{"id":933,"date":"2011-09-17T11:48:17","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T01:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meganix.net\/pavement\/?p=933"},"modified":"2011-09-17T11:48:17","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T01:48:17","slug":"mouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meganix.net\/pavement\/2011\/09\/17\/mouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Mouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some things written in drying concrete probably don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t deserve to be preserved \u00e2\u20ac\u201c trivial thoughts impetuously scribbled. But other inscriptions are sincere and loaded with meaning. When someone declares their love in the concrete, what are they thinking? Do they mean that their love will go on forever? Or do they simply want create a permanent memento of this romantic moment in their lives? Or are they casting a spell in the hope that the object of their love will reciprocate?<\/p>\n

Observant pavement-watchers can sometimes follow the progress of a love story over a period of time.<\/p>\n

This wet concrete inscription was photographed on the night it was made in June 2008.<\/p>\n

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'I heart Mouse', Liberty Street, Enmore, June 2008<\/p><\/div>\n

This stencil appeared not so far away three years later.<\/p>\n

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'Marry me Mouse', Enmore Road, Enmore, August 2011<\/p><\/div>\n

I wonder if they are related?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some things written in drying concrete probably don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t deserve to be preserved \u00e2\u20ac\u201c trivial thoughts impetuously scribbled. But other inscriptions are sincere and loaded with meaning. When someone declares their love in the concrete, what are they thinking? Do they mean that their love will go on forever? Or do they simply want create a <\/p>\n

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