{"id":197,"date":"2023-09-18T17:24:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T17:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manzodakota.com\/?p=197"},"modified":"2026-07-01T12:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:26:14","slug":"finding-art-by-my-feet-on-the-sidewalks-of-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/finding-art-by-my-feet-on-the-sidewalks-of-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding art by my feet on the sidewalks of NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I am in New York City and walking around, I tend to see things that grab my attention in unlikely places, whether it’s on the sidewalk, on the back of a sign, the possibilities for creative finds are endless – like this leaf and muffin wrapper that looks like a flower<\/a>. I was walking around and seeing art gallery shows in Chelsea when I noticed this torn-out and folded comic book page (above), with a cartoon bug apparently screaming for his life.<\/p>\n

I also tend to notice wet spots on the sidewalk, that almost take on the appearance of Rorshach art tests<\/a>. Below are a pair that I noticed in the same general area of the west 20s. If you look closely, what do you see? Anything? I see a hunched-over laughing man below left, and a guy reaching out with his hand in the image below right. Granted, the one below right is a bit more of a stretch, but there’s something about the upright line and the circular head-like shape on top that gives me thoughts of a human figure. I know, I’m seeing things! <\/p>\n

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Rorschach art on the sidewalks of Manhattan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I think the image at left could make for some fine abstract art, it kind of reminds me of an Adolph Gottlieb painting<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I am in New York City and walking around, I tend to see things that grab my attention in unlikely places, whether it’s on the sidewalk, on the back of a sign, the possibilities for creative finds are endless – like this leaf and muffin wrapper that looks like a flower. I was walking … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,36,48],"tags":[217,551,653,681],"class_list":["post-197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-photo-of-the-day","category-street-photography","tag-comic-art","tag-nyc","tag-rorschach-art","tag-sidewalk-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3443,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions\/3443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}