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BADGES?! WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKIN' BADGES!

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Posted by Sanford at 3:19 PM

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Sanford: STATEMENT: I follow my muse. I produce art because I must. Not creating art is destructive to my psyche. I am an artist because not doing art causes mental illness, isolation and despair. Materials for my art are cast-offs discovered on roadsides, in the trash, in thrift shops and hardware stores and in nature. It is a mystical experience to find the life in a piece of junk and resurrect it to a new purpose. Perhaps, resurrecting cast-offs is a kind of metaphor for myself. BIO: Born in Los Alamos, NM in 1949 and raised in Albuquerque where I graduated High School. Traveled a bit by thumb and by plane. Worked in jewelry, as a taxi driver, medical courier, construction laborer, corrections officer, etc. I suffered a "soul revolution" (break down) in 2006. Dealing with the resulting mental illness I found that art offered a therapeutic outlet and that other people enjoyed my creations. I work out of my home in New Mexico

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