Eccentric Flower:199807/windows art project
From Eccentric Flower
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seventeen july ninety eight eleven a m windows art project I suppose I should say a few things about all the art. I looked at a lot of it last night while I was walking, and I noticed more of it this morning. Somerville has a "Windows Art Project" every year in Davis Square, where businesses are encouraged to put art of some kind in their windows for a few days. It really does make the square look interesting - there's all these tidbits, and some of them aren't easy to see, so you stumble across little goodies in the course of your day-to-day transits. Most of them are at ground level, but last night I was looking across the square, waiting for a traffic light, and I saw some excellent photos up in third-story windows. Because of the trees, that was almost the only place those photos could be seen. It was like a present, a reward for standing on that exact spot and being attentive - or lucky. Although most of the windows belong to merchants, they've all been really good about not doing anything commercially exploitative. They do sometimes put out paintings that their friends and relatives have done, and sometimes the paintings are nothing to write home about, but it's a welcome change of decor anyway, especially in a place where merchants don't bother updating or even having window displays very often. In Davis Square, the good stuff is usually visible from inside the store, not outside. Nice to have that change occasionally. © columbine |
