I should have known it, really! After what I said yesterday about Sunny… he has lost interest already. He is not known for his stickability! He left his sculpture lying on the doorstep and walked away. Just like that!
This morning when Devil got up he saw a little white dot sitting on the edge of the jumbo bin. Nobody knows how it got there. It must have walked and climbed all night. And now it was sitting there, looking into the abyss.
Devil was out in a flash and called: “Don’t jump, don’t jump!” The little sculpture looked up and Devil continued in a soothing voice: “I know you are not real, but there is no need for this.”
A thin little voice answered: “I know I am rubbish, just let me go where I belong. Then it’s over and done with.”
“No, no, please don’t” Devil said, “You are a cute little thing. What was said on the blog yesterday wasn’t about you… it was about Sunny. Him not having ideas of his own.”
“But they said I am a fake… And it is so true.”
“Don’t worry, you are not the only one” Devil shook his head. “We still love you.”
“Really?”
“As long as you don’t pretend to be something else!” Devil added quietly.
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Do I get the sense that there is a whole new society emerging??? Could it be the didi’s????
Oh no, that was an isolated incident. We might keep it as a mascot though. All the dedes go gaga over it. I am a bit worried about its depressive streak.
So a new mascot :)
Good..might cheer up Sunny a bit…
Sunny is moping, but the others just dote on it. The dedes are very aware they themselves are not cute, but little sculpture certainly is.
You are a better judge of Sunny than me. He only did what I have done countless times before. I got to a place where I realized that I couldn’t take all the junk of the world with me. If by leaving the occasional artwork in the context it was made gives people ideas about what’s possible than so much the better. The resulting interactions have been fascinating. It seems the same is happening here. Some of the other Dedes are “playing along” with this little Styro-fellow. I hear you about the depressive streak. But consider that your useful life is just a blink of an eye considering your potential longevity as trash.
Ah, I never saw it in this light. Maybe by leaving ‘Little Sculpture’ on the doorsteps, he just wanted to prove to me that he indeed had understood your concept! However, with his action he hurt ‘Little Sculpture’ a lot. Maybe he didn’t know that it was so sensitive and immediately felt discarded for a second time. An item turns into trash, when it is no longer valued. All the Dedes, including Sunny, should know the feeling. After all, they are made of old newspaper. If they would be as sensitive as ‘Little Sculpture’ they might as well jump into the bin together.
The Dedes do have an environmental association after all. It is hard to move very far away from the very substrate that supports everything.
Yes, they do. At least that keeps them honest, they never will become snobby (I hope).