I don't seek to make some grand statement with these photos, but they were among the only things to catch my eye during an hour or two that I spent walking around the Esplanade. They do seem to go together, in a disconsonant kind of way.

While this guy was saying something that I couldn't quite make out — and who couldn't converse outside the bounds of clearly oft-repeated, Bible-based spiel, other folks [below] were making a statement of their own by getting into the very long line for Starbucks.