piet and re-piet

Piet Mondrian is one of those iconic modern artists, with instantly recognizable compositions consisting of grids of dark lines enclosing fields of white and eye-catching primary colors. A complicated theoretical apparatus underlies these paintings, involving evolution towards higher planes of being and seeing and the quest for an art more real than reality itself. Mondrian took this all very seriously, so much so that when his friend and collaborator, Theo van Doesburg, introduced diagonal lines into his compositions, Mondrian reportedly never forgave him.

The picture above, however, isn't actually a Mondrian. In fact, it's supposed to be a picture of, well, me. And, oddly enough, I think it pretty much captures my physical and spiritual essence. If you'd like to create your very own personal modern art masterpiece, just go to this this site, answer a few basic questions about yourself and voilà! the portrait of you that Mondrian probably would have painted if only he'd had the chance.

If you post your Mondrian-esque picture on your own blog, please leave a note and/or a link in the comments so everyone will get a chance to admire it.


Be sure to check out these fab faux Mondrians:
Yolanda
Deshaine
Amelie
Which Box
Ms. Bri
Diana J
Kristin
Kym
Caro
K
Marin
Superlagirl
eep
Magpie
Ya Chun
Erica
Donna
Artblog
Melissa

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In comments, Ya Chun asks how to save the picture. Since I just discovered how to do this relatively recently myself, I thought I'd share my newly-acquired knowledge. What you need to do is to take a screen shot. Just follow the directions below, depending on what kind of computer you're using and the picture will be saved as a file on your computer.
MAC
1. Press COMMAND+SHIFT+4
2. A little cross curor will appear. Holding down the mouse button, drag to select the part of the screen you want. When you release the button the screenshot will snap a picture of that part of the screen and save it as a file on your desktop

WINDOWS
1. Click the window you want to capture. Press ALT+PRINT SCREEN by holding down the ALT key and then pressing the PRINT SCREEN key. The PRINT SCREEN key is near the upper right corner of your keyboard and may be labed PrSCR or something similar.
2. Click Start, click Accessories, and then click Paint.
3. Go to the Edit menu and choose Paste.
4. Go to the File Menu and choose Save As.
5. Type in a name for the file
6. Click the Save button.