Some signs reaffirm the desert landscape of Tucson by replicating saguaros. Other signs are "environmental non sequiturs," representations of incongruous landscapes. Usually these surreal references promise a fun adventure far away from the arid desert. As the desert may represent the drudgery of the everyday, any landscape antithetical to the desert environs may be seen as an escape to leisure. Click on the thumbnails for an enlarged image. |