tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post3037412686040868147..comments2024-03-29T05:33:43.878-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: The TwinsOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-83552403423380523652016-01-23T01:59:29.526-05:002016-01-23T01:59:29.526-05:00Thanks for the valuable information and insights y...Thanks for the valuable information and insights you have so provided here... <a href="http://www.graffitisupplies.co.uk/markers-pens" rel="nofollow">Graffiti Pens</a><br />historypakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12429820414620086221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-56430209327551295882011-03-22T20:34:26.694-04:002011-03-22T20:34:26.694-04:00I'm a little late, but I love the graffiti the...I'm a little late, but I love the graffiti these two men create. I know it makes San Francisco more exciting. As are your books which I am now reading compulsively. Thank youlil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-2968609797259732162011-03-21T12:28:48.325-04:002011-03-21T12:28:48.325-04:00The trains in New York City are decorated with gra...The trains in New York City are decorated with graffiti but it is the hit and run kind done by gangs who want to leave their "tags". Their artistic merit is limited by how long the taggers can spray before the can is empty.<br /><br />Graffiti has been around for at least two thousand years. A tour under St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is fascinating. We were there in 2000 and the tours were becoming popular; now it is necessary to book a tour months in advance. Only 120 people per day are allowed to take the tour which starts underground on what was once a busy street. One of the things that is pointed out is a wall with graffiti, writing by any means on a public wall, telling Christians the location of St. Peter's burial.<br /><br />Most graffiti is vandalism. Even the officially commissioned artwork is a problem. So much of it is topical that its impact is short-lived.<br /><br />Getting back to Rome, the Scavi (necropolis) tour starts behind St. Peter's and winds along the streets of what was the Vatican Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome. It ends under the main altar of the Basilica, at the tomb of St. Peter. I think it was the most interesting thing we did in a city that is nothing but interesting.<br /><br />BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-15124939815142557622011-03-21T12:13:17.452-04:002011-03-21T12:13:17.452-04:00Hi Leighton,
There's a bit of very cool graff...Hi Leighton,<br /><br />There's a bit of very cool graffiti in Chicago, it seems to be more popular in the Hispanic areas. I've seen some beautiful work done by kids backed by schools & churches. I think it's nice.<br /><br />The twins' work is beautiful, I think it's great they're making money.<br /><br />SusieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-1404517801242183442011-03-21T08:55:35.967-04:002011-03-21T08:55:35.967-04:00I'd consider what the twins are doing IS art. ...I'd consider what the twins are doing IS art. But what's happening in my neighborhood re graffiti is vandalism related to drug dealing. It isn't pretty or charming or quirky. It's gangs defining their boundaries and issuing challenges at the expense of small businesses and homeowners. We do have mural artists who, like the twins, beautify or make interesting the mundane walls, but the taggers can't let that alone either: <a href="http://www.columbusmessenger.com/NC/0/7727.html" rel="nofollow">Westgate mural falls victim to graffiti</a> Camp Chase is a Civil War cemetery.Naomi Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08005429772070247806noreply@blogger.com