Bookshelves - San Diego, CA - Artistically Decorated Utility Boxes on Waymarking.com

Just across the street from the Mira Mesa branch of the San Diego Public Library is what appears to be a set of wooden bookshelves stocked with great reads (and a miniature reader sitting on one shelf).

The books range from the instructional ("Dynamic Figure Drawing") to the swashbuckling ("Captain Blood"). The shelves themselves are painted in trompe-l'oiel style to look like real, grained wood.

On the back side is inscribed a verse from a poem ("Auguries of Innocence) by William Blake: "To see a world in a grain of sand / And a heaven in a wildflower, / Hold infinity in the palm of your hand / And eternity in an hour." I believe there is another painted utility box, maybe in the Hillcrest neighborhood, where I have also seen this verse.

The painting of utility boxes in the Mira Mesa neighborhood of San Diego is sponsored by the Mira Mesa Town Council (a volunteer/business organization) and has been spearheaded by the Mira Mesa High School art department. See (visit link) for more information.

There are photos of about 30 of the other Mira Mesa utility boxes, some with info about the artists, at (visit link) .

Name of Artist: Unknown Title of the Art: Bookshelves Year Decorated: c. 2010

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