These words popped immediately into my head when I saw this street art out the car window in St. Louis. I almost always have my camera in my purse when traveling. You just never know when you'll see something of interest. Take time, look around when you travel. Travel is more then your final destination.If I had a hammer
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening
All over this land
I'd hammer out danger
I'd hammer out a warning
I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land
This words come from the song "The Hammer", written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays back in 1949.
The song was written in support of The progressive movement and song by Pete and Party on June 3,.
1949 in New York at a testimonial dinner for leaders of The Communist Party who were on trail here.
The progressive movement wanted change in tenement housing, change in child labor laws, and improved
working conditions for women. Art in many forms speaks. The purpose of these words was probably
forgotten by August of 1962 when the song, hit the top ten song by Peter, Paul and Mary.
Demo Man is a 20 foot statue made from "stuff laying around". Don Bellon of Bellon Wrecking and Salvage Company had a small statue on his desk, a gift from his wife titled, "The Wrecker". He liked this little statue and wanted a larger version of it. When outdoor art became popular this was made and placed on Vandeventer at Highway 40 across the street from his business. It's visible from Highway 40.Perhaps next trip, I'll be able to get a picture without the electrical box blocking part of it by parking the car.
Look around when you travel, you'll be amazed what you see, and what you can learn.
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Just a fellow bee from the Hive, stopping by, wow what a cool photo. It so awesome to travel and share pictures of cool artforms such as these. What a great blog , thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the visit and nice comment Andrea. Nice to see you here, thanks for letting me know you're here from The Hive.
ReplyDeleteI have to say i am very impressed with the way you efficiently blog and your posts are so informative. You have really have managed to catch the attention of many it seems keep it up!
ReplyDeletecool art.Thanks for sticking the tune The Hammer in my head.I always have enjoyed Peter Paul and Mary.
ReplyDeleteThat's am awesome art. Beautifully done. I agree with you, having a camera most of the time if not all the time is a must because there are a lot of interesting things as we go around. Thanks for sharing.
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