Ann Arbor chalk artist profiled

David Zinn's wonderful chalk drawings are already a welcome part of Ann Arbor culture, popping up around town without fanfare or notice. The Daily gets the skinny on Zinn's background and inspirations. Excerpt: Over the course of almost three decades in Ann Arbor, Zinn has created scores of drawings on any imaginable sidewalk in town. His tools have included everything from charcoal to paint, but he’s cultivated something of a reputation for his work with chalk. The creatures he brings to life peer out of the ground with childlike innocence. The most famous ones, Sluggo and The Flying Pig, are featured on the homepage of his website, both draped by a simple, Pixar-esque message: “Occupy your imagination. Or someone else will.”" Read the rest here.