GOOD BONFIRE: Writing on creativity and contemplative practice by artist Hannah Burr

STUDIO OBJECTS: PLASTIC CLOGS

5/11/2021

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I bought these out of fascination at a big box store in Watertown, just down the way from the in-mall registry of motor vehicles where I was one million and one in line to get a license renewed. I strolled in and found these shoes, so ugly that I found them beautiful. They were a gray blue, the blue of crafting projects of New Hampshire, and they were a slip on clog as you can see. They had a molded pattern as if they were a sneaker, except that they were all plastic, and a clog. Do you see why I had to have them for $10? I hope so.

As it turned out, these shoes were unbelievably comfortable and I wore them everywhere, with most all ensembles. I could walk all over the city of Boston in these shoes! And I did. When I had a studio at Humphreys Street, the summers there were unbelievably hot. I sweltered. I would arrive to have a productive day and just wilt, and swoon. My clogs did not breath, and altogether, this situation was untenable. Did I buy an air conditioner? No. Not even a thermometer to get a read on how hot it actually was. But I did take a straight razor and not so straightly cut two wide strips out of the toe area as you see here. Not very well, but it did the job.

I no longer wear the shoes about town, but I do still use them in the studio. I have never seen anything like them before or since, and so I continue to value them. They remain a valuable studio tool and they magically do not smell. 
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Jill Slosburg-Ackerman link
5/18/2021 04:36:53 pm

Hello Hannah! Please add me to your list! Sending you warm wishes! Xo jill

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Hannah Burr
6/11/2021 02:45:30 pm

Hello Jill! Smoke signals of love your way! I will do so right now! xoxo

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