Do you ever look at things and imagine them as paintings? To some, that may sound a little weird, but I’m an artist and I think it is a fun activity, so humor me. Anyway, I was doing that while strolling through a rather interesting urban section of downtown Lansing the other day. And that’s when I rediscovered my love for urban streetscapes. A vibrant urban streetscape has the power to pull you into it and make you feel as if you are actually living in the painting. You can hear, smell and feel everything that’s going on. Some provide an air of romance, such as paintings of Venice, London or Amsterdam. A streetscape can teleport you into the past to recall the coffee you enjoyed in that little French café, or the time they opened the fire hydrant on 5th Avenue so the kids could cool off on a hot summer day. The subject matter is endless. A vibrant urban streetscape is life, on pause, so you can take it all in. I think that’s pretty cool.
Here’s to life. Here’s to little kids drawing with colored chalk on the sidewalk. Here’s to art.
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