Tonight is a bit of a throw away. A) I'm pretty drained from this week and have a rather full weekend to figure out. Not that I'm complaining about what's coming up, I'm really looking forward to it in fact. I just don't have the mental capacity at the moment to really look into these. B) What little research I did do, didn't turn up much. Not that I was really expecting it to, the first sticker is super vague and I know exactly what the second one is. But while this post isn't going to be a great read I think the photo stands up pretty well by itself. I enjoy how simple it is, the stickers as a nice focus in the center of the image with the empty lot out of focus in the back. While empty lots aren't an uncommon sight around the city, this does feel a little out of place for the area. Then again, I always feel like the corner of Penn and Negley has a different feeling compared to the rest of the street. I can't describe what exactly it is about this corner that makes me feel this way, just always seems out of place to me.
The Daily Bread sticker is actually one of the logos for a local clothing store which is located a couple of blocks from where I found this placement. I've briefly featured this sticker before but honestly decided to just list the website for the store in favor of focusing on the image in general. I also won't be going too deeply into this again tonight. Since it's a local store I really want to get in contact with them, give the store owners a chance to share their story. They have a different design though that is far more interesting and I'm certain has a far more compelling reasoning behind it. So I'm holding off on a big post on them till I feature that other photo. Yes, a bit of a cop out on my part but I think it'll be worth the wait. The Fake Veg sticker, or least that's what I'm assuming it says, doesn't come up when you search. You do though get quite a few websites that sell fake vegetables and food, obviously. It was kind of creepy how realistic the products were though. I get that a good portion of the customers are buying them as props for advertisements or plays but I generally don't see the appeal outside of that. Not that my apartment is best decorated thing out there, just a generalized collection of the junk I've gathered over the years, but what is the appeal of having a bowl full of things you can't eat. You also get listings of the best vegetarian/vegan options here in the city. Again I get that this is a vital thing for people that care about what they put in their body, just not my cup of tea. In that same vein of reasoning, I could see this sticker being a statement against the food industry or GMOs but I've got nothing to back that up. This is also an area I can't say I've ever really kept up with, as long as it's edible I don't look too closely at it. I'm a big believer of beggars can't be choosers, so I am not the ideal individual to be sharing this sticker on the web but c'est la vie.
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Maggie Ondrey
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