Liberation: Growing On Trees

Cruising along Highway 198

on our way to Los Angeles,

we came upon

a most unusual sight.

A tree festooned

with undergarments;

mostly brassieres.

This would be

considered

rather strange

no matter where

one happened upon it.

But

displayed as it was,

out in the actual

middle of nowhere,

literally miles and miles

from any populated

settlements,

and clearly the work

- the very intentional

and somewhat time-consuming

(no doubt)

work of humans -

looking for all the world

like a fraternity prank -

this nevertheless struck me

as a kind of 

Pop Art,

seemingly utterly crass

and devoid of any socially redeemable

meaning,

yet still proclaiming

multiple levels

of interpretation

and psychosocial

commentary.

Oh.

And here's

a couple of shots

of

"the middle of nowhere,"

too;

taken while standing

right next to

"The Bra Tree."

I could go on for quite a while about this.

Is this littering?

How were these garments collected?

What time of day was this art "installed"?

How did they do it?

What prompted (inspired) it?

Why here?

As you might gather,

this was a highly

irresistible

photographic subject.

A few parting shots:

Taken 26 February 2012.