Picture of The Day

I've decided to start something new. My camera isn't in nearly enough use, so from now on I'll take one picture of some part of Houston every day and upload it onto this blog as an official Picture of The Day. 

Now, immediately after creating that tradition I'm going to bend the rules a bit. This is a series of three photos, but they fit together quite well. You'll see why.

I wonder who drew these. Did the artist(s) decide beforehand how and where to draw the faces, or was it more of a spontaneous decision? Merely a moment like so many of us have, the same instinct as spotting shapes in clouds, only actualized through thick black marker? "That one looks like a face," the artist might've said,  hurriedly reaching deep into his pocket and pulling out a nondescript stick of permanent ink, memorializing his aesthetic epiphanies and walking on as if nothing had happened. Or perhaps it was a plot, deviously and carefully worked out, plans made and necessary tools stowed in a bag to wait until nightfall. We might never know, but we may (and, obviously at least to me, do) ponder the origins of these two-dimensional characters. And another mystery-- though the first two seem to be drawn by the same person (black sharpie used to create a face on a predetermined "head"), I'm not so sure about the third. The style is different, as is the setting. Which face came first? Did the presence of one inspire the existence of the others?  Either way, these are quite hilarious additions to the graffiti world.

 All three of the above photos were taken in Rice Village. 

Sara