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Monday, June 26, 2017

Just monetize, baby: Mirror imagery at Main & W. 1st.


In New Gahania, first we look at the purse.


Mark of Duggins: "An anchor fixes a potentially moving object to a place. It gets stuck in the mud and silt and keeps things from moving. That's why it's called an anchor."


W. 1st crosswalk propaganda: Other cities allow artists to create art. Ours merely glorifies its own fix-is-in muddy anchor.

Posted by The New Albanian at 6/26/2017 02:17:00 PM
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