This might be my favorite piece of sidewalk art ever! It's in Silver Lake - just round the corner from Trader Joe's, outside Magpie's soft serve ice cream - which, as I took it, had a couple of trendy Young People sitting outside who, despite my smile, gave me an oh-it's-a-batty-old-lady stare. I thought I'd seen some similar fishies on Vermont, which had me looking into them a little further ... they are stenciled on by Jeremy Novy, who's been adorning sidewalks with koi all over the country for nearly a decade.
They are symbols of resilience! They swim upstream! There are three of them - birth/marriage/death - so they sum up all of life as well as symbolizing the life force. Go koi!
No comments:
Post a Comment