repurpose |reperpes| verb [ trans. ] adapt for use in a different purpose: Cassandra Tondro, Green Art , has taken a latex product, originally designed to paint your house and repurposed it into visual Art With A Conscience.* Color selection. Pouring of paint. Canvas meets paint. Pressure. Lift off! Which way should it go? Straight up? Diagonally? Toward the artist? Mesmerized by this creative«Cans to Canvas» technique I experienced at the Santa Monica Festival , I signed up for Ms. Tondro’s newsletter. But that was not enough. As I perused her online gallery, I knew I wanted to support her mission, to purchase a piece, be a part of it. Within budget, I chose an 11″ x 14″ panel, in warm tones , which speaks to my inner artist. Such creativity with the otherwise discarded turned useful, beautiful, thought provoking is art and then some. *New Oxford American Dictionary(and me)