Malibu morning picture of the day - iT'S STreeT arT THurSDay! Thursday, March 19, 2015

Dear Family, Friends, Gentle Readers, and Street Art Lovers,

Today we start to take a look on the other side of the wall of last week's Mike Brown slogan to see what is there--it's a back alley facing several apartment buildings.

Artist: unattributed, "The Streetwise Kingdom,"  paint on cement block

We've got a really different, hip, and frenetic landscape to look at. Just to give it a name, I'm calling it The Streetwise Kingdom.  It's weird, You look at this work which is a static and still piece of artwork on a brick wall, but the more you look at it, the more it seems to be an animated film. Just look at the symbols of the card suits above (diamonds, hearts, spades, clubs) and you know they're all floating up and then dropping back down, don't you? This is masterful use of diagonals and curves to constantly pull you around the images.

An alternative name could be RIP Hunter Thompson as you see it in the lower right above us, a dedication to the drug-influenced journalist of gonzo-writing fame.

If I were to try to find some theme in this craziness, I see the guy in the red car hurrying to "Get Out of Dodge" which is dominated by two towering religious authorities, and presumably a queen who wear her "ROYALTY" on hers sleeve.

And here's the whole flippin' thing with some of the real streetscape on Western creeping in at the top!

and now, back to:

THE MALIBU MORNING PICTURE OF THE DAY

"Hey, hey, HEY, EXCUSE ME,\
my eyes are up here!"

(I think the oversexed nimnull  just went after
anything female, myself...)

Last night we had some passing moisture from the sky--just enough to cloud your windshield with a swipe of the blade. Not helpful at all. It's all gone, back to the bone dryness of the land's famine and drought. The Gods must be angry at us.

Maybe we should take a tip from Sophocles to find out the real cause of the drought. Some public official is unwittingly screwing his own mother someplace ... that's what Oedipus Rex tells us, no?

All you investigative journalists and muck-rakers, start hiding under those beds and get looking, but  make sure you get a good look at your spouse's birth certificate before you begin (performing proper due diligence was the other lesson from Oedipus).

Have a wonderful, if dry, Thursday. And be nice to your parents, but don't f*ck 'em, OK?

Love,
Pops