Axel Thiel

Sat, 10 Dec 2005 08:01:42 -0800

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ert

Sat, 20 Aug 2005 01:01:03 -0800

i'm glad somebody covered this. i was going to go and check this out and write about it for FecalFace, but something came up... as fascinating as the subject matter is, i honestly couldn't imagine there to be much new ground to cover. what is there to say? sometimes it's vandalism... y'know whoever used etching fluid to "write" into the front window of Low Gallery, that's just rude and not interesting and not cool. but, the huge and glorious burners two blocks away on Caledonia Alley... that's art and everyone knows it. graffiti gives people attention and builds ego a lot of the time, but it also gives people a voice... those little stickers with cryptic or thoughtful words and drawings, those make sometimes my life richer... and stencils... i love me some stencils. it can be juvenile, destructive, altruistic, hateful, helpful, and contribute new aesthetics, and honestly - i would rather have the kids with rough lives and maybe not a lot of choices to pick up a spray can rather than guns, heavy drugs, stealing... uh, arson. i'm pretty much resigned to graffiti being all those things and living with the gray area. maybe the people involved could try using some common sense... on both sides. try to make things better, not worse.

sfmike

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 21:18:51 -0800

Mohammed Nuru is an illegal alien gangster who helped Willie Brown and Gavin Newsom with their electoral hijinks, which means he knows where the bodies are buried, and it's the reason he works for the Department of Public Works in a six-figure job rather than being in jail where he belongs.

SFist: Graffiti: Urban Scrawl or Artistic Freedom? Discuss Amongst Yourselves.

Axel Thiel

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