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I love street art SOOOO much. Artists like Banksy make my heart happy. So I'm thrilled that my former hometown {Albuquerque, New Mexico} is embracing street art downtown. I think that wheatpaste murals are awesome and a lot of graffiti is beautiful as well {if done right}.
{source: 516 ARTS flickr photostream}
This flying man wheatpaste is designed by Chip Thomas. You can see more photos in the Flickr photostream linked above :)
Confession: I've ALWAYS wanted to participate in street art, but since it's considered vandalism and is illegal almost everywhere, there's no way I'm going to sneak around at night in black clothes with spray paint and paste in a backpack. I mean, can't lie, I had thought about it plenty but I don't have the guts to do anything like that. My conscience would eat me alive. I do plan on playing around with it on my own property in the future, though :)
But public spaces are your property. You pay for them with your hard earned tax dollars. I'm teasing, i've always wanted to do this too! I was told that you should carry your supplies around in a GAP bag, so that you're less likely to arouse suspicion. ; )
ReplyDeleteHaha, I've never heard that but now you know what I'm up to if you see me with a GAP bag!
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