Monday, March 26, 2012
What caught my attention most about Lorraine was that she liked to ride a Harley. When I picture a Harley I picture ruff, dirty, older, tatted men with skin so stretched and ruff you could sand down a toboggan with it. Lorraine is an older woman with adult kids, she is kind, and from what I could tell her skin looked pretty darn moisturized. This lady seems so far distant from the image I have of motorcycle wielders. Where does her life as a janitor end and her life as a hard ass woman begin? That when I realize they have always been the same... it's just the first time I've realized it, because I took the time to talk to her. My piece combines a few key elements from the interview: Harley, a mop, and her favorite color white. The mop both references to her job, but also is her favorite task on the job. She enjoyed mopping. So I make a half mop half Harley apparatus. I realize its good and bad, ying and yang, reference and I like it. We all have these sides of ourselves that are rough, and sides that our soft. This interview was all about finding out what I could about both. I also painted a wall (kids washable paint) and it reads "not your average janitor". What is your average janitor? Who is your average janitor? If there is one thing I have learned from this interview is that you just never know the depth of a person until you ask.
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