tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post2679356638935542054..comments2024-03-22T12:11:58.453-06:00Comments on Michael Offutt: When writing goes too farMichael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-41081339752024353012012-02-27T11:47:50.341-07:002012-02-27T11:47:50.341-07:00I think there's definitely a difference and a ...I think there's definitely a difference and a line that can be drawn between tagging (claiming something with your name because you're part of a gang or whatever) and street art. There are plenty of legitimate artists who use spray paint and buildings to express themselves.Sarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-39125355257498114122012-02-27T11:31:56.650-07:002012-02-27T11:31:56.650-07:00I think as long as they're defacing public bui...I think as long as they're defacing public buildings there's nothing beautiful about it.J.L. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05666634455836834179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-24508521074040754172012-02-26T23:41:31.280-07:002012-02-26T23:41:31.280-07:00You've been tagged sir!
http://eyesoffate.blog...You've been tagged sir!<br />http://eyesoffate.blogspot.com/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18370625517919882667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-58733276160112692612012-02-26T22:25:23.564-07:002012-02-26T22:25:23.564-07:00I'm probably awful for saying this, but a smal...I'm probably awful for saying this, but a small part of me likes seeing it. Not the ugly,scribbly stuff but I've seen some beautiful skilled graffiti. I saw a documentary awhile back about it-there was this french guy who made tiles and stuck them on old buildings-now that guy bugged me. Why would anyone do that to a neat old building..but his tiles were considered really valuable art and people would take them off things and sell them for a lot of money. It's a really strange underground world.Alyson Burdettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16916059117572619004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-46302221480497460582012-02-26T21:49:43.660-07:002012-02-26T21:49:43.660-07:00When people are disenfranchised and do not have a ...When people are disenfranchised and do not have a voice they will find ways to protest, no matter how dangerous. It's interesting that all that is being thought of is what it does to buildings and how awful that is. And yet, our military can bomb an ancient city (like Baghdad) and we all sort of shrug and think, it's part of war. This is part of war too - a non-violent protest against the power elite and what they are doing to the poorest in their society. One day it may turn violent (and it may here too) because as long as all we can think about is our own well being without regard to those who are being used in the process, those who are left without jobs, homes, food... will eventually rise up because they have nothing else to lose.Danettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15043881305977386629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-13878211030775310712012-02-26T18:27:07.978-07:002012-02-26T18:27:07.978-07:00The only 'graffiti' I can respect is the s...The only 'graffiti' I can respect is the stuff that's actually art!Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927558937796802496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-42745714116146907112012-02-26T17:52:55.737-07:002012-02-26T17:52:55.737-07:00I don't like graffiti. But I am impressed by u...I don't like graffiti. But I am impressed by urban climbers (who don't deface buildings, etc). Does that count?Susan Oloierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311938400999953443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-59441965307160659762012-02-26T17:11:11.178-07:002012-02-26T17:11:11.178-07:00I'm not a fan of graffiti. I remember as a ch...I'm not a fan of graffiti. I remember as a child in New York City and how rundown the subways looked because of the graffiti inside and outside of the train. <br /><br />When I was in grad school, a husband and wife came to give talks because they both wanted faculty positions. The husband was a graffiti historian and thought of graffiti as art. I don't think he convinced any of us. He wasn't offered a job.Theresa Milsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477761307315565259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-55042283678013725102012-02-26T11:37:24.306-07:002012-02-26T11:37:24.306-07:00There is a group of actual artists called "gr...There is a group of actual artists called "graffiti artists" who paint on specified walls and usually get paid. The other kind of graffiti is called vandalism and destroying someone else's property is truly evil--even if you're down and out and jealous and mad and stupid and drunk. Intangible Heartshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05047040538015079182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-75617781995139675992012-02-26T08:07:25.175-07:002012-02-26T08:07:25.175-07:00I personally don't like graffiti. To me it'...I personally don't like graffiti. To me it's not right to deface someone else's hard work and property. <br /><br />Now that said, reading this sparked a characterization idea, so I thank you for that! :)<br /><br />AngelaAngela Ackermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808259088625142389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-74244500063541711522012-02-26T06:29:04.042-07:002012-02-26T06:29:04.042-07:00if you have special skill use it for good and shar...if you have special skill use it for good and share it to others!:)Jeremy Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00877532315856151843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-83257649974447897322012-02-25T17:40:29.083-07:002012-02-25T17:40:29.083-07:00I had a couple students discuss tagging in a class...I had a couple students discuss tagging in a class once. It was a better topic than fighting or drugs, but it was in the same vein.<br /><br />Yeah, I couldn't climb up buildings like that either.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-32313392246829072682012-02-25T17:34:40.887-07:002012-02-25T17:34:40.887-07:00It is an ugly crime despite the lack of violence. ...It is an ugly crime despite the lack of violence. <br />Some of this outlaw work I hate the most is when people paint on the sides of mountains along roads and disrupt the natural beauty of driving through the wilderness.Susan Gourley/Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669793865290876168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-39390554905390597182012-02-25T15:46:25.567-07:002012-02-25T15:46:25.567-07:00Hi Michael! I stopped by from the A to Z Challenge...Hi Michael! I stopped by from the A to Z Challenge List, getting a head start on some great new blogs. Nice to meet you! We live in the same town! Well, actually I'm about 20 miles south of SLC. And no, I do NOT like Graffitti. It's wrong wrong wrong, I'm not sure where the trend came to call it artistic license because to me it's just defacing other people's property.<br /><br />KarenGKaren Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153821980625034810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-27073742479913159872012-02-25T09:44:08.148-07:002012-02-25T09:44:08.148-07:00I haven't heard about this. Wow. What a real t...I haven't heard about this. Wow. What a real tragedy. One thing that has always upset me about humanity is how only a few people can ruin it for the rest.Julie Daineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08350205936357263571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-62382802190220672822012-02-25T03:45:10.595-07:002012-02-25T03:45:10.595-07:00Not really a bit fan of it personally... Just don&...Not really a bit fan of it personally... Just don't understand the reason for defacing someone else's property... if it's art, then they should do it as art...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-35624581109797024522012-02-24T18:57:07.583-07:002012-02-24T18:57:07.583-07:00I don't like grafitti. Most of it is ugly and ...I don't like grafitti. Most of it is ugly and damaging. But that's here in England where people have other ways of making their voices heard. Like looting and setting fire to things. <br /><br />Sorry, feeling cynical today.Sarah Tokeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273148070092101085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-35244027614461270572012-02-24T17:17:21.064-07:002012-02-24T17:17:21.064-07:00It really is a shame that such athletic talent is ...It really is a shame that such athletic talent is being wasted on being destructive. People who weren't afraid of heights were used to build the Brooklyn Bridge, so just imagine what these climbers could accomplish. But then one reason they do this must be desperation and the sense that since they have nothing in their lives then they have nothing to lose. Sad and ugly.Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967821142796562697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-41274466463904606952012-02-24T15:59:47.952-07:002012-02-24T15:59:47.952-07:00There isn't a major problem with it in this ar...There isn't a major problem with it in this area (though there is a bridge nearby that's clearly been repainted many times), but I don't like graffiti, either. I just don't see the justification for causing that kind of damage to other peoples' property.Golden Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721520451194318436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-41463334359378896332012-02-24T15:56:29.680-07:002012-02-24T15:56:29.680-07:00first 'signs' [pun intended] of the coming...first 'signs' [pun intended] of the coming apocalypse... not the biblical one, rather the economic collapse of the planet... something the 1-percenters have staged, for years, and the more perceptive speculative fiction writers have written about... already happening in the eurozone, as well<br /><br />eg. 'blade runner'<br /><br />1-percenters have their fortified bastions, the scale of which the rest of us cannot even imagine, and likely, will never seelaughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-47383581151967121102012-02-24T15:01:22.577-07:002012-02-24T15:01:22.577-07:00I have to say that if all of this is politically m...I have to say that if all of this is politically motivated, I'm all for it. If that kind of thing were to start happening to, say, oil companies in the US, I wouldn't complain.<br /><br />As vandalism, though, as gangs marking territories or kids having a lark, it's wrong.<br /><br />I could go on, but Briane said everything on the one side and everyone else has said everything on the other.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-16497345293344331772012-02-24T14:55:25.051-07:002012-02-24T14:55:25.051-07:00I would be terrified, too. the only way you'd ...I would be terrified, too. the only way you'd get me to scale a building is if there were zombies at ground level. :)M Paxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14096697282530998519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-20991338296640352562012-02-24T14:46:13.896-07:002012-02-24T14:46:13.896-07:00Graffiti isn't really an issue where I live, e...Graffiti isn't really an issue where I live, either. It's mostly on the sides of train cars, but I do think it definitely takes talent. That doesn't mean I approve of it. :)Cortney Pearsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00774060537148628453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-85568470786289088832012-02-24T12:40:48.368-07:002012-02-24T12:40:48.368-07:00I like the grafitti I see in skate parks. Some is ...I like the grafitti I see in skate parks. Some is quite beautiful. We used to get a lot of gang symbols here, but I haven't seen that for a long time, which is nice.<br /><br />I think that when you have a society that doesn't make sure young men can get jobs and have hope for the future, then crime is going to be rampant.<br /><br />Doing something positive instead is a good idea. What could they do? I would bet if they held sit-in protests like we do in North American, they would be arrested. What could they do to make life in Sao Paulo better? Probably nothing. They are powerless.Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14175778756449339363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-54790574069692649252012-02-24T12:33:11.712-07:002012-02-24T12:33:11.712-07:00I think I have sort of mixed feelings about graffi...I think I have sort of mixed feelings about graffiti. I mean I hate it in places that should be left pristine, but i've lived in places with graffiti artists--where people come along and leave somethign beautiful under a bridge or something--or where it is used politically (the spray painted images on sidewalks) and I like to try to figure out the story or message. I'd never want it on public buildings, or private, but offering up a place for it, giving people a voice, is nice. We have a rock here on campus that is ALWAYS painted. People use it for causes, for pranks--I think it limits what would otherwise be a battle between fraternities or dorms that turned uglier. <br /><br />I ALSO love that I live in a community with 'public art'--students invited to do murals in places where normally graffiti might be tempting.<br /><br />(it is men because it is marking territory--a male behavior in many species)Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.com