»In which it is "outsider" art

A tree made from junk mail, by sculptor Hector Dio Mendoza. The sculptor planted the tree at the Sunset Scavenger recycling facility in San Francisco (I am still waiting for my tour -- a representative from the company, curiously named "Lolita Sweet", left a message promising to schedule a site visit and has not returned my calls since), which promotes an Artist-in-Residence scheme. Sirron Norris, whose bright, cartoony murals decorate our local cheese-steak-ery, recently participated in the program