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Burlington art
Sep. 17th, 2007 11:33 amSo, I think this is really the last post I have about my Burlington trip. When the cheese conference was over, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nunofthat and I searched for some food with no dairy in it at all. We actually found a pretty ok Thai place, certainly better than I expected to find on the East Coast. Of course, things have changed a lot since the few years I lived in the East in that regard. Our restaurant did come with a Jonathan Richman-esque , self-deprecating, emo rock trio. You don't see that in a San Francisco Thai place!
After dinner we wandered down to the lake where a really good salsa band was playing in honor of Burlington Latin Pride week. After being at the cheese conference for a week, which was about (generously) 1% people of color, it looked like a real city down there. I mean, except for the natural beauty, and the lake, and the lack of buildings and the darkness in the distance.
On the way, we passed a mural that was so mysterious that we had to go back the next day and check it out. What do you make of this?
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Part 2
Nunofthat and I gawked at it in the morning light and tried to come up with an explanation. Nothing quite fit so I harassed someone in the street. "Dude! What is that thing holding the flag supposed to be?" Since this was Burlington they stopped and gave us an explanation.
According to the kid who grew up there, it was mysterious to him growing up as well. "I always assumed that the flag carrier was Humpty Dumpty, but I'm not sure if that's right."
"Oh my god, you're right," I yelled, too loudly and excitedly. The local checked behind himself to make sure his escape route wasn't blocked. "A reconstituted Humpty is thanking the environmentalist tree huggers for putting him back together again. Humpty is a metaphor for the environment!"
You can't quite see the Dali-esque clocks running around telling us the time is now for environmental action, but they really make this mural for me. I'm not sure how I feel about Humpty standing in for the environment though. Remember, in the original, the destruction of Humpty was a good thing.
And speaking of the New Model Army, you all saw this right? I feel safer already.
nunofthat and I searched for some food with no dairy in it at all. We actually found a pretty ok Thai place, certainly better than I expected to find on the East Coast. Of course, things have changed a lot since the few years I lived in the East in that regard. Our restaurant did come with a Jonathan Richman-esque , self-deprecating, emo rock trio. You don't see that in a San Francisco Thai place!After dinner we wandered down to the lake where a really good salsa band was playing in honor of Burlington Latin Pride week. After being at the cheese conference for a week, which was about (generously) 1% people of color, it looked like a real city down there. I mean, except for the natural beauty, and the lake, and the lack of buildings and the darkness in the distance.
On the way, we passed a mural that was so mysterious that we had to go back the next day and check it out. What do you make of this?
Part 1
Part 2
Nunofthat and I gawked at it in the morning light and tried to come up with an explanation. Nothing quite fit so I harassed someone in the street. "Dude! What is that thing holding the flag supposed to be?" Since this was Burlington they stopped and gave us an explanation.
According to the kid who grew up there, it was mysterious to him growing up as well. "I always assumed that the flag carrier was Humpty Dumpty, but I'm not sure if that's right."
"Oh my god, you're right," I yelled, too loudly and excitedly. The local checked behind himself to make sure his escape route wasn't blocked. "A reconstituted Humpty is thanking the environmentalist tree huggers for putting him back together again. Humpty is a metaphor for the environment!"
You can't quite see the Dali-esque clocks running around telling us the time is now for environmental action, but they really make this mural for me. I'm not sure how I feel about Humpty standing in for the environment though. Remember, in the original, the destruction of Humpty was a good thing.
And speaking of the New Model Army, you all saw this right? I feel safer already.
