The Art and Frustration of Unrealized Dreams

By  by Bennett Gordon
Published on June 13, 2008
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I Love My Life the Way It Is presents the frustration of unrealized potential. For the project, Ali Alvarez collects lottery tickets and leaves them unscratched, causing many of the people who see the collection to go “a little crazy.” Alvarez says it’s designed to explore high hopes, “dreaming, escaping, and then usually being let down.”

Image byEric E Yang, licensed underCreative Commons.

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