Maybe it’s the sound that is so satisfying. Maybe it is taking a piece of paper and turning it into confetti. I don’t know, but paper shredding isn’t just for security anymore. Nope. It’s art now. Once you get started, it can become an obsession. Turning reams and reams of paper into the materials for collages, border for macrame, or just to hear the sound of the paper shredder turning that 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper into shreds of its former self.
Now add colored paper to the mix. Ah, colored paper can open up a whole new world of possibilities. One can only imagine that if the Pope had told Michelangelo that a paper shredder was available, there would be no hand of God on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. No, we would have an amazing papier mache masterpiece! Michelangelo would not have come out willingly after only seven years. He would have stayed in there for eternity, just shredding paper until Rome ran out of trees to supply his habit. The statue of David would not be that boring shade of ivory. Donatello would have made sure to offer David some modesty. There would be shreds of colored paper, formed into the speedo that would make David a little more family friendly.
Alas, those artists who would later lend their names to Ninja Turtles did not have the option of using art’s best kept secret. But you do. Start shredding colored paper today!