Remember when the Denver airport murals were just weird art?

I was there in 2015, just passing through, and saw the 'Blue Mustang' statue and those creepy murals. Back then, I thought people reading conspiracies into them were just having fun. Now, after years of seeing every little detail picked apart online, I can't look at that place the same way. It feels like the whole idea of 'just art' is gone for a lot of public stuff now. Do you think some places are just magnets for this stuff, or has the internet changed how we see everything?

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amy_craig281mo ago

Yeah, it's like that with everything now... my local library put up a new sculpture last year and within a week there was a whole online thread about it being a symbol for some secret group. It feels like we can't just have a weird-looking horse statue anymore, it has to mean something bigger and darker.

wyatt1351mo ago

Wait, that statue killed its creator?

rileygarcia1mo ago

Heard a sculptor friend got a nasty shock from a faulty light inside his own metal owl piece.