the cooking fairy

recycling has been very important to me personally and a significant part of daily life. i believe in re-using things, finding purpose for things useless at first glance... because ultimately those things take place of potential new arrivals. i like to eliminate the need to acquire. the cooking fairy now occupies a nail in the kitchen which would otherwise call out for a painting, photo frame or some such thing currently on a shelf in some store. the fairy plum is a tutti frutti, a holiday ornament from Gramercy Park flower shop from many years ago. he holds a bowl, stirring batter. a glass dragonfly covers a missing foot and a glued back together ceramic half-plate serves as backdrop. the cooking fairy now oversees the kitchen and watches over the stove and all its pots. i love to see the glue in the broken edges - it emphasizes the second/third generation of purpose for the same thing. i don't want to let go and discard these witnesses of years past who have been intimate participants of our everyday.