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The Great Glebe Garage Sale is a yearly event in Ottawa. Everyone in the
Glebe digs out all their unwanted possessions and tries to sell them. I
assume the garage sale is a good time, but I've never been to one. I've
only gone garbage picking with friends the day after the event. What was
once sitting on a rickety table, up for sale, is dragged out to the
curb and left for the garbagemen to pick up. Unless I get it first.
I have no idea why someone in the Glebe would own a picture of Chairman
Mao. The Glebe is a somewhat affluent neighbourhood, full of the
upper-middle class. But there was Mao, in the garbage, tucked in a box of
books. It was the classic Mao portrait they hung (hang?) in schools and offices in China. I
snatched it up immediately, knowing I could do something with it. My
version of the portrait, done on posterboard, almost makes Mao look human.
I'm not sure why he is full of stars. He just is.
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