Inspired by Road Trash

We've all heard people say that artists are different. I never thought that of myself; I feel like I'm pretty normal and people who don't know me would never be able to tell I was an artist. I don't have purple or green hair. My clothes are not bizarre looking. I'm not spaced out or have my head somewhere else.

Yesterday I had to do some errands, and because it had warmed up outside from -25C, I walked to do them. I have told you before that my eyes are scouring the ground when I walk on my own. On the road just up from my driveway, I saw a piece of something that excited me. I didn't pick it up because by the time my brain had registered what it was, I was already a few paces past it.

You're going to laugh. I got so excited when I finally realized what it was, that the whole time I was doing my errands, I couldn't stop thinking about it and what I could do with it! I started to worry that I would lose my opportunity and someone else would pick it up! So I started to move a little faster. On my way home I took a different route and acknowledged that if I didn't go home the same way I left, I would not walk past where I saw this item laying on the road so I corrected my route and tried to remember where I saw it.

I was almost home and I started thinking,"Oh no, I don't see it! Did I pass it already?! Did someone actually pick it up?!" To my relief, there it was, just ahead of me, still lying where I had seen it earlier. Phew!

Well, I have to tell you, I came to the realization that I'm a little weird too. Who gets excited about a piece of trash on the road?  And who worries that a normal person would pick up what they thought was trash anyway? And who would even think it was worthy to include in an art piece? I guess only an artist................

So, I guess you are wondering what this fantastic piece of trash is? Have a look and see if you get as excited as me. Then let me know if you did or didn't. I want to know if I'm truly eccentric!..........

This is how I saw it when I found it. Doesn't look like
much, does it? Yet I got excited!

When I got  it in the house I washed it off and it looked even better!

Look at all the colours and interesting things on it.
This is the front.

This is the back. It is also really interesting.

Now I had to decide which side I wanted to use. Not easy, I love both sides!

This is what I did with it.

These things are called circuit boards and I'm pretty sure they are in a lot of things we use: computers, cell phones, TV's, radios. So if you ever come across one, you know you can always unload it on this crazy artist!