Blog # 2

Though some may not consider the Gum Wall art, most likely due to obvious disgusting nature and that it looks like vandalism, it is still an interesting way that the citizens and tourists of downtown Seattle can leave their mark on the busy city.  The Gum Wall is what it sounds like: a wall or rather a brick alleyway covered with pieces chewed gum.  

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/25/news/la-trb-your-scene-market-theater-gum-wall-in-seattle-20110224

I think one reason why this tourist attraction is so popular is because, besides that fact that it is a bit of an oddity, people can literally leave something of theirs behind and it will stay there for decades to come, I'm sure.  I think people want to be remembered, even it is is just a piece of their used gum on a wall plastered with many other people's chewed gum.  People have even left messages written in gum on that wall.  Who knows, maybe the only evidence of somebody's life is stuck on that wall.  It's sort of like living forever, sort of.