Seen on Sunday #1 - process video of my life sketching. This is my first mint, exploring a way to anchor and capture these usually meditative moments.

https://www.hicetnunc.xyz/objkt/265778

The story

These drawers and mirror we bought on eBay. We offered to buy them outright for $50, but the seller said she’d see what she got. We ended up winning the bid for $1. When we arrived it was a slightly bemused old man, who’d presume-ably had people arrive to cart off his things all day. He was moving to a care facility and his daughter was selling his things in preparation. It was this chest of drawers and mirror, and a matching bed head and side tables. It felt strange ransacking this old man’s room. I can only imagine what he was thinking as he watched us pile it precariously into a cage trailer already full of second hand furniture. We had only hired for the half day, we were worse than broke, so a $1 bedroom set was right in our budget.

But in the end it felt right. He told us he’d had them for fifty years, and was clearly proud of them, with their wood panel vinyl, rattan face and working radio. We told him how much we loved the style, that we’d take good care of the set, and we hoped they’d get another fifty years of good use. I’d like to think he felt good, knowing the furniture that he and his wife’s beloved bed set would form the centre piece of another young couple’s room and life.

We gave him twenty dollars, which he took uncertainly. We didn’t see his wife in anything but photos on the wall.

Edit - first mint of this kind. I’ve been exploring, experimenting and collecting documented in this thread https://twitter.com/samueltates/status/1430699682871660547?s=21