" The most valuable gift you can receive is an honest friend" Stephen Richards
Walking through their living room into the kitchen, the mod vibe was unmistakable. Fun mid century style furniture mixed with an antiquated radio and tube TV. This could've been Rob & Laura Petrie's place I thought a'la 1962 from The Dick Van Dyke Show, but it wasn't. No, this place was more hip, more intricately planned and every bit 2016.
It's a funny thing, strolling through another person's home during an open house real estate event. One can't help but imagine the personalities and even the physical features of the people who live there.
Making my way into the hallway, I passed by photo after photo of this gorgeous family. Young, attractive and all smiles. Beautiful husband and wife who could've both been runway models, but seemed to have instead embraced the writing world and the most precious wide eyed little girl with blonde curls and dimples. The type of photographs usually found in shiny silver frames for sale in store front windows, only these photos were real.
Every room was more adorable than the next. This was a home not only well planned, but well lived in. Comfort seemed to ooze from every corner of this abode. THIS place was a real estate agents dream come true! With every cute accent and interesting wall covering, I felt more at home. Energy. You can't deny energy.
Then turning into the bathroom, I saw it. The art of the day. A sprawling huge white canvas with very infantile words in black rudimentary print spelling out:
BREAK MY HEART? I'LL BREAK YOUR FACE.
So striking, so completely out of place. This overbearing proclamation of black and white hanging ever so boldly above the toilet. The type of art that refuses to be inconspicuous. Not only are you going to read it, but you will take notice and you will ponder and you will read it again and again and again. No escaping. This was the bathroom. As an occupant, you definitely are visiting there more than a few times a day.
How strange I thought. Everything else in this home was so subdued and so gentle, relaxing against softly painted walls like a comfy worn in chair. This particular art piece was taking over the vibe. This super sized canvas of black and white had just become the defining moment of the home tour and this was the defining statement:
"Break my heart? I'll break your face."
As much as I hated the strange way it interrupted the flow of the house, I loved it even more.
It was daring and unfitting and inappropriately perfect.
Value. I think it stands for value. The value of another person's heart. The value of building a relationship. The value of a future. The value of love. Maybe this couple's tongue in cheek illustration was a gentle reminder of the inexplicable thing that brings any two people together in the first place... value. Maybe a little black and white constant subliminal reminder is a good thing. A thing that keeps a love beating strong and valuable.
Or y'know maybe it's just art. ;)
Value one another today.
Hepburn Hugs and Ric Ocasek Dreams
xo
Birdee
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