Graphetti or art?

[minus70mv]

I love good street art. The junk they put in a museum seems so boring and dead compared to the energy that a talented tagger has, or even the impermanent nature of "legitimate" street are, that is done not by a tagger, but by an "artist" (whatever that is).
Here's some good examples. Andy Goldsworthy is another great outdoor artist. I love how

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[mannatunkle]

You know, when I lived in Portland, I used to love to see the art on the boxcars (Portland is very industrial, with lots of trains running through what otherwise seems like a very commercial / residential part of the city). And I loved the idea that those tags/graphitis traveled all over the place-- what a cool way to spread your art! But there are some taggers in Minneapolis who insist on covering small businesses with ugly non-art kind of tags, over and over again. Or my friend's garage. I don't like it-- it seems really selfish (maybe that's the point, since it is just that person's tag and nothing else) or inconsiderate or something. I hope its not because I'm getting old and kurmudgeonly (I seriously have no idea how to spell that word), and just because of the difference in cost/hassle to individuals that has changed my view!

[splinterjete]

i've always loved andy goldsworthy and other artists who work with (rather than fight against) impermanence in their work.

i found your blog by doing a search for people with fixed-gear and biking as interests and you seem pretty rad more broadly so i'm gonig to friend you... okay? ;)

~becca

[minus70mv]

Please friend me! That is, if you can tolerate my incoherent nonsense...
I was reading your LJ, and you seem like a cool person! Hows Canada? My wife and I are looking at moving up there after I graduate from nursing school.

[splinterjete]

thanks! you seem so too as i mentioned above.

canada's a great place. i never really think about that until i'm in the states (border cities like detroit or buffalo seem like you're passing from the first to third world) and you see the inequity and ultimate hopelessness. it's not that there isn't huge problems here, it's just not as bad and we would never allow it to get that bad.

obviously, i think there's always a grass-is-always-greener perspective happening, and some people i know can only point out the flaws of canada. the weather. the overall boringness of it all, i don't know... how 'hard' it is to get into grad school (really, i guess it's pretty awesome here). but i know there are great niches in the states it's just few and far-between.