Side Road: The Losers

For the past six months I have been obsessed with finding losing scratch-off lottery tickets. These things scatter the streets and it brings me great joy when I pick them up off the pavement and find one I don't have yet. I am in love with the colors, the design and the ridiculous names of the games; fuck the Guggenheim, walk down the street and you will discover some of the best art there is. I also am drawn to the people who buy these. I like to watch them desperately rub away the foil coating and observe their calm deadpan reaction to loss after loss, and then when they do win, they just get more tickets. It's as if they play to loose. These are the quick fixes for the gambling addict. Now trash on the street, but at some point these scratch-offs satisfied someone's craving. Here are some from my collection.

The Side Roads

Since I have a driving theme here on this blog, I will begin to slowly post a new series called The Side Roads. This will be a collection of small, often unfinished and undeveloped, side projects, mostly just ideas or a brief fascination with something, but, nonetheless, important roads to have taken. Sometimes getting lost, taking another route or just getting distracted can provide a unique perspective for a larger work already in progress or spark the fire of a new big project. So sometimes it pays to take those side roads and see where they lead you.