TRASH-y manifesto

By
professor sparklylynne PhD (Petroleum Hybrid Detritus)

TRASH .... 

is the stuff you throw away or just don't want or need anymore ........
it's everywhere ........

​we are drowning under piles of it. 

It's wrapped around or contains the stuff we buy to eat or use in our daily lives. 
It comes from the stuff lying in our drawers that we bought and we either
broke it,
we went off it,
we stopped wearing it -

OR ........

we stopped playing with it
(or even that we managed to buy it and never again let it see the light of day).


It ends up in
landfill,
charity shops,
thrown into a hedge

OR ........

washed up on a beach.



Its ugly,
its wasteful,
it pollutes our lives 
it often depresses us ....
it will out-live us and it will hang around for millions of years,


BUT ........ 


it can also be beautiful,
ridiculous, 
unique,
fun,
frivolous,
quirky,
bonkers

it can often make us laugh when transformed into something 'wearable'. 

It can become precious and can evoke fond memories of the finding, receiving and collecting of it ........
It can empower us and make us want to question both our own and others consumerism ........

It can gently show the possibilities of what can be made, up-cycled ........
no longer bought but re-made and it is then ready to go on new adventures with its new owner.


when combined with things that have a history ........
It can be as precious as a diamond ........

​things you have an emotional attachment to ........
with their own precious stories ........


........then​


 TRASH ........ 

​........ becomes priceless.

aka Professor sparklylynne PhD (Poly hybrid Detritus)

Official Disclaimer:
-Prof sparklylynne's PhD was awarded on an honorary basis from the 're-dress community creative service provision'
(est. and residing in the mind of the fictitious and eco-conscious alter ego Prof. sparklylynne)

Therefore no responsibility will be taken for the Professors inferred qualifications
​ or professional standing.