Spontaneous Art

I was playing on land 8 lounges website and they had a picture of a street in Agueda, Portugal that was covered in Umbrellas and it is apparently something the city always does in the summer time.  They place Umbrellas all around and it has become a bit of an artistic expression as well as a part of their landscape.

How stinking cool is that!?

It got me thinking about spontaneous art and how things can just happen and become pretty cool and how some artist dedicate their life to creating installations that can mean nothing at all or have deeper meaning, but either way, they tend to strongly effect people.  I have always liked the practical joke Martha Schwartz played on her husband with her bagel garden.

And I got to meet Patrick Dougherty and help with one of his twiggy installations at LaBash at Purdue.

Even at a crazy event like burning man where it will eventually be destroyed (much like all of Patrick's works) they can create some amazing pieces.

Just something to think about I guess that no matter the medium, some thing intriguing can capture a persons imagination and lead to even more works of random art that can simply "be" and make a huge difference in the way we see the world we live in.