Speedway Street Art: The Moon in the Pavement

When I saw the circles in the parking lot, it was 

as if I'd seen the moon at my feet.

Crews were adding a new seal coat to a nearby

parking lot, with sections marked off as they

progressed across the expanse of asphalt. 

It looked as though the moon was being balanced in 

the night sky by strategically placed strokes

of sumi-e, creating what appeared to be minimalist

ink paintings in the middle of a strip mall.

Swirly Slurry

I was headed for the art museum the day I found these slurry

seal drawings on a gas station parking lot. For all the

efforts I make to "keep my head on a swivel," to look and see 

everything around me so I don't miss a thing (or get run down by

a beer truck), I end up with literal street art.

These look like the maintenance men used a big sumi

brush dipped in ink to fill the cracks in the asphalt.