from a lover of graffiti

[Paladina]

No, not me, but Jamie O'Connell, 'What is a pilgrimage if you are not religious?' in today's Irish Times:

'What I grew to enjoy was the messages (graffiti) that had been left by others along the trail: “LOVE is aLL!”, “The journey is the reward!”, “How do you know if someone loves you?”, “Follow your dreams”, and “Sh*t is hard, but you are harder”.'

After his leisurely week's walk on the CF, a further week involving a period of reflection might persuade him otherwise

 

[Turga]

a further week involving a period of reflection might persuade him otherwise

I think you've got a point....

 

[Robo]

How old is he? 12 ?

 

[Paladina]

How old is he? 12 ?

Old enough to know better!

 

[David]

Maybe they are reincarnations of dogs, out of habit still leaving their messages everywhere they go?

 

[dick bird]

No, not me, but Jamie O'Connell, 'What is a pilgrimage if you are not religious?' in today's Irish Times:

'What I grew to enjoy was the messages (graffiti) that had been left by others along the trail: “LOVE is aLL!”, “The journey is the reward!”, “How do you know if someone loves you?”, “Follow your dreams”, and “Sh*t is hard, but you are harder”.'

After his leisurely week's walk on the CF, a further week involving a period of reflection might persuade him otherwise

Can we have a link to this article, and on the subject of graffiti, I wonder what he made of this:

 

[Paladina]

Can we have a link to this article, and on the subject of graffiti, I wonder what he made of this:
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Unfortunately, it's behind a paywall

 

[ShoshTrvls]

There’s a difference between street art and graffiti. I’ve seen way too many people post pictures of street art that they’ve loved, laughed at, thought about, and posed with. And few people that I know of would prefer to walk through a barren concrete overpass than one with brightly painted pictures of Santiago’s Cathedral, pilgrims or flowers.

 

[David]

Unfortunately, it's behind a paywall

copy and paste?

 

[ShoshTrvls]

copy and paste?

Copyright?

 

[David]

Copyright?

good point - apologies!

 

[bullingtonce]

No, not me, but Jamie O'Connell, 'What is a pilgrimage if you are not religious?' in today's Irish Times:

'What I grew to enjoy was the messages (graffiti) that had been left by others along the trail: “LOVE is aLL!”, “The journey is the reward!”, “How do you know if someone loves you?”, “Follow your dreams”, and “Sh*t is hard, but you are harder”.'

After his leisurely week's walk on the CF, a further week involving a period of reflection might persuade him otherwise

No, not me, but Jamie O'Connell, 'What is a pilgrimage if you are not religious?' in today's Irish Times:

'What I grew to enjoy was the messages (graffiti) that had been left by others along the trail: “LOVE is aLL!”, “The journey is the reward!”, “How do you know if someone loves you?”, “Follow your dreams”, and “Sh*t is hard, but you are harder”.'

After his leisurely week's walk on the CF, a further week involving a period of reflection might persuade him otherwise

It's OK. Jamie has made his choice in life, regardless of all the anti-graffiti lovers out there. He is allowed to do so because he is expressing his opinion just as anyone else is allowed to do. A case might be made that his opinion in this instance is wrong or erroneous or is considerate or whatever . . . this matters not. He has publicized his opinion and it is not illegal to do so. I would like to sit down with Jamie and discuss his perspective on this matter because I might learn something since I am on the fence that says no graffiti, darn it . . . no graffiti. I celebrate his opinion as it challenges me to reflect on what I think and why, possibly, I might be wrong. As you can see, I do not cotton to fence sitters. And for all we know, he may be putting this out there just to stir things up, to get attention, to rattle the feathers of people like me. No one knows his motive unless they have a conversation with him. All the best. Chuck

 

[williamlittig]

No, not me, but Jamie O'Connell, 'What is a pilgrimage if you are not religious?' in today's Irish Times:

'What I grew to enjoy was the messages (graffiti) that had been left by others along the trail: “LOVE is aLL!”, “The journey is the reward!”, “How do you know if someone loves you?”, “Follow your dreams”, and “Sh*t is hard, but you are harder”.'

After his leisurely week's walk on the CF, a further week involving a period of reflection might persuade him otherwise

Who did he think his audience is? I saw his marks where I would rather see beauty.

 

[Tincatinker]

I’m minded of Slack Alice who has “your entitled to your opinion” tattooed across his forehead. Grammar was never one of his strengths but that doesn’t invalidate his opinion either

 

[davejsy]

It's a funny thing what we actually term graffiti as, especially so given it is generally pasted on to some other human created non-natural form.