{"id":67,"date":"2022-05-17T23:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T03:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theemucommand.com\/?p=67"},"modified":"2026-10-26T00:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T04:30:09","slug":"the-man-in-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theemucommand.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/17\/the-man-in-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Relief Sculpture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

THE GREATEST STREET ART IN THE WORLD<\/strong> is currently in Kingsland, Arkansas about 150 miles away from where I graduated from college. See it now, while you can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is… Remarkable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the things that I love about street art is its fleeting nature. The best street art is temporary. It is impermanent. It will quickly degrade, be altered, or simply fixed, which is what I expect will happen to the Johnny Cash silhouette that was leveled up by a talented and hilarious marksman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m sure the city or the county will swoop in to fix the water tank pretty quickly. My advice to them would be don’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hear me out. Obviously, I know that something will need to be done, but what if they recognized the gift that this well-aimed artist gave them. This could easily be a tourism draw. When was the last time that Kingsland got this much attention? Probably not in my lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Much like the response to Shepard Fairy’s original Obama piece that he put on the side of a building in Washington, DC or literally ANY of Banksy’s pieces anywhere in the world, people will travel to see them. This could be a boom for the local restaurants and other businesses. This is also the best shooting news to find it’s way into the media in well over a decade. That has to appeal to a lot of Arkansans too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think they should make it a fountain of some kind: Install a collection tank on the ground to collect the stream. Install a pump to return the water to a fountain which could be installed in a compartment built in the water tank, behind The Man in Black. Water made Hot Springs, Arkansas famous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It could totally work. I’d be willing to bet that the city could get a grant from the Walton Arts Foundation to pay to build and maintain the fountain. I really want to see this happen and if anyone in central Arkansas wants to take this project on, I would be willing. to help in whatever ways I can, including helping write your grant proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnny Cash keeps on giving to his hometown. What other ideas of how the town could capitalize on its new recognition? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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