I never really comprehended it before, but Austin is freaking awesome. It's filled with so many different people (just sit at whole foods and you know what I mean), things (umm. did you see the painted cows?), and ideas (protests, rallies, demonstrations galore!). But one of my favorite parts of Austin, downtown especially, is the art. I'm not going to go into detail about why I love each individual piece because that'd take days to write and would involve a lot of skimming on your part, so here are just a couple of my favorites. I'll spare you.
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| Not Forgotten - A tribute to someone too young to die. |
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| The famous "Hi how are you" frog |
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| A particularly insane cow |
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| My favorite cow (disco ball anyone) |
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| A PIANO! |
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Okay, I lied. I'm gonna talk about the pianos. The pianos are(were) my favorite; unfortunately, they were only temporary things. So, a little bit about them: About a year ago about twenty or so pianos were placed all around the downtown area for people to play and draw on. Being a pianist, I was sooo very very excited and perhaps spent more than my fair share of playing time squeezing out very questionable versions of various pieces I had by no means memorized. Seriously though? They were so much fun, and pieces of art in and of themselves as I'm sure you can tell from the colorful photo above.
So yup. There you go. Just a couple reasons why I love Austin so very much.
~ Adair
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