This Way, That Way
Rochester, Minnesota
2026
There are two rather mundane mysteries going on here, 1) what was the purpose of painting the black and white squares in the middle of a sidewalk, and 20 why do the skid marks not extend beyond the boundaries of the painted squares?
Whatever the solutions to the mysteries, they resulted in a cool abstract for you to capture! 🙂 I like it.
Thanks Kathy!
Can’t say why the squares but I’d guesstimate the tire marks are from a wheeled vehicle, maybe a bicycle, crossing from black to white when the black paint wasnt 100% dry. Although that doesn’t explain why the marks don’t extend beyond the squares.
Maybe Banksy started a project and was interrupted. He fled the scene on his bicycle or rollerblades?
I’m 99.9% sure those are bicycle skid marks. Your wet black paint theory makes some sense except that, as you mentioned, the paint would extend beyond the squares at least a bit.