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[QUOTE="lalaone, post: 1056327, member: 103564"] I hear you. I actually very much agree. Mea culpa. (I also did not do this graffiti….) It’s heart-rending to think of disrespect shown to any individuals named, whom I also do not know but were certainly appreciated and loved. My interpretation was that the stone was marked by a sort of “honor roll,” judging by the titles, of eminent and highly ranked people involved with the Camino or with Saint James, seemingly through monetary donations or patronage? It initially reminded me of the poem Ozymandias. In the context of receiving titles of honor for a spiritual endeavor, I was struck by the strangeness of that situation. Perhaps they never asked for titles or a stone - “let not the left hand know what the right hand is doing.” As a result, I felt that perhaps some of them would enjoyed reading “All is vanity” being written there, temporarily, as graffiti to be scrubbed away on the morrow which, coming full circle, only underscores issues of temporality and eternity? At least, that was my existential process during the final approach to Santiago. Ordinarily, like you, I would not have liked the graffiti. At the time, however, it felt like being drawn into an important conversation, one I might have missed without some random graffiti maker starting a dialogue both internal and external, perhaps across the ages. The graffiti drew my eye to something that might have been overlooked otherwise. It does sound a little absurd now, even to myself. Now I see how disrespectfully it could come across, in the image or the retelling. I am very sorry for that and really appreciate your perspective. As to what makes art versus graffiti, there are great thoughts here already…. Personally, I think of it as being whether it creates meaningful dialogue. There was a story years ago – perhaps on this very forum – about a woman near Zaragoza restoring an ancient church painting. Some saw it as an act of love and of beauty. Others saw it as a diminishment / vandalization of a prior, superior work of art. If pressed, I suppose I would say it is human nature to want to leave a physical mark of MEANING. Many might be considered graffiti, many might be considered art. Many inspire pity for our shared human condition and how we cope with our limited time on this earth. That’s just one take, but I’m super sympathetic to different takes as well. [/QUOTE]
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