Two by Two
Perhaps the secret of living well is not in having all the answers but in pursuing unanswerable questions in good company. – Socrates
Black or White
Today- a West Loop street art mural and a sculpture in front of the JR Thompson Center in the Loop. Both play with color, shape, form, space, line, and value- many of the elements of art. One is two dimensional, and the other, three dimensional. One is enclosed within a space, and the other lives in free air. Both are successful in showing planes and depth. One is on a slow, dirty street, and the other is in a heavily populated concrete jungle. How could you see one and not think of the other? Oh Chicago, you have so many inspirational things to show us! There is still so much left to explore…
So come, and slowly we will walk through green gardens and marvel at this strange and sweet world. -Sylvia Plath
Viva Chicago!
When you’re strolling around in the West Loop and you come across a mural like this, you just have to stop, strike a pose, and shout viva Chicago! We, of course, also like to document it and share it with you. Long live Chicago, our city of inspiration!
To live would be an awfully big adventure. -Peter Pan
Seeing Triple
More, more, more! Due to all of the positive response we keep receiving from our street art posts, we thought we’d post another! Exploring the Bucktown/Wicker Park neighborhood, we came across this mural and thought it would be interesting to act out each one of the illustrations. Throwing yourself into someone else’s art will always give you a new perspective.
I am a part of all that I have seen. -Tennyson
