I’ve just finished Linda’s putting together Linda’s artwork for her packet of marlboro cigarettes that she sent me. I will write more about this in a week or two but I decided that I wouldn’t open the pack or pull it apart i.e. (a) I felt it was important to leave the pack intact and unopened and (b) to preserve the purity of the packaging as the cigarette company intended. I simply inserted two pristine nails into the pack to match the “clean design” lines of the pack. I used a design that conjures up images of crypts for me and also old billboard signs that you see in movies – you know the type that had the wanted signs on them. I put a single bell to add the idea of churches and celebrations. Linda was a closet smoker so for the most part she has had to deal with withdrawal on her own without the support of friends – so a single bell to denote her journey is appropriate.
That is awesome, Jackie!
Dear Sweet Jackie,
I just revisited your site after months and months…It has been 5 months since you did this and over 7 months since I quite. I was so struck with the way we worshipped cigarettes like the way you would worship God in a temple, cathedral…or a chapel! The way you captured that was truly wonderful and left me with goose bumps…how far we have come!!! And you…have been there for me since the beginning….I thank you!!! I truly thank you!!! The single bell rings now in my heart and symbolizes Freedom From Smoking!!!
oxoxo
L