Packard sits with friends and passersby on folding chairs, by a neon sign, a pink flamingo, and a miniature mini-golf course (there's only one hole). If you stop and look curiously at it for a moment, he'll invite you to take a swing. It's not an easy shot.
On the Cafe Thou Art homepage, Packard writes, "The idea of the café is to create a place where people can meet. In its simplest form, the café consists of 2 chairs, a table, the lit neon sign: 'Café Thou Art' and refreshments and of course, mini-golf. The installations are sculptures that assemble time, space, and people. They are constructed in the Public domain to express the openness and expansiveness of hope in humanity."
It's a rare experience to sit and talk to strangers in a city where cafes are filled with laptops and cell phones--but even this installation has a live stream.
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no, no, no, no,
See, now the yunnies have discovered this place, and next thing you know they'll be serving cupcakes and fro-yos and a permanent brunch with signature cocktails, and will be filled with laptops and cell phones, and this place will be booked for a private bachelorette parties. Or maybe the hipsters will congregate here and plan their next "Art Party".
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