Concrete Statues

I walk past these giant concrete slabs every week and today it just struck me that they are reminiscent of the famous Easter Island statues.  I liked them the moment I saw them because I'm obsessed with line and form anyway and I've been planning a shoot at this location but it's really fun to compare these eyesores with something incredible and larger than life...makes them even more appealing.  This is akin to comparing a pepper to a nude body (thinking about Edward Weston), what it is about this phenomenon that intrigues us?  I often look at trees and imagine them as human figures (I'm sure that comes from a childhood fear of the evil trees in the Wizard of Oz) but lately I've been wanting to shoot curvy bodies among trees to show the relationship between humans and nature.  I'm not sure if there's a name for this genre of work but it really appeals to me and it can make something as ugly as a row of concrete look like something beautiful.  Take a look at your surroundings and see if you can compare something very average to something wonderful.  Then smile.

note:  I pulled the Easter Island image from google images, don't know who took it, sorry!