Double-dip recession is hell on wishing wells: Kenny Be's Yard Arteology

Yard Arteology: The study of neighbors through their yard decoration.

Figure 76a. Globeville: Trashed wishing well is such a waste.

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Since water is the source of all life, humans have long hoped that wishes made at wells would be granted. The tossing of coins at the conclusion of each wish evolved with the idea that everything has its price.

The wishing well shown in the photo above shows what happens as the economy tanks and money gets tight. When people start to hang onto their coins and instead toss their trash, wishing well contamination spreads hopelessness across the yard. Below, see more effects on the environment...

Figure 76b. Globeville: Wishing well wobbles with top-heavy economic indicators.

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The wooden wishing well pictured above is a mere block away from the waste-filled well in figure 76a. That a birdhouse sits so precariously on top of this listing folly hints at the spreading of fowled fortunes across the neighborhood, and may even foretell a crash in daydream market futures. Across Denver, dilapidated wishing wells designate which neighbors are giving up hope...