Art Review -- from Flatbush, Brooklyn

I had no camera that morning and it rained in the afternoon, so you'll just have to trust me:

Display Location: a sidewalk on Argyle Street near Cortelyou Rd, outdoor
Media:  Chalk, sidewalk.
Dimensions: 90cm x 900cm
Date: June 7, 2009
Artist: (unsigned work)

Working in mostly yellows and whites, the artist has made a very large outdoor drawing which is indistinguishable from a hopscotch board except greatly exaggerated.  This outsider art shows an almost childlike desire for the game to go on forever, implying both haste and crudity in a board which, rather than terminating at "10" as most hopscotch boards,  goes all the way to "220". 

Assuming that the hopscotch player must hop to the terminal and then return to the origin, a single turn at this hopscotch board would take an estimated 3.5 minutes. Such extended focus from a 9 year old might serve as an alternative to Ritalin.  Hair would have time to grow, coffee could go cold, and the ice cream truck could serve your entire block.  One imagines an entire Gnarles Barkley song playing in the space of one player having a go, taking a single trip up and back on this hopscotch figure.

Comments

[Denise]

I think your theory about exercise and Ritalin is a good one. Kids are more sedentary than ever and the rates of ADD diagnosis rises exponentially. I remember when my son was in 6th grade and the teacher commented on how kids had trouble sitting still, my answer was " of course, you took recess away from them" We at least got to play kickball and 4 square in middle school.