Litter vs. Creativity

photograph by: myself


So today I was driving down the street on my way to the store and I saw what I believed to be art, design, and culture all in one. It was this rustic wall sculpture that is so commonly found in Arizona. But it was not the design itself that made me look twice but the gatorade bottle placed between this running woman's hands. It was so interesting to me that someone who was walking down this very sidewalk could have had a spontaneous desire to be creative in their littering technique. They turned a picture into a comedy by using their mind outside the box. In terms of culture, I think this is almost good enough to be in an American gatorade ad because as Americans, we are so obsessed with this drink in sport. You may find this as just an offensive teen littering up the planet, but today it made me smile and appreciate someone else's creativity. It just goes to show how often we design art without even realizing it. The most unique designs are usually unplanned. If only we all could find ways to make trash artistic.