disposing 
of perfectly good stuff.

Clutter and disposal figure into the complex of my life today.  It's 
inextricable from my relationship with my parents, and my past and present.

The drawing is charcoal on paper, with packaging tape, mounted on a cardboard
shoebox.  The shoebox was used to send me a microphone I purchased on ebay.

This entire package was prepared and mailed between March 20th and 
March 21st, 2006.  The drawing dates from around January 2006.

Feel free to do whatever you want with it.


References:
On ebay, half.com, and amazon, I am "declutter69".

Photos of home with clutter:
http://www.riceball.com/pictures/messinprogress/
http://www.riceball.com/pictures/messinprogress2/

Information about OCD hoarding:
http://understanding_ocd.tripod.com/hoarding.html

Declutter support groups:
alt.recovery.clutter on usenet
Declutter-Support at smartgroups
Decluttr on yahoogroups

This mini-project:
http://www.riceball.com/pictures/redwings/