REFRIGERATOR ART

A household appliance. Designed to keep our most perishibles an even 36-40 degrees. Perhaps save us intestinal disorders from imbibing rancid sustinence. Yet it seems to serve a higher purpose; that of holding those precious scribbles, doodles, paintings, and stickered renderings of an innocents mind. A.k.A.:refrigerator art. It has become the mini-museum in every household. But the artwork of our own loved children is not the only thing to be displayed. There will be photographs of loved ones, will yours make the grade? And don't forget the magnets. Those special treasures whose sole purpose is to hold up the one-of-a-kinds, which they, themselves, tend not to be. The grossly mass-produced commercialism comes free with junk mail and somehow ends up at the top corner of the latest masterpiece. Jack the plummer will give you the best deal in town, there's the roofer, the banker, and the guy who will cut your trees down if only you'd call him. And they've all left their numbers for you. You will find the weeks grocery list and the remenants of those little plastic letters that were so much fun to spell words with once, only now all you have are the letters "P" and"L". There seems no greater a compliment to a child then to tell them that the art that they have just created will presently be hung on the refrigerator. The Louve will just have to wait for that one....