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Funny and fascinating. All of Italy is magical to me. Wonderful, Carol.
Oh, it is wonderful, and especially Sicilia!
I loved this post! When we travelled in South America, particularly Chile and Brazil, we saw graffiti and street art everywhere, kind of constructing an alternate reality, with walls full of color. Your post reminds me of this vibrant art.
I would have loved to have seen more artistic renderings and maybe if I’d had more time to look around, I would’ve.
I’m not overly fond of tagging, but I’ve seen some graffiti art that just blows me away. Like anything, depends on the artist.
Yes, and not all are artists.
This makes me think of an anonymous quote I’ve returned to again and again since I was a teen: “Everyone must make their mark on the world, even if only a scribble.” Literal scribbles here. Fun to see.
I’d never heard that, but clearly these taggers agree!
Street art, if one may call graffiti that, always fascinates me, Carol.
I admire the way you keep your blog going while travelling! Enjoy the rest of your trip.
I got back a few days ago–I was way too sick to blog while I was there, but you’re right, I usually do.
I laughed right out loud at that last one, Carol. And I’m wondering if the the yellow was just a first draft.
That’s funny!
Your last observation made me chuckle. It sounds like my 10 year old when he can’t be bothered to find an eraser with his homework. There is a universal need to be noticed. How great that you recorded these observations on your trip.
Yeah, I just couldn’t figure out why!
Although I’ve seen some beautiful and very artistic street art before, I’ve never undertsood graffiti and think it’s ugly.
Fill that blank spot! Sometimes artistically. Sometimes not . . .
Loved this glimpse into Sicilian culture!
Loved this – big believer in art of all forms. Thank you for sharing!
Is it a form of art? Should we embrace it? Not sure….I just feel sad when I see graffiti on beautiful ancient buildings. Almost as sad as seeing people etch their names in living trees…
Hi Carol! Yes when we travel overseas we ALL get to see how prevalent graffiti is around the world. Where I live the city comes and cleans it up almost instantly but around the world they just don’t spend the money on it. That’s another one of those things that we take for granted here. One thing I appreciated in southern Mexico was the fact that much of the graffiti was very artistic and not just tagging. Hope you had a good trip and looking forward to other photos as well. ~Kathy
Hailing from New York City, what I consider the capitol of graffiti art, I found that among the ego laden ‘tagging’, lay true art and artists. Thank you for sharing that graffiti abounds world wide. I will take the time and look for it on future trips!
So interesting! You can learn a lot from the graffiti of a place – if you can understand it. If not, well, that last picture is perfect!
I love your travel stories and photos. Please add more. Italy is my favorite place and I hope to go to Sicily some day.
Wow that must have been an amazing trip. It’s so interesting to see graffiti in another language.
It’s like all “art” . Some is beautiful, other is pretty sad
It is amazing the things that are universal!
What a cool way to look at a foreign city!
It is everywhere. Sometimes people are brilliant and sometimes they are just plain idiots. I do love this take on a city though Carol!
Very interesting! Loving this tour of Sicily through your eyes.