I try to do a lot of exploring. Many times I would find myself just getting into my car and driving off somewhere or taking public transportation to whisk me off somewhere in the hopes of finding and capturing something special. Something interesting. Something people will most often times miss...me included.
I had some free time on my hands one day a week or two ago and I felt compelled to go on one of my little journeys. I ended up in and around the Miracle Mile area of Los Angeles and decided that this is where I'll do my exploring. So I parked my car on La Brea and did my walkabout in the area. Oddly enough, I was at a loss as to which direction I'd go. As I was walking, various thoughts were running through my head. I could head west and see what I could find along the way to LACMA. There's the El Rey and the Tar Pits. I could head east and probably do some street as there's Starbucks and a school towards that way or maybe I would catch some more interesting street subjects if I just keep heading south on La Brea and if I was up for it, keep walking all the way till I reached Roscoe's and maybe have a meal at the end of my journey. Juggling all these options in my head, I found myself on the corner of Wilshire & La Brea waiting for the light to turn green as I was leaning towards heading west. I looked at the sky to gauge how I would set up my camera to shoot whatever it is I'll end up shooting. The light was taking it's sweet time to turn green and I look on the concrete to see if there were any unique stencils spray painted on the ground. I notice a sticker or two on the light pole and as my head starts to move up, I came upon this little thing written. I thought about it for a good minute or two. What would compel a person to write this? What was his or her intention? Meaning? I finally lifted my camera and took a shot and did a little smirk. I think I got it...