putting the j in jjosh

 This month’s banner is a fantastic mural done on the boards surrounding a construction site near our apartment. We walk past it every Saturday, and one morning the artist herself was there working on it. She was really nice, and explained that she got quite a few commissions to do construction sites because normally they’re such an eyesore that they create quite a lot of tension in the community.

She’s got a deal where she gets to keep the art after the site is finished. You can check more of her work at her website, which is full of interesting stuff. She also told us the story of this mural, which was originally going to be flowers (I think that’s what she said), but which changed once she met and started talking to a fellow who lived nearby. He told her the history of the site, that it was the site of The Battle of Brooklyn during the Revolutionary War. So she changed the mural to fit this new theme.

I have to say, I love how surreal it is. The first time I saw it, I wanted to get a picture of it for the blog banner, and I was just lucky enough that when I finally got around to biking down there to get the photo, I took it when that guy was zipping along the street. Nothing like a bit of luck.