On the bike ride on Wednesday I took some pics of the graffiti in the tunnel we rode in under the highway. Interested in knowing how you feel about graffiti. Art? Vandalism? Both?
I also found a couple of unidentified flora in the yard. The arrowwood berries are enjoyed by critters and are also edible by humans. There are a bunch of them out there and now that I noticed them, I see the birds going ga-ga over them. The small lavender flowers are called self-heal (per plant identify net.)
tiny little flowers in the grass
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Have you tried the arrowwood berries? They look a lot like blueberries.
We have some gorgeous wall art in my town, full murals depicting different ethnicities. I have no idea if they were ‘commissioned’ or not. They look very professional and no attempts have been taken to remove them.
Thanks, Lisa
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No, haven’t tried the arrowwood berries but now that I know they are edible, the seed has been planted (pun intended.) Thanks for weighing in on the “wall art,” Nancy. I like some of it better than others.
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Both – but I do love graffiti – tagging not so much. Graffiti to me is art and bold interruptions in the built environ, I applaud when I see it. :)
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I think both things when I see graffiti… it depends what it’s on I guess. I love some of the artwork I’ve seen…some of them are really talented.
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I feel the same way about it, Max. I’ve seen some cool stuff on trains, and I wonder who painted it and where.
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Oh the ones on train I love… now if it’s on a public building then no…but if it’s on something that is not seen hardly…yea
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I like most of it
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Thanks for the input, Cheryl. I do also.
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Graffiti, like everything, depends on context. I’m not impressed by the need to splatter your identity everywhere, but some street art is imaginative and not ego-driven. Also depends on where it is.
I love that little lavender flower–and what a great name! (K)
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Not sure if you saw what happened to the video journalist that taped someone throwing red paint on and writing political statements on the house of someone helping fund genocide? They arrested him and are charging him with a hate crime. World gone crazy.
About the flower, it is medicinal but don’t remember what I was reading about it. Yes it was a cool find. It’s right out by the arrowwood, ginseng tree, and the larch.
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Yes, it’s like splashing works of art in museums as an environmental protest. Not only stupid, but totally ineffective. As someone noted, it’s much harder to actually do the work on the ground to improve the environment or make the lives of people better. Much easier to chant, deface, and burn things down. How about taking some of the money you spend on lattes and donate it to organizations actually making a difference? Or volunteer to work with them. Spend your time and money for tangible change, rather than for yourself.
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I hear what you are saying and that does make sense to invest yourself and your funds as effective ways to make a change. I would not agree that their methods are totally ineffective. So many people connect through social media, especially young people, who might see the video journalist’s rights getting trampled on and be motivated to step up.
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I discussed this with my daughters, and we all agreed that by drawing attention to themselves in the media they were actually drawing attention away from the issues they were trying to draw attention to. They are not that young anymore (youngest is 30) so perhaps you’re right, for those in their teens and early 20’s it’s different.
But I know in NYC instead of covering the war itself, for weeks all the main stories in the news were about the protests.
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Arresting the journalist is absurd though.
But I don’t think it’s going to inspire anyone but the the usual (older) defenders of free press. I haven’t seen the deaths of journalists all over the world inspiring any protests from the young.
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Nice
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