In today’s Bee, the Arden/Carmichael section talks about the new “public art” that decorates the median of Watt Avenue from Butano to El Camino. Apparently the artistic barrier (it’s really a fence to keep people from j-walking) shows the “symbols and images of the area’s past, present and future.” This includes fish, birds, and a palm tree made from stone. Two things stand out here: 1) There is one scene in the piece that shows a four-legged animal that Mrs. Eats and I have a debate going on about. She says it’s a wolf, I say it’s a goat. We may need your help with this. 2) Depressingly, the dedication will be held tomorrow in the Wal Mart parking lot, which may be a comment on the future of public art, or the weight given to current art, or the ridiculous gigantor-size of the Wal-Mart parking lot.
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Actually, I think it is a dog (canis familiaris) and not a wolf (canis lupus.) I am sorry to contradict you in this public forum. It looks like a dog going after either a red ball or an apple.
posted 7/26/07 at 11:50 am #
I’m sorry but it’s totally a goat, a goat chasing…whatever goats chase.
posted 7/26/07 at 12:14 pm #
It’s a goat.
posted 7/26/07 at 12:36 pm #
You’re right. It’s totally a goat. I finally drove past it slowly enough to see the little billy goat horns on his head. If the median is still coned off the next time I drive by, I’ll throw on my orange vest and go snap a photo of it.
posted 7/26/07 at 1:50 pm #
Maybe it’s a chupacabra?
It must be interesting, as an artist, to create a literal artistic barrier, opposed to the constant pursuit of breaking through them.
posted 7/26/07 at 2:50 pm #
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