Cookie-sheet abstract expressionism seemed like… a thing… to… try. At one point. Have a great weekend, everyone!
Harry Crane (of a Mark Rothko painting): “Two possibilities. Either Cooper loves it, and you have to love it, like, in an ‘Emperor’s New Clothes’ situation… or he thinks it’s a joke and you’ll look like a fool if you pretend to dig it.”
Salvatore Ramano: “People like him pretend they understand this.”
Harry Crane “Maybe he has a brochure in here, something that explains it…”
– Rich Sommer & Bryan Batt – Mad Men
About this image: digital photograph taken and modified with smart phone (minimally edited in iPhoto)
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Despite the quote, I can honestly say that I love this, Robert. 🙂
I just thought the quote was kind of funny… in a silly sort of way. And I was thrilled to remember anything that was somehow related to abstract expressionism!
Thank you very, very much, S.E… I still really like the idea of this… but I’m not so sure I quite pulled-off exactly what I had in mind. It seems I’m not very good at organizing things that aren’t more… ‘organized’ to begin with (if that makes sense).
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Never mind the cookie sheet where are all the cookies? 🙂 lol
Your expressionism is definitely on a roll with this excellent one
SIG and thank you for offering it 🙂 Would have enjoyed cookies
though, especially with a hot mug of coffee 🙂
Have a brilliant start to your Thursday SIG 🙂
Andro
Hahaha… I was wondering the very same thing, Andro! We’ve been robbed! What a way to start the day! 😦
Thank you very much, sir! I hope that you are having a good one as well!
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I always enjoy cookies,
erm with everything 🙂 lol
Enjoy your weekend SIG 🙂
Andro
Hahaha… part of a balanced diet, you know!
Many thanks to you, Andro!
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Yes and would you believe it that I always start my cutting down stages on the same day 🙂 Oh yes it is always tomorrow 😦 Sigh 😉 lmao Maybe one day I will lose that ten pounds without cheating so much 🙂 lol
Have a great day SIG and those small conifers are a treal scream on your latest post, I think Bearman has been cloned 🙂 lol
Andro
Hahaha… I think that’s the way it works for nearly everyone, Andro (in some way or another)!
Why, thank you very much, sir! I’m so happy to hear that! It’s funny, when I initially took the photo I wasn’t thinking about that, but the moment I went back to look at my photos I had a, ‘Hey! Wait a minute…’ kind of moment!
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I’m with you Andro. Great idea. Bring on the cookies and coffee Bob!
I can be there in 20 minutes or so.
After the 14 hours it now takes to arrive at Traverse City airport from Reno.
Of course I will be a bit longer
in reaching your place but do try
to save me some cookies 🙂 lol
Hey Rachael, a kiss or four 😉 🙂
Andro xxxx
Hahaha… excellent! Try not to fill-up on those airline pretzels, Ms. B… I know I always do!
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Cookies? Did someone say cookies?
I have to say my cookie sheet does resemble this a great deal. 😉
Hahaha… what was I thinking! I’m going to be hungry all day now!
As you can see I’ve gotten more than just a little carried away with the pizza cutter (in the absence of cookies I had to resort to something, I guess)!
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I adore this, not just for the sepia tone, but all those scratches. It just looks like a wonderful abstract piece of art!
Have a great weekend! 🙂
That is wonderful to hear Deb! Thank you!
Hahaha… yeah, the scratches are from where I got carried away with the pizza cutter (as you can see it’s happened on more than just one occasion)!
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In that case it makes is all okay. 😉 🙂
Excellent!
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So clever Robert! Love it! Have a great weekend!
Robyn
You are too kind, Robyn, thank you very much!
Hmm… I still like the idea of this, but… hmm…
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Robert, you must have borrowed my cookie sheet somehow. Hey, how did that happen?! Seriously, I threw that one away. This is most unusual. Amazing how you can make a cookie sheet look cool and artistic. I bet there’s a story behind all the cookies that were baked here.
Wow! Who would have thought when I was out
rummagingerforaginger searching for ‘treasures’ that I’d have found your old cookie sheet!? I don’t know, Amy… you know I still kind of like the idea behind this, but… hmm.Hahaha… sadly the story is pretty short… not too many cookies from this one (a few frozen pizzas, though)! Still, I feel totally gypped! I want those cookies now!
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Hi Inky…I was also wondering about the cookies? I do like rust though…but, not to eat. Mad Men is having a bizarre season(for me). I think Don is losing his edge and realizes it. Funny exchange between Harry and Salatore about the painting in Cooper’s office. You have a great weekend also!
Right? I think we’re all wondering about cookies now… what was I thinking, anyway?! Hahaha… fortunately this is more of a ‘line it with foil and cook a frozen pizza sheet’ than a cookie sheet, because, yeah… I’m probably a bit behind with my tetanus shots!
You know… I’m never sure exactly what is up with Don… just when I think I might have that character figured out he goes the other way! I’m happy you liked the quote, too… I have to admit I thought that was pretty clever!
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You’d think the instructions would have said not to use a pizza wheel…. but i wonder how many people don’t have a their cookie-sheet look a bit like this…. mine does, but I didn’t see the wider possibilities! 😉
Hahaha… absolutely! I probably should have thought that through a bit better. On the other hand, maybe I’ll just pretend like I had intended this to happen all along. I’m sure that will play, right?! 😉
🙂 – all you need is some carefully observed concept that gave you the idea in the first place. … perhaps a work by Pollack. 😉
Hahaha… absolutely! Just as long as I don’t ‘drip’ away too much of my cookie making materials!
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How great is Mad Men? I keep thinking that they’re going to jump the shark soon, but the show keeps surprising and getting better!
Not to shabby a show, is it, Ms. C? Very interesting characters (I’m particularly fond of ‘Roger’ – he’s got all the best lines – although he’s not quite as pretty as ‘Megan’). I’m not sure that I can really relate to any of them… although maybe that’s why I find them so interesting?!
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Whoa. I bet Cookie-sheet abstract expressionism is going to be right up there with Surrealism in a very short time. I first thought it was kitchen counter abstract expressionism and was going to suggest it was time for a total remodel (or a cutting board).
I don’t know… you know… I still kind of like the idea of it… but… hmm…
HA! Absolutely! Thank goodness this isn’t our counter! Our landlord would probably want to break a cookie-sheet over my head if that were the case!!!
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I can just see Sal dabbing the cookie crumbs from the side of his mouth, in that knowing way of his. Plus he would do a grand job of selling Cookie Sheet Art! Where can I buy one?
Oh, yes! You are so right, Ms. K! That’s a perfect visual! I hadn’t thought about that before… but now it ‘sells’ the whole thing! And agreed! Something tells me Sal could get just about anything to sell like
hot cakescookies!🙂
Channel your inner Sal SiG and get cooking, I mean get selling! 🙂
Hahaha… perhaps I’d better try a ‘Mad Men’ inspired office-nap first… just in case that’s a secret to success, you know!
That is what the inside of my coffin would look like 😉
Loon, your comment killed me! Hahahahaha
sorry about the pun.
Hahaha… yikes! We’ll have to get you one of those victorian era bells, Loon!
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I want it tied to my fingers and toes!!!
Heck, we’ll even break-out the ‘good string’ for you, Loon!
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This looks really cool! My mom’s cookie sheets resembled that, but not quite as pretty. I had decided to bake cookies (don’t know where the idea came from…) but had no butter on hand! Just think of all the calories I saved.
Hahaha… you know, another way of saving on calories is to send me any/all available cookies. I like to do what I can to help out, you know. 🙂
Perfect! Maybe you could do something artistic with the crumbs!
Hahaha… does digestion count as something creative? Because I might have taken care of the crumbs, too…
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Looks like the runway lines of Nazca. Maybe aliens have invaded your kitchen!
Hahaha… after I’ve been cooking in there it tastes that way too, Binky!
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I just nominated you for the SUPER SWEET BLOGGING AWARD! http://nikitaland.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/super-sweet-blogging-award/
Wowza! I tend to shy away from awards a bit, but kindness like this could really do something for my already overly-inflated ego!!! Thank you so very much for thinking of me!!! How ridiculously kind of you!!!
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I really think your blog is AWESOME and wanted you to know it! You deserve an award! 🙂
Aw, that is so incredibly kind of you to say!!!
Thank you again! Really… very, very much!!!
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Lovely, I do like a bit of abstraction 😉 Like the way you’ve used the lighting in the composition very much!
Hahaha… I feel the same way – especially of the cookie kind!
Many thanks, sir! I tried a few different set-ups for the lighting – including some more ‘even’ illumination – but, in the end… I don’t know… I thought this was kind of interesting, for some reason. Of course, it had been a while since my last cookie, so you know…
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I’m reminded of the scene in “Seven” (er, “Se7en”?) where Morgan Freeman takes the little pieces of the floor from the guy’s exploded stomach and fits them back into the floor and figures out that he needs to move the refrigerator. Is that at all what happens? I have a terrible memory, but that’s what I remember. This is cool, is what I’m saying.
Hahaha… speaking of ‘terrible’… I’m going to be doing my Morgan Freeman ‘impression’ for days, now.
Everyone seems to like it.
Or… you know… not…
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It’s an interesting board as if it represents handmade.
Thank you very much, sir! I was hoping this would have that very feeling! Excellent!
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Love a man in the kitchen. will never forget your bell pepper piece… and the holy mess that you described in the process.
This piece is such a simple idea
Who doesn’t have ‘that’ cookie sheet among their kitchen collection? Now, the idea to find art in such an object is brilliant! As is your execution.
You are not only a kick-ass artist but your creative and individual choice of subjects is so cool and always surprising.
xo
Hahaha… unfortunately ‘spray-painted pepper’ is about the only thing I know how to make… that doesn’t involve a microwave and a fire-extinguisher, anyway!
That is very, very kind of you to say, Ms. B! Thank you! You know… I do like the idea of this… I’m not quite sure if I pulled-off exactly what I had in mind, though… I might have to try again at some point (maybe once the smoke-detector stops going off)!
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so unique, SIG. have to admit, capturing an image this would have never occurred to me. but it does make for some really cool art.
what kind of cookies were they? if they were peanut butter, i wouldn’t feel quite so ripped off. but if they were chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin, i am sorry i missed those, lol.
Why, thank you, P&K! I still do kind of like the idea of this one, but… hmm…
Hahaha… sadly the cookies are which ever variety was available at the store! I’m really not much of a cook, you know (it can be a very frightening experience – even if I’m only attempting to use the microwave)!
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Can you handle another comment? I have a few cookie sheets that look fairly similar and have never thought of them in the way you have … I really like this!! You have vision!!
I’m thrilled about each and every comment! I thank you very much!
Hahaha… you know… I was just thinking it looked a bit better before all the smoke had a chance to clear out of my kitchen…
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Great found abstract. There is nothing like making cookies or art from scratch. 😀
Many thanks, sir!
Hahaha… yes… and there’s nothing quite like keeping the ingredients separated properly, either! These cookies taste a bit acrylic-y to me…
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I love those scratches! A very impressing image! 😀
The things I get distracted by when I should be washing dishes!
Thank you very much, Cristina!
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Clearly the knife is a genius.
I love such images. I just don’t love people claiming talent is needed to create such things, and may I say you have demonstrated that it is not with great, eh… talent 🙂
Hahaha… indeed (it did a pretty good job on slicing the pizza as well)!
Absolutely – I didn’t do the first thing to intentionally ‘shape’ this… just an experiment more than anything (and… you know… since I had the pan out already… had a bit of a snack as well)!
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“had a bit of a snack as well”
Not just genius but multi-tasking genius. I am humbled.
*om nom nom nom*
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I like cookie. Great shot Robert.
*om non nom*
Thank you very much, J.B!
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it looks like someone’s back had an onslaught from an angry kitty cat
HA! Good call – I’ve been there myself!
MEEEEEOOOOOOWWWWWW!
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