Reading for the day is an Op-Ed article in The New York Times of Sunday, 2 September 07.
A group of artists (who go by the name Illegal Art) conceived a project whereby they blanketed New York city with 6,000 post-it notes spelling out the words “To Do.” Then they invited ordinary people to fill out the blank post-its with their lost plans for the summer now ending. Result: Fascination. Also, the feeling that you are not alone. Below, a few dozen of the “To Do” pieces, from a collage photograph that appeared in the Times under heading “The Lost Summer”. Followed by my own “To Do” list of failed summer plans:
From The New York Times article on “The Lost Summer”, Sunday, 2 September 2007:
Be nice to George.
Learn to swim so I can go to Cuba.
Call Mike!
Spend more time with my mom.
Kick my habit.
Fall over.
Learn to throw a curve ball.
E-mail Vinny.
Be cool. Be cool. Be cool. Be cool.
Get my suitcase back!!!
Call Dad. Find soulmate. Buy milk.
Teach the dog manners.
Land.
Make my film.
End affair.
Sue landlord (again)
Take another leap of faith
Divorce Frank
Befriend my parents.
To find the yellow rainboots
LEAVE DUMBO
Wake up high up above the Williamsburg bridge
Tell her I lover her boyfriend.
Rebecca Rebecca Rebecca
Move out of Bashwick.
Break up with Kevin!
Reconcile with Tolstoy
MEET THAT DAD
Pay tickets
Get rid of my beer-and-curry belly.
Make ripples!
Renew my passport
Have this baby.
Therapy, then Six Flags!
Be confident
Make Harry laugh.
Invade Canada
Spoon
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My Own “To Do” List of Summer Plans Never Completed: