Grafitti

Recently, I happened upon a breathtaking photo on one of the most fashionable blogs [photo to right]. This grafitto (is that singular right? Or is it another bastardized bit of phaux Italian like panini, which apparently has no singular, or maybe I just don't get Italian and why should I?] reminded me of the depression I have felt while cruising on trains in other parts of the world, namely France, where you can go miles and see tag after tag and all they are is names, names, names, no art. This is true as you come into Paris from CDG, and just as true in the Midi, on the train from Beziers to Toulouse. No imagination, no art. I'm pretty sure that our GOP friends (both of them) would claim that this lack of brio is a result of socialism. Nah - it's gotta be climate change, which my friends assure me would never happen in the U S of A. Now look more closely at the image above. It's not just great art, it is a friendly guide to saving the planet by cutting paper use. Let's hear it for the Philly taggers! Credit: http://nabober.blogspot.com/ .