In a weird way, it makes sense. Public art, created by the people, just outside Canada’s National Gallery.

When you are inside the gallery you are required to wear a sticker that shows you have paid the admission fee. Each day the sticker is a different color – that way people are less likely to return the next day without paying another admission fee.

When you finish your visit the sticker becomes useless to you. The logical thing to do is to put it in the trash.

But I don’t recall seeing any trash bins at the exit. There was one at the cost check, but I was focusing on my coat, not the sticker.

On the sidewalk outdoors I saw this utility pole adorned with museum stickers. I guess it is quite common for people to leave the building, realize they are still wearing a sticker, and deciding to add to the collection.

Given what can sometimes pass for modern art, I’m surprised the museum hasn’t asked the city to replace the pole so they can bring this one inside and add it to the collection.

I think it has a certain aesthetic to it. Which may be proof that I will never be an art expert.