NYC's Own Banksy & No Home of Their Own

As you walk the streets of NYC glance down (not all the time like many NYer's on their cells) but with an eye for colorful pastel chalk messages meant to brighten one's day.   I find them a serendipitous treat with words of encouragement & joy.  "Flowers Add to Romance."  "You're an Inspiration About to Happen."  All literary postings are short, colorful & definitely by the same person or persons - yet to be caught in the act.  But, what harm?  None & they're full of charm.   I would enjoy seeing parents with their children drawing on the sidewalks with large colored pieces having fun (but out of harm's way of pushy New Yorkers.)  This creative outpouring will melt away in the rain.  I noticed the huge statue of what I think is Smokey the Bear at Colombus Circle.  I smiled remembering the early commercials with Smokey warning "Only you can prevent forest fires."  I also chuckled at the deers that stopped traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge last week during their commute to Marin County.  Even more disarming is the video of a bear cub who found the flag pole on a golf course to be a source of entertainment.  He pulls on the flag that bends & springs back to his delight.  The small cub also discovered the pole was an excellent way to scratch his back.  Alas, we are encroaching on land that belongs to wildlife.  Conservation & wild life protection should be a top priority.  Perhaps NY's Chalkster can mark something up to remind us.