Looking At Public Art #5: TRUTH OR FOG JUICE?

Blogger Pre-Note: this post may be too subtle for some readers but here's one reaction looking at public art.
Gotta say that the many installations of public art here in The New Urban DTMesa most certainly make "the original one-square mile" a Creative Place . . . it's not so square or for that matter conservative any more.
If you need a reason to take a walk, looking at public art might be a good one to exercise your body and brain at the same time, with plenty of stops for a good brew, water or coffee/tea, ice cream, a snack or sandwich or lunch.
We've enjoyed the many figures cast in bronze all over the sidewalks for years - everything from figures of founding pioneer families and early settlers and business leaders, to bears, salmon, boys playing baseball, girls reading, people sitting on benches talking or waiting, horses, a huge fat pig, dinosaurs, a boy-and-girl playing with the world's deadliest killing weapon and ducks getting fed crackers [both at City Hall], a climber, a newspaper boy-on-a-bike with dog running alongside, neon-inspired aerosol art on the sides of historic buildings, design lab mini-murals on the fronts of buildings along Main Street, move-able panels by Creative Catalysts, a big pink chair, a big high-heeled shoe, a gold Humpty Dumpty, the super-sized "Desert Rose" [ sub-titled New Generations/Nuevas Generations ], Sunset Park in 1st Street, monumental Valley Metro Public Art at all three light rail stations and transformer stations along the Main Street line extension and this one in front of The Drew Building.
While there's a new emphasis on interactive public art [Twilight Garden @ Morris Park + Musical Shadows @ Mesa Arts Center, this one is "a silent shout" about the news and how we get it - or not.
The big headline = TRUTH in capital letters . . . juxtaposed in the background is FOG JUICE.

A fog machine, fog generator, or smoke machine is a device that emits a dense vapor that appears similar to fog or smoke. This artificial fog is most commonly used in professional entertainment applications, . . . Fog machines can also be found in use in a variety of industrial, training, and some military applications. . .This fluid (often referred to colloquially as fog juice) vaporizes or atomizes inside the fog machine. Upon exiting the fog machine and mixing with cooler outside air, the vapor condenses resulting in a thick visible fog.