“We don’t critique a gift. We don’t worry about its technical qualities or how its built. We don’t want metrics on our gifts. When we get a gift, it makes us feel something. Gifts tap into our sometimes irrational emotions and move us. We don’t question it. We simply give thanks.”
— Jarrett Fuller
Yesterday was my nephew’s birthday, so I produced the customary personal miniature as a greeting card cover image. Many of these creations are so idiosyncratic as to be virtually unexplainable (not that a collage needs any explanation in the first place, of course). Long have I found the personal miniature to be one of the most enticing of art forms. It begins with a pleasant agenda — engage the unique personality of the intended recipient — yet it offers profound opportunities for wild departures, because one already knows that the result will be met with joy and high regard by the primary observer. Much could be written about this subject and the history of artists as gift-givers. Any creative person will undoubtedly appreciate what I mean by this.
Here are a few more cards from my archives:
A Furious Struggle
collage miniature by J A Dixon
collection of B C Adkins
Gravitational Familiarity
collage miniature by J A Dixon
collection of S Lister
Solar Deliberation
collage miniature by J A Dixon
collection of J M Menke
Organic Potential
collage miniature by J A Dixon
collection of C Dixon
Compliments of the Haus
collage miniature by J A Dixon
collection of H Coomer
