There's an old motivational saying that goes something like 'If you can think it, you can do it.' Well, I've slightly altered that for the internet age we live in: 'If you can think it, somebody's probably devoted a website to it'.

Case in point - if you've ever wondered what your name would look like spelled out in chewed up gum, wonder no more.

The aptly named website YourNameInGum.com does just that. Just make you selection from a trio of different types of gum (see image at the top of the story), type in your name, and...

Your Name in Gum - Jeff
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Neat huh?

So what would possess someone to come up with this idea? Creator Navid Nuur explains:

One day, I had to go to the dentist to get my teeth checked. Anyway, while I was there, the dentist told me that you can feel a hundred times more detail with your mouth than with your hands.

While I went back to my studio, I kept thinking about it. OK: the last thing you want to do is put a piece of clay in your mouth when you decide to make some art. I did though, because nobody was watching, and it was gross and the only thing I got was ugly, wet, abstract art.

No, what I needed to do was get back to the stuff that’s really meant for putting in your mouth, which is GUM. Because your mouth knows exactly what to do with gum, and so do you.

So I put a piece of gum in my mouth and started chewing it really consciously. In my mind, I tried to picture the inside of my mouth. And each time round, really fresh abstract art popped out of my mouth. All of a sudden, I knew what I had to do next. I needed to learn how to chew the alphabet. Because when you talk, words leave your mouth – so it made sense to make them entirely in your mouth with gum. Because then, you’re not only thinking about what you want to say, but also what you want to say will look like.

So the takeaway?

One man's 'art' is another man's disgusting, sticky piece of garbage.


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