Monday, September 6, 2010

coolidge, who ARE you?

i think i'm in love.
at least i'm in a mad dash to traipse around my little part of the city to find all of these lovely stenciled graffiti "paintings." it feels like love. or at least a crush. i smile involuntarily and my heart quickens when i see one of these marvelous images. twice in as many days i have slapped the dashboard and said...well screamed..."josh! stop! STOP!" and hopped out of the car to take a picture. in the pouring rain even.

yes, coolidge, that's how much i love you. or at least your street art. don't worry. i'm married. i won't stalk you. but i will keep pulling over like a crazy person and taking pictures of these mysterious animals!

this sea turtle swam toward me lazily right after i got home from puerto rico and had actually SEEN a sea turtle while snorkeling. well, the flipper of one anyway. the point is, he came for me.


someone (most likely a prius driving employee from the city of houston) hastily painted over the turtle (but failed to pick up the trash...hmmm). but alas, a month or so later, COOLIDGE strikes again. this time with another elephant. didn't go out of my way to find this one.  it found me. i'm telling you, it's a sign. i am supposed to get a baby elephant.

any guesses where these two popped up?


9 comments:

  1. Is it somewhere along Allen Parkway toward downtown?

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  2. How funny! Of course that baby elephant would find you! Wonder how long it will remain?

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  3. i don't know where these are, but i have seen the other baby elephant by target... the one by the little piggy!

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  4. I've seen the elephant on Shepherd at Kirby. I missed the sea turtle, sadly.

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  5. I would like to thank the artist for not tagging the brick on my building in EADO. I thought it was cool, but please take it over to mid-town. Thx.

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  6. i've notice that he {or she} tends to grafitti on abandoned or vacant buildings. or slabs of concrete....so hopefully your building is safe....

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  7. Vacant, currently yes. Abandoned, not.

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  8. I have also noticed this little guy. Done so well some one must know what it's about? It's the Calvin Coolidge elephant for the republican party.

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  9. Dude my best friend and I are obbsessed with coolidge also I had the pleasure of seeing him do the pinguens off I10 also did u notice that he does a circle with a C in it

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