GUM...

OK so last week I spent an a few hours in the National Portrait Gallery. So interesting. On display was a series of up close( my fav) portraits (never tried) in black and white. So very cool. I was inspired to stretch my photo abilities and will try to do so in the future. Also on exhibit was a series of color portraits where all the peeps are looking not at the camera, but off to the side. My first and lasting reaction was...creepy peeps. They just didn 't look " normal". Whatever normal is. ANYWAY......... as I was leaving I was in this portrait gallery high and was stunned to see this scene on the side walk. The pic does not do it justice. There were hundrends of wads of gum on the sidewalk. As far as the eye could see. I thought of Singapore and how nice it would be to have the no gum rule. I thought of people who are too lazy to find a trash can. I thought of the complete degradation of society and the people in it in this 21st century. It made me sad. Then I thought of the beauty I just absorbed and reveled in. We are going to be OK.