TILE-PHOBIC EGGPLANT

OWNER'S NAME: Sarah Kretz McDowell

LOCATION: Rock Island, Illinois

EGGPLANT QUOTE: live in mortal fear of tile

COMMENTS: "Since Eunice sought refuge in the bathroom, this location seemed appropriate. No snakes were harmed in the taking of this photo."

LAUGHTER CLUB ROCKS THE BAY AREA

OWNER'S NAME: Sarah

LOCATION: San Francisco, California

EGGPLANT QUOTE: laughter club

FANCY BODY, INDEED

NAME: K

LOCATION: Northeast Iowa

EGGPLANT QUOTE: every body's fancy













COMMENTS: "Laura shared an eggplant with me after I participated in the 'Peace with Our Bodies' project. I am still not completely at peace with my body (but am still working on it), and it serves as a good reminder that—as Mr. Rogers used to sing— 'every body's fancy.'"

YES SHE CAN

OWNER'S NAME: Verona

LOCATION: Anchorage, Alaska

EGGPLANT QUOTE: you still can

KINDRED SPIRITS BROUGHT TOGETHER BY A STRAY EGGPLANT

OWNER'S NAME: Barefoot Artist

LOCATION: Greenville, North Carolina

EGGPLANT QUOTE: kindred spirit

COMMENTS: The Barefoot Artist and the Eggplant Artist met on myspace and found one another to be "kindred spirits". In fact, they are planning to meet in person in February 2008 at a laughter yoga leader retreat in Wisconsin. They swapped art—the eggplant pictured above for a beautiful hand-dyed silk scarf featured on Laura's laughter yoga site.

MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/barefoot_artist

HAPPY AND FREE LAUGHTER

OWNER'S NAME: Noriko

LOCATION: Tokyo, Japan

EGGPLANT QUOTE:
I laugh so happy & free

FOUR EGGPLANTS LAND IN JAPAN

[Happy geese, my company] They understand what eggplants say!

OWNER'S NAME: Kyoko

LOCATION: Tokyo, Japan

EGGPLANT QUOTES:
• straight ahead, the sky
• her lovely piano fingers
• essential for all night writing
• I laugh so happy & free


[Llama family] "Hey baby, be a good 'n honest, boy, just straight ahead the sky!"

COMMENTS:
You bring sunshine + a big smile to those who know you -- that's what is wished for you especially today; because you made me so happy just now!!

Guess what I found in my mailbox after hard working... ah Laura, THANK YOU SO MUCH :) 4 eggplants are here with me. Though I'm a writer, I can never describe how I'm feeling. But please know, absolutely utterly completely I love them ALL: their unique shapes, lively colors, and of course nice words with your warm heart. [No need to turning on the room heater, indeed :-@]

I was so touched to find you sweetly captured my personality as an expressionist by visiting my myspace page though it's written in poor English.


• "essential for all night writing" — really gave me courage & motivation to go on.

• "straight ahead the sky" — filled me with much hope, strength and light
• "her lovely piano fingers" — I'm proud... when I write an essay on 'Music & me", I will inform you.
• And your great choice "I laugh so happy & free" — this one is perfect! As I ordered, didn't I tell you that I would give 1 for my friend on Xmas? She's my best friend and I do wish she is happy all the time. On Dec 15th we're going to a Christmas concert together. I'll give her then! Sure, I'll never fail to take photos of us with eggplants then.

MYSPACE: www.myspace.com/frizzy_mojaco