I captured this image last year at Lake Mirror in Downtown Lakeland. These bats were stenciled on the back of a stone bench beside the urban lake. I really dislike vandalism, but at least these stenciled bats provided me with an image to share with you in this last week of October. They were later removed from the stonework, probably by the city.
I left the cigarette in the image because I thought it added to the photo in some way.
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I despise vandalism...but these at least had some coherency to them. It's lucky that the city was able to remove them. If people who do such acts would put their creative talents into more constructive arenas, they'd be surprised at their successes. I realize, it's something else they're after.
Call me crazy, but I think of much graffiti as true art. Another form. Unconventional, out of the box, breaks the rules art. Urban canvas.
It may be out of the box and an urban canvas but it is destructive on someone elses property. I have seen some pretty terrific graffiti but I don't like where I see it. Ok I'll climb off my soapbox now.
Interesting shot for this time of year. I'm glad that it could be removed too.
Hey, glad to meet you Chad Oneil Myers. I haven't been here since you changed your name. I used to be afraid to put my real name on the Internet too because of the scary things I heard. Through the years I came to realize its not like someone is going to track down an old lady who likes to take pictures :)
Your graffiti bats are interesting.
I'm with the hate to see, dislike graffiti folk. I just think it brings an area down, yes some off the work is to a very high standard by what are artist of a sort. The trouble is others who have no skill follow suit.
I also like the bats though, and as Chad says they make a good picture. ha! and a very good talking point.
Neat Post Chad... cheers from stopping by my place and thank you for your comments.
It certainly looks like a piece of art to me :) Very unusual and yep, the cig butt...er..now I know you smoke kekek..
Shionge,
Actually, I don't smoke. Just thought it was an interesting element to leave in the photo.
I don't like the vandalism either, but somehow this doesn't seem so random as most graffiti does.
Very interesting.
good captured
yeah this does not seem as most of graffiti do......this looks more like a studied effort instead of a random act of vandalism!!!
With great power (talent) comes great responsibility. If only they would use if for good...
I'm scared of bats!!!
Good shot - way to make us think about vandalism as art :) This is probably the cutest vandalism I've seen in a while, in any case.
Vandalism, ugly part of our society, but part of it no less. Now stenciled vandalism, maybe it was a mom practicing her stenciling for the next room improvement project. lol
I admire some folk's ability to create art. I can barely draw decent stick people, but I guess I'm enough of a rule follower to wish folks would paint on canvas, and not city property where our tax dollars have to go to clean up the mess.
By the same token, I've photographed such things myself, and admired the talent while hating the destruction of property.
As you can tell, I have mixed feelings.
I'm not a fan of stenciled graffiti art. However, once in a while I will see something I like. I like this.
I see a lot of bad graffiti in Montreal but once in a while I'll see something nice - like on a sidewalk, I saw "You're beautiful" stenciled on the ground. I was having a terrible day and that just brightened it.
~Linda
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