i was in bed last night by 10pm, and lights out by 10:30.
i woke up at 7 and went for a walk... up the street to the new traffic circle decoration, and back.
this display is more abstract than the purple man, who disappeared before halloween. one of these items appears to be a dead tomato plant full of stuffed bears. the other is a long stick with blue feathers glued to it.
i have no idea what it means. but i do enjoy watching the expressions of passers-by as they slow down and try to figure it out.
also, i'm feeling much better today. i don't know whether to attribute my improved disposition to the early bedtime, the walk, or the fact that i pooped again this morning.
Posted by xta at November 16, 2005 02:20 PM | TrackBackI bet Sarah was talking about the roundabout decorations. Those we don't get here. Poop? Yes. And lots of it.
Posted by: Becky at November 16, 2005 03:48 PMIsn't it obvious? The blue feather plume is an allegory of Bush's foreign policy and the bear/tomato plant is an existential metaphor for the futility of life, waiting in a zone where it's always passed by and never stopped at. Now I feel a little choked up.
Posted by: marianne at November 17, 2005 06:36 AMwhat marianne said.
if I knew how I would make an emoticon with a poop with a line through it.
Posted by: blackbird at November 17, 2005 10:24 AMno! the bear tree (which, i might add, also includes elephants and a turtle) and feather tree are symbols that all life, even non-living life, is embraced in our neighborhood. that is, unless it interferes with reproductive rights. which bears most certainly do not. go bears!
Posted by: elsacapuntas at November 17, 2005 12:06 PM