Legal Graffiti

To rebel in season is not to rebel.

— Greek proverb

This sign is beside the Skate Park

No advertising?

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Yeah, I know. Graffiti is a rebellious act done under a sheet of darkness, in the dead of night. Rebels with or without a cause. The thrill of almost getting caught. A not very serious crime, but serious enough to make it enjoyable for any kids who need to let off steam about life's trials.

To make it legal is like saying: "Ok, kids, be really naughty, but we won't be angry, we're giving you permission to write on the walls.."Um, did anyone just hear a balloon burst?
Reminds me of the time my daughter told me she tried to be a rebellious teenager, but no one noticed :(.
It definitely wasn't for the attention then :-)

Anyhow the town decided they wanted to brighten up the place for a visiting government official, who was only visiting for one day. It thought it was a bit silly because, if the place is made to look too nice it could miss out on a financial injection from the gov. Yeah, dream on.


                                     However a decent legacy has been left in the wake of the visit.

A derelict building on upper Main Street.

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A piece of graffiti of my own.

A car crashed into my front wall.

The photo speaks for itself.

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The good news is:

                                                         The town is getting a new library, yay...

... if  and when the funding happens

meanwhile we're going to have to make do with looking at this

and it is good art.

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Down by the Bird Sanctuary, beside the sea, there is a new skate park where borders and bikers can fly the airways and spin their stuff. There is some really cool art on the walls of the sports centre....

I am sure this is a plea for solar power that doesn't need to paid for 

and not a bid to break it out of prison

but you guessed that, right?

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I agree, and it is on the outside too, if we were to redefine our notions of beauty.

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Definitely NOT. 

Otherwise it would have to be freed from prison along with the solar power.

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Not sure what this one means, but mystery is good too. :)

By the way have I told you recently that....

Alright I cheated and got that one from the web.

Anyway if you haven't been semi-blinded by all the primary colours by now,

I hope, at least, this post was a slightly interesting window into the art around the town I live in.

All photos (bar the last one) were taken by Fiocle. Er, that would be, myself, and up-loaded to this blog

in order to try and increase her, I mean, my, narcissism score which is very low, apparently. .