This was a very worth-while study. It made me reflect on how attached I can get to simple objects. We do the same thing with stuffed animals as children and with cars and ipods as adults. I know people who have named their cars and children who can't bear to be separated from their stuffed animal for one night. I think that personifying objects is our way as humans to relate to them, because our concept of life is based solely on our humanity. We can't truly fathom what life must be like for a rose bush or a bird. Part of our attachment to objects is how we acquired them. Where they came from or who gave them to us, how much they cost or how often we use them, all affect how attached we become.
In creating a work of art, the artist develops a relationship with the object they are making the portrait of. They spend time studying its physical aspects and pondering its history. All this can be conveyed visually in a piece.
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nice connection to the artist's process. and great characterization of an old guy, down to "baptized episcopalian but not religious" - hilarious!
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