Found a puddle on my driveway that looked exactly like Van Gogh's Starry Night

Last Tuesday morning after a big rainstorm in Austin, I walked out to get the mail and saw this oil puddle in my driveway. The way the colors mixed together looked just like that famous painting with the swirling sky. I snapped a picture and my sister said it was the best accidental art she'd ever seen. Has anyone else had a weird puddle or spill turn into something that looked like real art?

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matthewg633d ago

Has anyone else considered that these puddles might be temporary messages from the universe? I'm not talking about anything supernatural, just that oil and water mixing on a hot day can create patterns we almost never see unless the conditions are just right. The way the light hits the thin film of oil at a certain angle makes those colors pop, same as how a rainbow works. Maybe we drive over the same spot a hundred times and never notice until the rain and the sunshine and that particular angle of the driveway all line up. I'm not saying there's a meaning behind it, but it makes you wonder what other accidental art we walk past every day without giving it a second look. Your picture proves that sometimes the best sights are the ones nobody planned for.

rubyj116d ago

I had something similar happen a few years back. I washed my car in the alley behind my apartment and the soap mixed with some oil and dirt, and it made a rainbow swirl pattern that looked like one of those abstract expressionist paintings you see in museums. My friend who studied art history said it reminded her of a Jackson Pollock drip painting but way more organized. I took a picture too, still have it saved somewhere.