Here in Bernal Heights, a high concentration of Latinos and a history of lefty politics can only mean one thing: murals! Naturally, they cluster on the walls of schoolyards and other public areas where children can be exposed to the thriving, pre-literate tradition of pictographic pedagogy. Here is a nice one from some elementary school or some shit where you can hear a lot of screaming during the day:
San Francisco. November 2008.
Since it doesn’t seem to be about Oz, I can only conclude that it’s the dead who are in sepia. A closer look bears this out. Estelle Getty is depicted as Sophia Petrillo.
San Francisco. November 2008.
There she is, clutching the pickax with which she would be ultimately be murdered on July 25, 2008 after a long struggle with it. Hopefully, she and Sal are having manicotti at the early-bird in that big Shady Pines in the sky. I have never been so upset with a celebrity death.
Thank you for being a mural!
Suck the Rainbow 