SHOWS I HAVE CURATED

Pencil Scar Memories
Time: Friday, October 9, 2009, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Place: Garage 4141, Alabama Street #4, San Diego, CA

Description: This opportunity extends itself to non-artist and artists. If you have a pencil lead scar from school memories and can take a picture of it and write your recollections of this scarred event; please send jpeg of scar and narrative to: deepseal2 @ aol.com or: Garage 4141 Alabama Street #4 San Diego, Ca, 92104

	I was in first grade, and i was walking around for no reason and tripped over my feet. As i was falling, my hand rammed into a pencil that was on a desk (you know, like the lead part is pointing off the edge of the desk) and the lead like, got lodged in my thumb. My teacher had to pull it out and it never really healed right, but there's a scar. In the picture, the lighting was bad where i took it, so i marked over it with black sharpie, so you could see it. So, the black mark on my thumb is my scar, not some weird mark. - Alice Byrd
She was one of the pretty, rich, popular 'in crowd' girls and I was a shabby dirt-bag who wore the same clothes to school everyday. I sat behind her and without provocation, or any reason beyond her perceived right to abuse a loser, she stuck her pencil in my knee. She never even turned around and I never told anyone about it. I dropped out of school shortly afterwards having had my fill of beatings, insults and humiliation. It was the best move i ever made. One learns a lot in high school. - John Kevin Loesch
	When I learned to write my fingers would always get covered with pencil lead. I thought this happened to all kids. But it didn't. Years later I figured it out. Lefties push their hand across the words. Everybocy else leaves a trail of words behind. So their fingers stay clean. - Richard Gleaves