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Second Chances, Michael Bingham
Second Chances, Michael Bingham
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
"Second Chances"
"Making the most out of whatever Life gives you".
For decades I have been making art out of things that other people have abandoned, discarded, sent to thrift stores or sold in garage sales. Since my youth I have possessed the ability to find value, usefulness and even see beauty in objects that most others would label as trash.
This is both a curse and a blessing. It requires patience and space to save, appreciate and tolerate the chaos accompanying objects that have not yet found their useful place in the world. Most of the art, including my …