Mutants Among Us!
I don’t mean to alarm you, but there are signs of semi-human creatures all around. The evidence appears in front of houses everywhere I go — strange images that are no doubt a sign that they live inside, or maybe that they should feel welcome to congregate in packs all around us.
Fear them! Fear them! Or, maybe, join them! Welcome them into your own home! I’m not sure.
At any rate, look at the evidence and decide for yourself.
Continue If You Dare….
For example, look at these half-human, half fish creatures. What madness made this happen? Are they a signal to mutants seeking refuge from the Island of Doctor Moreau?
What is happening here? Is this the skeleton of some winged human? Is it a warning to night flyers of what will happen if they circle around the porch light at night? Or is it a rare piece of the fossil record on display for doubters in the diversity of evolution?
Not all mutants have animal parts such as tails and wings. Some combine human features with plants, such as this woman with no arms and flowers growing out of her head. Or, maybe, these flowers have an armless woman for their roots?
Others combine human features with inorganic parts, such as this face surrounded by a sun. Good luck destroying this with fire. Driven by the unimaginable heat of nuclear fusion, one of the most awe inspiring powers of the universe, we should make peace with such creatures, not dare challenge them with our puny human arms.
Other mutants may be inanimate creations brought to life and clothed in human garb, such as these traffic cones dressed in children’s coats.
Or, maybe, they are a warning to wild traffic cones that the price of coming too close to humans is domestication and loss of freedom.
What… what could this thing be? Walk by in silence, and do not think of a single hostile word. It may be able to read your thoughts. Do you really dare to take a chance?
Some mutants seem to defy the basic laws of mathematics, having been reduced in many places to two dimensions. How can the basic facts of mass and space apply to such creatures, who do not even seem to need a connection between brain and body?
Or, maybe this is only a sign for these creatures, alerting them that this house has a convenient mail slot that will provide them refuge from a world not yet ready to accept them.
And perhaps most terrifying of all, behold these pants without a body! Is it an escapee from some Levi Strauss laboratory? A thing that the best scientists of Haggar, hoping to perfect their Relaxafit process, accidentally brought to life? The horror! The horror! But maybe we should pity it and offer it sanctuary, in the hopes that humanizing it will humanize us as well.
Fun!
Amazing. The mermaids could be worse….
Now I can’t unsee that.
I can’t seem to get a link to post properly, but look up Renè Magritte “The Wonders of Nature”. Reverse mermaids are just so odd.
Very!
That’s it! Thanks, Hannibal 🙂
I used to have that as my background on my laptop. It really freaked out O-H and the kids lol.
You live in a weird fucking neighborhood.
The ones I struggle with the most are the traffic cones. I can easily see how a lot of found art / collage stuff comes together, but the thought process for those somehow doesn’t add up for me.
I was just wondering if the traffic cone in the puffy jacket was a cry for help? Otherwise, they are a very odd form of scarecrow art.
I wondered about the scarecrow angle. It looked like the lot where they were may have been planted once.
Scarecrows all over must be symbolic anyways. Crows are way too smart to fall for them.
I have a neighbor that puts a winter hat and scarf on the fire hydrant outside their house. It’s cute but I’m surprised the Fire Department lets them.
Firefighters can be so much more chill than police. I think their baseline attitude is if it’s in the way, they’re just smashing it with axes and power tools, otherwise let it be.
Had a firefighter for a neighbor in the first house I bought. Can confirm. Generally, they are not going to scream about having to pull a hat and scarf off a hydrant. Park in a fire lane, though…..
That sun reminds me of something