Think of it as a kind of “Sim Museum”, except in the real world. It doesn’t have to be a public show either, it could just be your own private collections of whatever YOU find interesting. It gives the reader permission to create their own portable (or not portable) show. You decide what goes in it, what is interesting, why it is interesting, how it could be displayed.
I am interested in the idea of taking art (or museum shows/collections) out of the realm of ‘institution’ and into the hands of the individual, one does not need a formal space to put things in, in order for it to be valid. Smith says of the book’s curious choice of subtitle: It all began with this simple list, which Smith scribbled on a piece of paper in the middle a sleepless night in 2007: From mapping found sounds to learning the language of trees to turning time observation into art, these playful and poetic micro-projects aren’t just a simple creativity booster - they’re potent training for what Buddhism would call “living from presence” and inhabiting your life more fully. As a longtime fan of guerrilla artist and illustrator Keri Smith’s Wreck This Box set of interactive journals, part of these 7 favorite activity books for grown-ups, I was delighted to discover her How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum ( public library) - a wonderful compendium of 59 ideas for how to get creatively unstuck by engaging with everyday objects and your surroundings in novel ways.
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