What’s in Your Pockets?

My first class in college was in 2019 at 8 a.m. on a Monday. I had drawing one with a talked-about professor. The comments were mixed about her, some good and some bad, but one thing that everyone seemed to agree on was that she pushed buttons. What I found out was true. Push buttons she did; it felt like she slammed on every single one I had with me when I walked into class. She taught us a lot, me especially, but one thing she told me that would stick with me forever was, “If you can’t draw a straight line without a ruler, you won’t make it anywhere in the art world.” Something about that simple little sentence at 8 a.m. sat with me for the next 5 years and fueled my spite to continue the arts and prove I could do something with it. It might not necessarily end with drawing, but it will be art-related. With that thought, I consider myself creative. I create things that make me happy. I create things that I want to share with other people. I create things in the hopes of getting different reactions out of my work and seeing what the general opinion of it all is. I create things in the hope of finding out what my art style is. I will be creative until I find that style and consider myself an artist in that work. I decided to create a series titled “What’s in Your Pockets?" Nobody ever questions what someone is carrying with them every day. Why does it matter what a stranger has in their pockets? It doesn’t. But it could explain a lot about the person and their life without ever having a deep conversation. In this series, I wanted to challenge myself and be the one to start a conversation first. Something that would catch people off guard. I wanted to test people and see how they would react if I approached everyone differently to ask the same question. How would someone's answer change if I showed what was in my pockets first? Would they shoo me away if they saw I had a camera before I spoke? What if they never knew I took photos and wanted to know what was in their pockets? How would these things change what they showed me and how they decided to present the things to me? I wanted to create a series for people who are observant of others and question how humans live their day-to-day lives.


Art Loop Sticker by virartz
Art Loop Sticker by virartz
Art Loop Sticker by virartz
Art Loop Sticker by virartz
Art Loop Sticker by virartz
Art Loop Sticker by virartz
Art Loop Sticker by virartz
Art Loop Sticker by virartz
Art Loop Sticker by virartz
Art Loop Sticker by virartz
Art Loop Sticker by virartz
Art Loop Sticker by virartz
Art Loop Sticker by virartz
Art Loop Sticker by virartz
a black and white photo of a person holding a small box of cigarettes
Art Loop Sticker by virartz
a black and white photo of a person holding a collection of items
Art Loop Sticker by virartz
a pair of hands holding a metal pin
Vintage Camera Sticker by SunChaser Tyme & Andy