“I’m nobody. Who are you? And why are we sharing a locker?”
This is one of 10 or so Haikus on the walls of the Harrison Red Line stop. Have you ever noticed them? I noticed them before today’s class and when I did it seemed like I took the Red Line on Friday night and when I returned Saturday there they were. Wow! Columbia College is taking over the CTA now. The renovation of the place brightens the CTA up, white walls a with a lot of color gives off this clean feel but then the smell of sewer smacks you in the faces and you want to gag.
The Haiku project is a collaboration between Columbia College Chicago as well as our neighboring high school Jones College Prep across the street from the Harrison Red Line stop. Writing students from Columbia College teamed up with students from Jones to create this project of advertising and I guess beautifying the Harrison Red Line stop with their poetry.
I think it is a success. I’m not sure how many people notice the poetry but the white walls and the bright colors is something I’m sure they notice. I doubt anyone stops to read the haikus, after all anyone who is taking the train obviously is taking it for a reason they have some place to be. It is an effort that only a few can appreciate and I do appreciate it. People took time to write and design the stop no matter how rotten the color palette is, the idea was to get noticed and that was a success, people notice the colors and if they have 5 seconds they notice the names attached to the haikus. Well done CCC and Jones!
Mission accomplished?
This is one of 10 or so Haikus on the walls of the Harrison Red Line stop. Have you ever noticed them? I noticed them before today’s class and when I did it seemed like I took the Red Line on Friday night and when I returned Saturday there they were. Wow! Columbia College is taking over the CTA now. The renovation of the place brightens the CTA up, white walls a with a lot of color gives off this clean feel but then the smell of sewer smacks you in the faces and you want to gag.
The Haiku project is a collaboration between Columbia College Chicago as well as our neighboring high school Jones College Prep across the street from the Harrison Red Line stop. Writing students from Columbia College teamed up with students from Jones to create this project of advertising and I guess beautifying the Harrison Red Line stop with their poetry.
I think it is a success. I’m not sure how many people notice the poetry but the white walls and the bright colors is something I’m sure they notice. I doubt anyone stops to read the haikus, after all anyone who is taking the train obviously is taking it for a reason they have some place to be. It is an effort that only a few can appreciate and I do appreciate it. People took time to write and design the stop no matter how rotten the color palette is, the idea was to get noticed and that was a success, people notice the colors and if they have 5 seconds they notice the names attached to the haikus. Well done CCC and Jones!
Mission accomplished?
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