Slog - Comments on A Flower for Life http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life 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... Copyright 2008 Tue, 08 May 2007 12:35:13 -0800 Fri, 18 May 2007 18:30:12 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe 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.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710102 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710102 Visual Art Tue, 08 May 2007 12:46:07 -0800 Comment by Grant Cogswell 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."

]]> Grant Cogswell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710104 Visual Art Tue, 08 May 2007 12:47:07 -0800 Comment by Eric I'm pretty sure those signs are the inspiration for the Palahniuk book "Survivor".

]]> Eric http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710105 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710105 Visual Art Tue, 08 May 2007 12:47:19 -0800 Comment by Jude Fawley What picture would you have chosen instead, supposing you cared enough to go to the trouble?

]]> Jude Fawley http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710142 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710142 Visual Art Tue, 08 May 2007 13:18:24 -0800 Comment by Gitai I second @4. What piece of art would keep you enamored enough of living that you would think twice about suicide?

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710153 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710153 Visual Art Tue, 08 May 2007 13:25:36 -0800 Comment by maxsolomon i'd suggest the best art there is: photos of puppies & kittens with huge eyes saying "please take me home".

]]> maxsolomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710172 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710172 Visual Art Tue, 08 May 2007 13:48:18 -0800 Comment by Brian The cover art from Van Halen's 1984.

]]> Brian http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710180 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710180 Visual Art Tue, 08 May 2007 13:55:53 -0800 Comment by DOUG. How high is the Morrison Bridge? Pretty lame place to try to off yourself.

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710203 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710203 Visual Art Tue, 08 May 2007 14:21:48 -0800 Comment by elswinger Charles is pro-suicide.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710261 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710261 Visual Art Tue, 08 May 2007 15:38:25 -0800 Comment by dumb is dumb no matter how ponderous the prose I'm pro-suicide whenever I have to read one of these ridiculous posts by Mr. Mudede.

]]> dumb is dumb no matter how ponderous the prose http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710294 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710294 Visual Art Tue, 08 May 2007 16:03:25 -0800 Comment by DE Dono Charles, this was brilliant. Props.

]]> DE Dono http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710326 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710326 Visual Art Tue, 08 May 2007 16:38:02 -0800 Comment by Billy 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.

]]> Billy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710345 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710345 Visual Art Tue, 08 May 2007 16:59:27 -0800 Comment by Yeah right 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.

]]> Yeah right http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710392 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c710392 Visual Art Tue, 08 May 2007 18:01:50 -0800 Comment by marmot 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.

]]> marmot http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c711476 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/a_flower_for_life#c711476 Visual Art Wed, 09 May 2007 22:27:44 -0800 Comment by Mr. Catnip 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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