the road of expectation

Une grande partie de la meilleure des graffitis sur ce blog vient de Paris,

donc je tiens à remercier Mme Akriche pour ces photos à partir autour de la rue de l'Espérance dans le 13ème arrondissement

Aussi je tiens à remercier Google Translate pour traduire cela et . . .

je voudrais remercier Google pour payer certains impôts au Royaume-Uni.

ainsi vous fait !

 Enfin , je vous remercie graffeurs de Paris.

Vous fait du bon

 les garçons seront toujours des garçons , les filles vont juger

le coquelicot

part four

When an artist sets out to create a new piece of work there are many questions he, or she, will ask .  Here's a few of the most common.

1.  What do I want to say?
2.  Have I got all the materials I need to hand?
3.  Am I wearing the right shirt?
4.  Have I got one original idea left inside my head?
5.  Does the dog need walking?


6.  What colours do I have in my pallette?
7.  Which colours and tones will I use?
8.  Which colours and tones will I avoid?
9.  Why aren't there more colours?
10. Is Countdown on yet?


11. Who am I creating this for? Me, you, eternity?
12. How are we going to sort out the situation in the Middle East?
13. Has anybody painted/photographed/sculpted/written this before?
14. If art changed anything would it be allowed?
15. Wow! this feels really, really good! Am I doing it right?


16. Why doesn't it look like the picture in my head?
17. Is it any good?  Is it finished?
18. Will anybody like it?
19. Why didn't I learn a trade?
20. Is this the one?

Les quatre cents

This is the 400th post on this blog so I guess it should be something special.  

This is special.  Nothing more so.

I would walk back across Hell to get your hat

Roy Carter Tribute 2009, Ringwood

Graffiti and street art tends to appear in urban settings with rural pieces either being swiftly removed or surviving by accident because no-one has noticed it there.  This rather lovely tribute to a  local known as Catweasel, Quack Quack or Mr Roy Carter, has graced a wall in the market town of Ringwood (edge of the New Forest) for nigh on seven years.   The local paper (obviously) asked was it a Banksy?  

One concern for locals  was that it would attract other graffiti and indeed it has.  The imaginative IDontGiveAF was not part of the original piece and close to it are these two:

 All I'm gonna say is that everyone has to start somewhere.

Ringwood is a funny little town which most people pass by.  Their loss.

time less

Station to Station

 Everything's alright!

Kooks

Ch ch ch changes

Wild is the wind

 Word on a wing

 

"Helden"

Golden years

 Sorrow

Let yourself go!

good things come to those who . . . .

from a certain angle the skyline untangles

 Xylo

Street art takes many forms.  Here's a couple. Little mosaic birds (might be by Xylo, didn't see a signature) near the Thames and two of Ben Wilson's chewing gum pieces on the Millennium Bridge.

Ben Wilson

 Ben Wilson

 Stik

This collaboration between Stik and A Whole Bunch of Others dates from 2013 on the South Bank.

 Stik

patience is a virtue

 Beatles graffiti at Abbey Road

Beatles graffiti at Abbey Road

endeavour

Please allow me to introduce myself. I'm a man of simple pleasures. I have no desire for wealth or recognition.   All is for the best in this, the best of all possible worlds.  Learning this has made me the wealthiest man alive.

I've said it before and doubtless I'll say it again - you get to choose the  life you live. Only you. You choose how you react to every opportunity, every setback. 

Reader, heal thyself.

Put the book back on the shelf.

Voltaire was right, needless to say. 

When all is said and done all there is to do 

is tend our own garden.

 It's all about making the right choices