tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5021242731921023144..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: New Dallas 'free walls' for graffiti should expand to underutilized public spacesGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-30255973223679851762013-06-13T10:27:09.887-05:002013-06-13T10:27:09.887-05:00Amen.Amen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-21850711215203509422012-08-29T07:36:55.437-05:002012-08-29T07:36:55.437-05:00Phillip, one solution is to create a Google accoun...Phillip, one solution is to create a Google account so you don't have to use the captchas. Otherwise, even if I were to change to a different platform, they're not going away anytime soon. The volume of spam it would invite to not have them is truly mindboggling.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-36964422677543088632012-08-28T13:55:11.363-05:002012-08-28T13:55:11.363-05:00And Grits. Can you change the security program for...And Grits. Can you change the security program for weeding out bots, etc. I sometimes make 3 tries before figuring out what the hell those numbers are! They're slanted sideways, use some fonts that have strange bumps and appendages,etc. I had to get a magnifying glass to scrutinize a number to determine if it was an 8 or 9- because there seemed to be a continuation loop of the bottom of the number, making maybe 8?, maybe 9?. And now I have to get these hew figures correct to post a post bitching about those numbers. Ironic. lolPhillip Bakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-28897236624201095552012-08-28T13:50:31.308-05:002012-08-28T13:50:31.308-05:00There is a huge flaw in the logic of Dallas' n...There is a huge flaw in the logic of Dallas' new plan. Part of the core reason graff artists do what they do, is because it is illegal. What of namby pamby, weasly "statement" can be made on "free walls"? Personally here in Austin I see some really talented artworks on bridges,etc. So maybe instead of getting all worked up over it, somebody could make contact with the better artists and see if they can be directed into more traditional forms of art (Traditional only in the sense that the work is done on canvas or such, not city walls.) Plus, if an artist is really good, other taggers are going to leave it alone out of respect. Would anybody paint over a Banksy?Phillip Bakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-52606579342820406022012-08-28T09:28:31.280-05:002012-08-28T09:28:31.280-05:00All public officials homes should be automatically...All public officials homes should be automatically designated "free walls" as a condition of office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-70281357158551836242012-08-28T06:15:49.022-05:002012-08-28T06:15:49.022-05:00One of the best graffiti Tags I've ever seen w...One of the best graffiti Tags I've ever seen was one that said "I hate graffiti". It was done quite well .DEWEYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-48958572058595188452012-08-27T22:36:29.743-05:002012-08-27T22:36:29.743-05:00If the artist is respected among a peer group, the...If the artist is respected among a peer group, then that group might be changeable. That group might be persuaded to see things differently. Whereas before, they didn't give a rip about public/private property, once one of their own is respected by the establishment, then they in turn may extend a like respect to the establishment... or not. I really like a lot of the art I see on train cars. Some of that stuff is really cool. Seems like a positive direction to me. Y'all sticks-in-the-mud do what comes natural, okay?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-39622437505510583062012-08-27T19:50:10.177-05:002012-08-27T19:50:10.177-05:00Haven't we spent altogether too much time and ...Haven't we spent altogether too much time and energy cheerleading and promoting graffiti and other forms of vandalism? Vandalism is the new normal for the left wingers. The promotion is non-stop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com