GARBAGE GARDENS PRESENTS:
The Can: Issue One
ART AND MUSINGS ABOUT
FEAR
"In 1951, my uncle Frank moved down to Eureka Springs, Arkansas, to manage The Crescent Hotel. As a parting gift, his father gifted him a brand new Kodak Pony camera. It was quite an expensive item back then, and Frank cherished it. Anytime I picture my uncle, he has that sacred antique dangling from his neck. After he died last summer, my cousins and I visited his home to look through his storage, and while in the attic, we came across a box with a stack of Life magazines, matchbooks from the hotel, and a musty photo album. Regrettably, we never located the camera, but this eerie photograph was truly breathtaking. I knew there were supposedly "supernatural events" at The Crescent, but I always thought that was a scam to drive up tourism. I wish Frank were around to explain this!"
submitted by @nicholas35mm
submitted by T
stylized by Amber
"A Confession"
Shot on VHS, Captured & Edited
by Amber
"A Threat"
Shot on VHS, Captured & Edited
by Amber
"A Promise"
Shot on VHS, Captured & Edited
by Amber
“Haunting”
Photography by Andrea Fernández
Inspiration: hallow, empty, dark, stillness
"Fear! In my opinion, fear is truly a powerful motivating factor of life. It can be argued, that if not for fear of extinction from the frigid weather conditions that cavemen wouldn’t have sought out ways to produce heat. Fast forward a few million years to the time of slavery; the Underground Railroad was established to aid enslaved people in their escape to freedom! Certainly if not for the ever looming prescience (the fear of slavery, cultural eradication and/or worse: death) people like Harriet Tubman and William Still would not have risked their own demise to help liberate 1,100 slaves into freedom.
From then to now, there isn’t a soldier strapped for war not afraid to die. I feel and it has been said; this grants them an edge and keener senses. Partnered with driven purpose, victory is imminent. I say that to say this: I have been afraid of few things in my life, like snakes.
I am a hip hop artist. There hasn’t been a time before I record or perform that I wasn’t afraid. Still, that hasn’t stopped me yet! One of my most motivating musical inspirations is Detroit Hip Hop Artist Eminem. On his 2002 hit song “Lose Yourself”, he asks:
“Look, if you had one shot, one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted
One moment
Would you capture it or just let it slip?”
I ask myself the same exact thing every time before I do something that scares me; Or rather tests me to alter my way to think or act in order to complete a big/foreign task or goal. I take a deep breath. Then I do it.
So with this, I take away all my fears."
​Submitted by @chrisatthecon
"Heart, Hustle and Humor"
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