A Note from Niagara At Large publisher Doug Draper
When we launched Niagara At Large more than four years ago, we also set off a running series on NAL called ‘Signs Of Our Times’.
The idea was to ask our readers and contributors to send us images of signs or posters they spotted somewhere in our greater Niagara binational region that say something about the crazy times we live in.
The series got off to a promising start with a number of interesting submissions. But like a lot of ideas – even some good ones – it fell to the side as our attentions were drawn to what seemed to be more pressing issues unfolding across the region at the time.
Yet if Ford can bring back the Mustang and vinyl records can make a comeback, maybe we can reprise ‘Signs Of Our Times’, including interesting bumper stickers this time around.
Let me get the ball rolling with a bumper sticker on a car I parked behind a few weeks back to attend the Elwood Avenue Festival of the Arts in Buffalo, New York. I know I will catch some flack on this, but I believe this bumper sticker said it all about a movement south of the Canada/U.S. border that has emboldened angry fringe groups and hate-mongers and has sought to inflame the darker side of human nature. I include an image of the bumper sticker here.
Now I invite you to submit a sign of our times, if or when you cross paths with one with a message that resonates with the mad-hatter circumstances around us. If you have one and want to send it in for our consideration, send the image of the sign, poster or bumper sticker in a JPEG format, along with a short note on why you feel it strikes a telling chord to drapers@vaxxine.com .
(NOW IT IS YOUR TURN. Niagara At Large encourages you to share your views on this post. A reminder that we only post comments by individuals who share their first and last name with them.)
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