Yesterday kicked off this year’s Name That Painting Contest and the first day brought many great entries, several via e-mail, and even a short poem. Gotta love the creativity out there. Keep up the good work!
I was remiss in mentioning a couple of things yesterday when I first listed the contest.
First, how the winning entry is selected: I make the final decision. I go through the entries and look for a title that has an interesting interpretation of the painting, hopefully adding a dimension that I hadn’t seen myself. I had considered putting selected titles up for a vote but I’m not quite ready to give up that much control over a part of my work.
I also failed to mention that all entries will be listed on the back of the painting and will therefore be a part of this piece for so long as it lasts on this earth.
So, hopefully, that clears up the last of the details. So, give it a shot and send in your titles. The contest ends Midnight EST on May 16, 2010.
For the rest of the details, check out yesterday’s post.
Redtree Times 
May 16th? you could have hundreds of titles. Does Cheri get a say?
I’m feeling my morning chocolate, on last entry:
“Cane and Stable”
kind of biblical.
Morning chocolate? Cane and Stable? Okay, it’s on the list.
Good morning!
Unfortunately, real world issues have keep me from doing more tban keep a new post or two up on my blog – I’ve mnissed visiting. But how nice to have a new contest to enjoy.
I’ve got my title for this one.
Mundus Interruptus Interrupted World.
It’s a nice double play, because the Latin “mundus” has a double meaning, “world” and “clean”. (How that happened, I don’t know. But it did.)
In the painting, it’s possible to see both an “internal” world of conversation interrupted, as well as the tidiness of the external world. What we call “internal” and “external” worlds always are inseparably linked, and your painting shows that beautifully.
Very good. Mundus Interruptus… I like.
Here are my three (four?) best tries:
1. “Welcome Obstacles for Weary Feet”
2. “Insurmountable Obstacles (on a Bad Day)”
3. “Persistent Obstacles on the Path to Weight Loss” (or if you prefer, just “On the Path to Weight Loss”)
While I like that last one for personal reasons, maybe you should save it for another painting, and put a TV set in the path instead!!!
Or is that too literal?
Keep up the good work…!
-Tom
Thanks, Tom. I like them. The last one might be too close to the bone for me although I do like the TV set idea. All the best!