Sidewalk art as book-work

Waupaca Community Arts Center recently participated in Arts on the Square's Chalk of the Town event. Our entry was 16' long and 4' tall. I thought of it as a book you read as you walked along. The sidewalk in front of our store is quite uneven and stony. The bulk of the work was done on Tuesday, and somewhat washed away in the steady rains of Tuesday evening. Wednesday from 11 - 4 Selene Bloedorn-Saeed and Anita Golke helped me as I basically redid the whole thing. No rain since, and it seems to be holding up. What I have enjoyed is hearing people laugh as they get to the end. The copy reads "Life without ART is like cheese curds without SQUEAK" -- for non cheeseheads: curds are best FRESH and warm, when they squeak as you chew - a mellifluous symphony in your mouth.