Visual Art A Flower for Life
posted by on May 8 at 12:35 PM
Near the middle of the Morrison Bridge in Portland is this sign:
The simple drawing of a daffodil is supposed to make a suicidal person stop and think about the beauty of the known. He or she is on the brink and this flower makes them rethink the jump to the no-thing of the unknown. I can imagine certain people having the kind of mind that might look at this drawing and say “yes” to life, say “yes” to more of this world, this city of roses, this slow river which flows on to the largest ocean, and this bridge which is the largest machine in all of Oregon. But the more sensitive of us (too sensitive for this dumb world) will look at the drawing and see yet one more reason to end it all—bad art.
I (secretly) think the Mona Lisa looks like shit.
I'll find out in a couple minutes if that should have been made public, or placed on postsecret.com.
I pass the one on the Burnside bridge every day, and it makes me think of the awesome scene in 'The Host' where the guy about to jump points at the monster in the water and everyone says, "Huh? What are you pointing at?" and he says, "Idiots. Idiots to the end."
I'm pretty sure those signs are the inspiration for the Palahniuk book "Survivor".
What picture would you have chosen instead, supposing you cared enough to go to the trouble?
I second @4. What piece of art would keep you enamored enough of living that you would think twice about suicide?
i'd suggest the best art there is: photos of puppies & kittens with huge eyes saying "please take me home".
The cover art from Van Halen's 1984.
How high is the Morrison Bridge? Pretty lame place to try to off yourself.
Charles is pro-suicide.
I'm pro-suicide whenever I have to read one of these ridiculous posts by Mr. Mudede.
Charles, this was brilliant. Props.
There's some of these on the Aurora Bridge. When I saw one, I thought I'd try to talk to someone.
When I got on the phone, it didn't even ring. Someone said, "huh?" then coughed. The voice, an old man's, next said, "so, what do you want now, Mr. Cauliflower?"
I told him I was feeling suicidal.
The old man coughed again. "I see," he went on. "Well, that's too bad."
"Well aren't you going to help me?"
"Hem? Oh, well of course."
After this I heard a loud hiss. I heard a woman say hello. The voice was sexy. "Would you like a blowjob?" she continued.
Indeed, this is the best remedy for suicidal thoughts.
Number 12:
That so did not happen. The phones on the Aurora Bridge connect to either the Crisis Clinic or 911.
It is about time they got phones on the bridge-they have been on the Golden Gate Bridge for years.
For the record, the Morrison Bridge flows over the Willamette. The Willamette flows into the Northwest's largest river, the Columbia, which then flows into the largest ocean.
Maybe a Warhol portrait of a box of Cheez-Its. I'm pro-suicide everytime I walk by the Hammering Man.
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