Character Growing From Flower Pot

"Character Growing From Flower Pot"

7"x28" Oil on Repurposed Wood

2012

A bird landed on a flower pot in front of an abandoned building in Detroit.  (Where did the bird come from?) (What did the building look like?) (What was it before it was abandoned?)  The bird (what kind of bird?) dropped a seed from its beak into the flower pot.  Luckily this flower pot got an hour of good sunlight a day when it wasn’t shadowed by the surrounding buildings. 

Something began to grow from the soil (what did it look like in the early stages of growth?).  A plant with large leaves grew over a few weeks.  On night (or day) the leaves spread open to reveal a creature the likes of which no one had ever seen.

In the morning when people walked by to go to work they heard a voice giving them complements (I like your hat)(you look wonderful).  Peopled turned around to see the creature growing from the flower pot.  They asked who are you?  What is your name?  Where did you come from?  What are you?

My name is ________, and I come from ________.  Why are you so happy?  Why do you say these nice things to us?  (why does he/she say all of these nice things?)  Because it is what I am meant to do.