Friday, October 10, 2008

Pop Art














MGMT might film a music video here: where a tangerine tiger reposes under cherry blossoms beside downy cascades. Jungle encroaches at the edges. William Blake wrote a poem about that tiger, right?
This picture hangs in our interpreter's hooch and I've seen it throughout town in homes and restaurants. Surreal art with incandescent color is the norm. In one cafe on Outpost Dragon, a 4ft tall mirrored-imaged baby stares back at you, with his twin. Sky-blue script promises, "HAPPY BABY."
"Why do you like this poster?"
"Because happy baby, mister!" insisted the store owner.