Des219 wrote:why stick gum on a wall?
Here is the literal answer to your question.
The Gum Wall runs for about 50 feet along Post Alley, where paying customers to the Market Theater in Pike Place Market would wait in line for the next show to begin. Evidently the wait was too long for some theater-goers – long enough, at least, that their chewing gum lost its flavor. Lacking a handy bedpost (as in the classic tune by Lonnie Donegan popularized on the Doctor Demento radio show) to stick it on, antsy chewers chose the next best thing… well, the NEXT thing, which happened to be the brick wall bordering Post Alley.
For anyone whose mind is open enough to learn more, a link to tidbits about the wall, its history, and photos here:
Stuck On You: Seattle’s Gum Wall Is Pretty, Gross
The art we
chews to embrace says a lot about us. I see it as beautiful crowd sourced (legal, BTW) public art. I can easily look beyond the literal blobs of gum on a wall. I also see beauty in a
dress made completely of condoms, just so it's clear where I'm coming from.
That's my position and I plan to
stick to it, though I have to remember I'm posting in a community of wide angle landscape shooters who may be uncomfortable with anything outside that norm. Thanks for the insight. At least now I know one way to push your buttons. (And you know one way to push mine.)
