Kim Alsbrooks paints 17th and
18th Century portraits on trash she finds in the streets. Image by Kim Alsbrooks

The trash must already be
flattened perfectly. She will not flatten it herself. Image by Kim Alsbrooks

Once Kim finds a perfect
piece of trash, she finds the perfect portrait for that piece. Image by Kim Alsbrooks

(I’m not sure whether it
is harder for Kim to find the trash or paint the portrait.) Image by Kim Alsbrooks

The people Kim paints died
long before TV, computers, Coke and Bud were invented. Image by Kim Alsbrooks

I have never met Kim.
I found her work on Vimeo, which led me to her web site , home of these images. Image by Kim Alsbrooks

Kim’s work gave me an
idea, which led to this Slideshare. Image by Kim Alsbrooks

My work may give you
an idea. Image by Kim Alsbrooks

It may take ten minutes
or 1,000 years for this work to inspire a spectacular idea. Image by Kim Alsbrooks

Or… you might just be
slightly nicer to your spouse… or child… or friend… because Kim’s work made you smile. Image by Kim Alsbrooks

We are all connected. Your
ideas and actions impact other people, even when it seems they do not. Image by Kim Alsbrooks

The connections between us are
often neither immediate nor obvious. Image by Kim Alsbrooks

The people you impact may
think very differently than you do. Image by Kim Alsbrooks

Do not wait for a
response. Image by Kim Alsbrooks

The best response to your
work may not come for 100 years. Image by Kim Alsbrooks

Image by Kim Alsbrooks

“Great artists steal, bad artists
borrow.” Harry Chapin, quoting Stravinsky Image by Kim Alsbrooks

Steal as many great ideas
as you can from the past, from the present, and from the future. Image by Kim Alsbrooks

Mashup the world in your
own highly personal and unique way. Image by Kim Alsbrooks

Then watch as others do
the same to you. Image by Kim Alsbrooks

All images by Kim Alsbrooks
KimAlsbrooks.com Slideshare by Bruce Kasanoff ghostwriter & speaker Kasanoff.com Image by Kim Alsbrooks