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Memorial to the Mundane pt.2

I wanted to memorialize the mundane activity of paying for parking. It's an activity nobody wants to do,  and most find it annoying and sometimes stressful. As I set the structure up, I spoke with several people about what I was doing. I had several postitive reactions, and some slightly confused reactions. When I was done setting up, I sat back and watched peoples reactions to the structure I built around the parking station. Most people slowed as they passed and tried to figure out what it was without actually stopping. Some had excited whoops of joy, "Ha!! Yes! I love it!!" and "YES! Protest Art Awesome!" It didn't occur to me that I was protesting anything, I was just trying to make people more aware of their mundane activities. But since it was pointed out to me that it could be thought of as protest, I considered it and I'm okay with that. I am upset with the system. I don't have a solution, or a better idea, but I do get annoyed with the current system. Some people's stories said that they were just 2 minutes late returning to their cars and they had a ticket. Is it bad luck? Or are officers staked out waiting for parking to expire? I wasn't looking to inspire change, just bring about mindfulness of your actions. What you do, and why you do it, whether it is mundane or extrodinary, or somewhere in between.