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Adorable Art Project Will Make You Feel Better About That Parking Ticket
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Jen Carlson
Published Apr 25, 2011
Modified Apr 25, 2011
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The Parking Ticket Emotional Reclamation Project is aiming to dull the glaring pain of that bright orange parking ticket (hey, not everyone knows a cop who can fix tickets!). They explain: "Imagine, you come back to your car to find a parking ticket on your windshield. Immediately, depression and self-blame set in. Yet when you open the envelope to assess the damages—Hark!—an angel has come to help you reclaim your emotions! An original work of art lay in tandem with the ticket!" Here's how it's done:
But... is the guerilla placement of art inside the envelope legal? Should bureaucracy and street art mix? And what about the cyclists getting tickets?
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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