STL DPB ON THE ROAD - MOONRISE, CAMDEN, MAINE

One of the many reasons I come here. Free day today. Wonder what i'll do.              

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS

Something easier to read from the newly repainted section of the flood wall. The stylized STL on the top of the box is part of the logo for the baseball team, the Cardinals. The bowl and spoon are full of little cardinal heads, the winged blue note of the hockey team, little arches and, um, bullets. That's a very serious issue around here. The gun violence in parts of the area is appalling.

Gods of the air willing, I'll see the Atlantic Ocean by this afternoon.         

ART APPRECIATION

I don't know if this person is one of the people who painted the panel or just sitting on a rail looking at the image. I also wonder if the blue parts of these figures are some super-stylized letters - this old codger wouldn't know. The numbers 314 are written under the bill of the hat near the left. That's the local telephone area code, which is a symbol of local pride in some parts of the U.S. Not many people realize we just got a second, overlapping code to handle the explosion of mobile phones.

Tomorrow is a travel day, which may or may not affect posting. I'm going to one of my favorite places on earth, some place I have not visited in 10 years. Unfortunately, the weather looks bad at the city where I change planes.            

IF YOU SAY SO

The center of a panel a little farther down the wall at Paint Louis. But the history of our species suggests that limits are made to be broken and that, in itself, is inspiring, because then they are no longer limits. Or something. The astrophysicists say that, at least in our current understanding, the universe is finite but unbounded. Work on that for awhile: Per aspera ad astra. (Hey, it's the state motto of Kansas.)  

Or maybe I misunderstand the whole point of this.

1:50

Most of the work was done when I swung by the Paint Louis wall Monday afternoon. A few finishing touches were being applied while visitors like me cruised for photos. This woman was posing in front of one section while another took pictures. They said they were friends of the artist. I asked if I could join in and they were happy to oblige. Since she was standing in a circle, it occurred to me to have her raise her arms like clock hands.