A Question?

Onlookers and passersby may have been curious. Then again, it's a college campus! Regardless, last night's event would probably look strange to most.

In our Planning Team meeting this week, we had a very fruitful discussion. Part of the business discussed included an excited interchange of ideas about a chalking campaign to advertise to the campus. To those unfamiliar with the term, Georgia Tech students often advertise their clubs and events out on the public walkways with large, brightly-colored messages written with sidewalk chalk. Perhaps this strategy belies the quriky nature of what students stare at as they walk to and from classes? Anyway--chalking is one of the most common (and also, I would wager, effective) ways of communication and advertising on Tech's campus.

Our team (guided by Jason) decided to chalk the campus in 4 stages over the next 5 weeks. If our intentions succeed, the first week will only pique students' curiosity. Each stage will see a different message chalked on the sidewalks - and only in the last stage will we start advertising the dates and relevant information for the events of our forum.

But I'm getting ahead of myself! There we were: ten students, three cars, and four boxes of large chalk. It was half past midnight, and I'm sure a strange sight indeed. Anyone watching would have seen five guys cruising up to an intersection, hopping out, writing on the sidewalk, and racing back to the car to speed off towards the next location. But what did we write on the sidewalks? This time, only one simple symbol: a question mark. They were many colors and sizes, some shaded, some fat, and some tucked into strange places (for advertising). But as we packed up and headed back to our house, I reflected on the strange profundity of what we symbolically marked all over campus:

THE questions. Some may seem big, some small, but wherever you go, you can't run from them.

More pictures: http://andyjones.smugmug.com/gallery/4193758