This Street Art Spoke to Me
September Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Shadows”
A grasshopper’s shadow. Was it Jiminy?
No, wait! Jiminy was a cricket, not a grasshopper. But it was him (the cartoon version) that I imagined as I read this whimsical street art poetry in North Beach near Chinatown, San Fransisco. This mural is located at the Vesuvio Cafe and across from the City Lights Bookstore.
Everything about A.O.’s mural spoke to me. The vibrant colors. The whimsical poem. But, mostly, the concept of a grasshopper’s shadow. Thinking of its tiny shadow saying across the trail of a mouse conjured up a tiny world I seldom notice beneath my feet.
Have I ever even seen a grasshopper’s shadow? I’m not sure — but I’ll be on the lookout from now on!
NOTE: The highlighting of the word “shadow” is not on the mural. I simply added an emphasis to my photo for this story.
As always, Many thanks to Mary Chang Story Writer, Sandi Parsons, and Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles for always providing such fun themes and editing the photos and stories people write about them.
Here are just a few people who have created other six-word stories about shadows with cool photos: Sharing Randomly, Mystical Aries, Elin Melaas, and Nancy S Rust (this one shows the shadow of a snail!)
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