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March 24, 2021March 22, 2021Snowbird of Paradise

Wordless Wednesday 24 March 2021

November 28, 2020November 27, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

More Murals from Piney P. and Pals

In August 2019 I took some photos of graffiti murals that I didn’t understand. At first I thought it was a sentence, but I decided eventually that I was looking at a series of names. This week I noticed that all but one of those names have been painted over. The new murals are bright […]

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April 14, 2020April 14, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

Muralist vs Graffitist vs Tagger

Good murals add colour and interest to an inner-city neighbourhood. I admire the designs and appreciate the amount of work that goes into creating them. It doesn’t matter what city I find myself in, I always come across murals that draw my attention and engage my thoughts. A few days ago, I came across a […]

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January 29, 2020January 29, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

Wordless Wednesday

July 3, 2019July 5, 2019Snowbird of Paradise

The Mystery That Is Elephantis 2 Bitts

I saw something odd today and I thought I would see if you can make sense of it for me. On a sidewalk bench near my home, there was a painting on stretched canvas next to a discarded yellow safety vest. I wondered how they got there and decided that there are a few possibilities. […]

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Graffiti on Trailer
June 24, 2017July 11, 2017Snowbird of Paradise

Duelling Graffiti

    This made me laugh. If it is a duel between local gangs, I’d say they are equally inept. Their spray-painted tags cancel each other out.  There seems to be as much red paint as black, which I think makes them even. And, in case the taggers read this, I want to point out […]

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Woman's hand holding US dollars
December 12, 2016December 10, 2016Snowbird of Paradise

What Can Be Worse Than Homelessness? 

Talking About Giving Deciding how to contribute to charity has become really complicated.  I used to just put a dollar or two into the cups of panhandlers in winter, buskers in summer, and the Salvation Army bell-ringers at Christmas-time. Then I joined a church whose members tithed, so I learned to give ten percent of […]

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April 15, 2016November 28, 2018Snowbird of Paradise

More San Jose Murals

One of the perks of walking around the city is that I see some things that you would probably miss when driving by. You would miss the lovely flower boxes, sculptures in unexpected places, welcoming outdoor restaurant seating arrangements, and murals. Lots and lots of murals.  I have posted about these before, but here are some […]

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March 16, 2015November 28, 2018Snowbird of Paradise

Where Vandalism Meets Art

A couple of weeks ago, two American women were arrested for carving their initials into a wall at the Colosseum in Rome. They were caught while taking pictures of themselves in front of the graffiti. The urge to leave one’s mark is not new, and some of those marks are highly prized. As a society […]

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