Le piéton de Bordeaux

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Le Piéton de Bordeaux...
A souri en découvrant dans une rue du centre-ville une nouvelle forme de composition artistique au ras du bitume. La matière première est facile à trouver. Elle est en général déposée à la tombée de la nuit ou au petit matin par quelque chien en promenade. L'astuce de l'artiste anonyme a consisté à mettre en évidence, sinon en valeur, la chose en la surmontant d'une petite ombrelle à dessert colorée. Cette initiative a un avantage, tant il est rare que le Piéton pose son pied sur une ombrelle.

The pedestrian of Bordeaux (a blog on our local paper's website) smiled on finding a new kind of artistic composition on the tarmac of a city-centre street. The primary medium is easy to find. It is generally deposited at nightfall or early morning by some dog out for a walk. The skill of the anonymous artist consisted in exhibiting, if not valorising, the stuff by popping a little coloured dessert umbrella on top. This initiative has an advantage, for it is rare that the pedestrian steps on an umbrella.

Comments

joydriven said…
beautiful.
a tremendous cure (preventative measure, rather) for those of us afflicted with the misfortune of stepping frequently into dog muck.
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