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A paper collage depicting the miller’s daughter from the fairytale “Rumplestiltskin”. The collage portrays a room with a brown paper brick wall and a floor with a yellow, white, and brown patterned floor. To the left side of the room is a container holding uncooked spaghetti noodles to represent straw, and a spindle with a metal chain coming out of it, leading to a pile of glittery gold paper; representing straw being spun into gold. The miller’s daughter sits to the right of the room on a teal chair, her brown arms grasping the sides of her head, her long black hair tied into a ponytail by a small piece of yarn, everything else made out of paper. She sits peering at a laptop that reads “RUMPLESTILTSKIN CORP” from a small, black piece of paper. Underneath are the words “Online Applications Only” in a small white piece of paper. Beneath that heading are scraps of yellow and orange paper chaotically arranged with the words “Analyzing”, “Logic”, “Reasoning”, “Skills”, and “Math”.
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The Miller's Daughter from Rumpelstiltskin

"The Miller's Daughter from Rumpelstiltskin" collage: This idea was originally conceived to be part of "Once upon a Disability," but time constraints of the Artist-in-Residency prevented that. However, I did want to include the image as part of the exhibit at Main Line Art Center because it speaks to a situation that affects me directly. This is paper collage with assemblage including spaghetti, yarn, thread, and metal chain.

The Miller's Daughter has a developmental disability and dyslexia, and she has trained for years to learn how to spin straw into gold. She can literally make money for any employer that will hire her. However, despite being capable of doing the job she's applying for, when she goes onto the Rumpelstiltskin Corp. website to apply, she is overwhelmed by the questions being asked and that personality test that must be submitted along with her resume. A call to Human Resources has assured her that the ONLY way to apply for a job is to fill out the online application BY HERSELF!