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Photo of the Day:
Jason in his paint-spattered Big Buck Bibs, which onlookers suggest he should sell on eBay!
“Hey, you oughta sell those on eBay! I’m serious! You could get $500.00 for those.”
No less than 20 times have folks told me that as I’ve been hot-painting a window.
This always blows my mind. To me, they’ve always been just my everyday painting bibs. They’re warm, they’re protective, but nothing special, to me.
Onlookers and customers, I’ve learned, may see things differently. I’ve come to see that these bibs somehow have a special value in their eyes. It’s like they’re so colorful, so patterned in an arbitrary, paint-spattered way, that they’ve acquired almost artistic value.
I guess one of the lessons of these kinds of statements is that people see me, my togs, my painting actions as something special. They see a performance going on and they somehow want to participate.
And, actually, I’m glad they do want to. It attracts even attention to what I’m doing — and how I’m helping out my customers. It shows me that everyone wants to be actively involved in art, even if it’s just art’s togs!
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Jason's colorful bag (or bucket) of tricks
Over almost 20 years of painting windows I’ve encountered many people observing my craft with curiosity and sometimes wonder. There have been questions addressed to me by those that, I think, are just trying to be friendly but not really thinking about what they are asking me. There are also those that think they are being witty.
Over the years, though, I’ve noticed I’m asked many of the same questions and hear similar comments.
So here’s a list of the top 10, with a tip of the hat to Dave Letterman:
10. “Is that paint?”
9. “Can you see through that?”
8. “My grandpa was a sign painter.”
7. “I can’t draw a stick man.”
6. “Ya’ll hiring?”
5. “Can you paint backwards?”
4. “Do you get high off the paint?”
3. “Do you get nervous when people are watching you?”
2. “I wish I had your job.”
1. “Do you have to go to school to do that?”
There you have it. All except the comedian that is sure to say I spelled something wrong. It’s possible that I’ve done a double-take a few times. (But I can’t recall misspelling anything!)
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