RE: Hidden Art - Can You Recognise It?
I used to moonlight as a mover and would occaisonally help some guy dissolve households, among other things. That man was in a constant hurry, breaking the speed limit while puffing ciagrettes and sitting in a pile of candy wrappers and empty coke bottles. Then on the weekends he would visit local flea markets and hawk valuables. I remember asking him about handling art and noticed him avoiding eye contact. He then mumbled something barely intelligible, but he hinted at how the sausage was made. Turns out, he would throw most amateur art straight into the trash and not even consider it. Just how it was, at least to him.
It's depressing, but I guess that's how the real world works. You pour your soul into something, then you die and some sugar addicted nimcompoop destroys your work without thinking twice.
You painted the situation very well. I see you watch that guy driving covered by candy wraps while puffing cigarettes.😑
Such a pitty not someone with interest visit such a household first. I miss those days where people put their "trash" outside and many went out in the evening to find vsluable items. Today it's no longer collected unless you pay the city. No chance to find some treasures.
It indeed is depressing if you think about it but on the other hand can you blame someone for not liking everything created? If it comes to it galleries and musea do the dmsame. They decide who the artist is.
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We still got dedicated days for old mattresses, furniture, and so on. Technically it's verboten to loot that stuff, but it's kind of tolerated. What you aren't allowed to do is to randomly put something to the curb, even if you're adding a for free sign.
With the guy I was talking about I'm not sure if he's even thinking about it anymore. It's more like a professional disregard that became habitual, a bit like how a butcher on the dissassembly line doesn't see happy animals. It's probably the same with most galleries. Even if there was an audience, finding that audience is considered a bad cost-benefit ratio.
Now old medals and such? That stuff sells.
No. We can only put garbage in a ment to be chipped container or like in the former place we had a pass to open an underground container where a small bag fits in. You drag your bag/s a few streets through the area to dump them. Always great for the elderly who can't, like the parents of a friend. Also fun if your pass doesn't work. Btw they dig in the garbage to figure out who dumped what.
If you want to get rid of "bigger" garbage you have to make a package of 1 m3 out of it and deliver it yourself with the pass or they pick it up for 45 euros (with bad luck someone else took it before they arrived and you pay in advance so... ). Only2 or 3 times per year.
If it comes to electric items we pay if we buy so if you buy new that company should take the old broken one back. Well, they don't as we experienced after we moved and a few weeks ago. The delivery man says it's not his job so???
As it was still at the frontdoor someone rang and asked if he could take it. We are still waiting for that company to pick it up...
The second hand shop 2switch should take all furniture but also washing machines, tv sets and so on. They don't, so you are still with your furniture left at the frontfoor or it remains there after you moved!
The idea of a second chance is great but those who need it won't get anything because of the rules and if you see something at the 2switch second hand shop they charge you sky high prices because? They receive everything for free and most employers won't get paid either.
It is unclear what the lesspn taught is. There are sites where you can pick up something for free but if you need to rent a car to cruise the country that free sofa is twice as expensive as a new one at Ikea with 10 years guarantee and free delivery. 🤔
It's with most things, same for clothes and so on.
Old matresses I found on the ceiling of the house I rent, it's still there. Setting at fire is no option nor taking it out. The owner renovated and changed the ceilings and the ladder is too short and the hole to crawl through too small. Good for a stow away or so 🤔
I believe all metals are valuable today. Statues and art are ripped which says enough. They should better dig in the "environment street" like they call it (and my son would love to) to reuse everything the city loves to throw away.
If you sell your gold you are fooled, that's for sure (fooled you are anyway).
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