If This Were Art Redux
This morning, as I pedaled past the Women Making History in Portland mural and the graffiti that I mentioned in yesterday’s post (the blank wall sprayed with the words “if this were art, you’d be in a gallery right now”), I had a sudden stroke of brilliance. Given Portland’s status as America’s bicycle capital, shouldn’t we have a mural commemorating the city’s bike history, and some of the key figures who have made biking such a part of the region’s culture? I know that the Community Cycling Center has a beautiful mural celebrating bike transit, but it would be great to see something in North Portland highlighting the political will that has invested in, and continues to improve, the city’s bike infrastructure.
Of course, as Ben can attest after juicy, unrecognizable mess I made out of the pumpkin I tried to carve last night, my ability to execute an artistic vision is well below average. So this is really a project (like so many of the projects I come up with) for someone else. Still, the Albina/Mississippi MAX stop area could be a gallery, and what better to showcase with public art than bicycles, a mode of transit that crosses class and cultural lines all across the Portland? We could call it “Going Platinum.”
P.S. Willie, stop fucking with my search terms. “Liederhosen,” indeed.
on October 31, 2007 on 11:45 pm
I’m glad that you’ve become sufficiently paranoid that you attribute any remotely suspicious search term to me, though it offends the German in me that you’d think I’d make a spelling error like that.
On the other hand, the German in me is also on the floor laughing at the idea of “Liederhosen” [maybe what you wear when your fancy plans involve German karaoke], which is almost as hilarious as misspelling Muenster.
on November 1, 2007 on 8:04 am
That’s a very sexy “liederhosen” photo. Bring those for Thanksgiving.