Is There a Subliminal Message in the Import Flowers Mural?

You folks who live in Sylvan Park (or take shortcuts from West End to Charlotte and back) drive every day past the wall-sized sunflower mural at

Import Flowers

, 3636 Murphy Rd., painted in July 2013 by artist

Mark Palen

. (Here's a colorful 2011

profile of Palen

by Tim Ghianni.) But as you drive by, have you ever noticed anything unusual about it? Any hidden message? Any incitement to strange desires, warm flushes or sensual abandon?

Is There a Subliminal Message in the Import Flowers Mural?

Nah. Us either.

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