Coffee Shop Art vs. Nature

I absolutely love and adore coffee shops! The art and ambience- ahh the smell, best of all the caffene. (woohoo!) But the thing that intrigues me the most: the artwork in origional little shops. And not just coffee shops- downtown art, so to speak- the art by small and unknown local artists (local to any city) that has a modern, post modern, or even compleetly origional vibe. Love it! it can be so many things and evoke emotion and thought. And yet, as wonderous as it is, it is a copy of something. A beautiful (or grotusque) vision of what they were really seing... something that was not origionated by man.

Given many murals are of cities and lights, villiges and glorious musical instruments- those man did make. But By and far we are copying a creator-

almost nonsequitor:
City lights are my faverote man made phenomenon. (skyline) Each light has a story, and thousands of people connected to it- like a web, from the guys on the assembly line where the bulb was fassioned, down to the power guys- the ones paying the bills, the ones flipping the swithc- what the light enables- multiplied by how many more twinkiling lights to see against the blue- like a distant fire, the fire of all of those lives and passions built in magnificance. All the love, the hate the emotion, and hope, and daily grind these ligts shine on; pitted against a dark night sky. Ahhh *chills*

Grandma (a fairly prominant local painter in her day) said "art is ment to improve apon nature" - ive always wondered why? when the nature we see is what inspires- i think art is more for the purpose of reminding us what is good- and showing different perspectives (bringing out what the artist sees and is passionate about)

Hit up a coffee shop- look around- enjoy it. :) ooo-- and grab a mocha latte'