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03 April 2011

Scratch, Scribble, Spray





Graffiti can be such a hassle, if it does not possess some creative intent.
 If it’s nothing more than some random, and meaningless scribble, 
it can be so disappointing to find on your wall.

Where I live you can see a wide but sadly not varied range of these pointless scribbles and scratchings.
 You can also see how people have tried to paint away these scribbles with whatever paint 
they have lying around in the shed.

One day I was struck by how beautiful these patched walls were as they reminded me strongly of
 Rothko and his adventures in fields of colour and simple, graphic shapes.

All it took was a shift in how I looked at a thing.