Thanks to the "color wheel," I ran across this interesting bit of graffiti. It's crazy what you can find on that mash-up feature of Flickr. Because I have a cousin whose dream is be a make-up artist on horror movies, I am somewhat familiar with Lon Chaney and his work in make-up and pantomine in old horror flicks. This caught my eye since it appears to be Lon Chaney (something that someone else who saw it on Flickr believes as well) surrounded by hearts. Upon further inspection of the photo, I saw to the left of Lon an old, painted-over picture of a man watching waves come in...maybe? The caption next to it says, "I just wanted you to love me." Is that why the hearts are included in the more recent work? This picture offers an untold story and could serve as the subject of a writing assignment - perhaps a tale waiting to be told by some creative student. I really don't have much use for the mash-up in the classes I teach, but Flickr could provide some pictures of people and places that are mentioned in the authors (and their literature) that my students study.
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