Perhaps this is connected?

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Shoe-Pole/191...

Mimi, if you check back here--thank you! The world needs more poetry and joy--especially in unexpected public places. I didn't discover the shoes until today, when I walked down Ballard Ave. to check for any new sticker art (a small pleasure) to photograph. It was meant to be just a quick walk around the block from Market Street. I spotted and snapped the first pole...then the second--and third! Like Alice chasing rabbits, I followed them all the way to the end, reading every delicious word and delighting in the mystery. Again--thanks! I'll be at Greenlake on Dec. 13th, circling until I spot the Poetry Polar Bear Club.

50 pairs of poetry shoes (with dahlias), nailed to telephone poles on the north side of Old Ballard Ave. 100 spoons installed on the east side. This was a 2nd incarnation for these shoes. They were originally installed in Tieton Town Square, for LitFuse 2008, as a public art project called "Spoon River." The installation is based on the classic American book of poems, Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters. Fellow artist, Frank Junk, suggested showing them off at Art Walk, so together he, Sage and I pushed a shopping cart full of shoes up the Ave, drilling them into poles and talking to passersby as we went. Each shoe represents a deceased character from the fictional town of Spoon River. Character's names appear on the back heels of the shoes. Read together, Masters' 244 poems depict life in small town America at the turn of the century. Few people are familiar with the book nowadays, but it saw 70 printings after being published in 1915! I found a copy at Abraxus Books. I hope you enjoyed them.

My next project is more of an instigation - getting 25 poets clad in poetry bikinis to jump into Green Lake on Saturday 13 December at noon. The world's first ever "Poetry Polar Bear Club!" If you want to be a part of it, let me know.

-A. K. "Mimi" Allin

They were a part of the artwalk, part of an exhibit out of viking fire foundry, I'm pretty sure. We followed them saturday night during the walk to the foundry, and there were a few more pairs artfully nailed to the wall inside.

Saw these Saturday night during the Art Walk. I believe they were part of the NY Fashion Academy's auction.

http://ballardblog.com/2008/09/08/call-for-dona...

Does this have something to do with Armageddon coming?