For several years I ran what I called my Analog Blog out of a steel box between the sidewalk and my back fence. I would load the box with 20 copies or so of something I had recently found inspiring or entertaining on the web. Usually it was a manifesto or something that could easily be shared on one page.
Apparently I gathered a small following, since I would often meet strangers in the neighborhood and they would say something like, "Oh, you live in THAT house. I really enjoy your artwork and that little 'TAKE ONE' box you have." I can't even count the number of times I'd be doing yard work or hanging in a lawn chair by my backyard pond/fountain and I'd hear the metallic screetch of the un-oiled piano hinge on the back of the box creaking open, someone taking a copy and then the gentle thunk of the lid closing as they walked away.
Sadly, some neighborhood kids (apparently) started finding pleasure in taking all of my copies and throwing them on the ground in a pile or individually across the area. As a result of this, and a few potentially embarrassing things that people would leave in the box like condoms (still new and unused thankfully!), I finally removed the box after several years. But it was a good run and a cool project while it lasted. Since I now have a "real" blog, I thought it might be fun to share a few tidbits from that earlier, analog version. Here's the first one, Keri Smith's "How to Feel Miserable as an Artist," first placed in the Take One Box on March 8, 2008:
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