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The Writing Is on the Wall! (Original Post) MineralMan Jul 2017 OP
Wow, MM! yallerdawg Jul 2017 #1
There are dozens and dozens of such images. MineralMan Jul 2017 #3
I thought you might be starting a 'Go Fund Me' account... yallerdawg Jul 2017 #4
I will gladly donate the cans of spray paint in my MineralMan Jul 2017 #5
Will you donate your garage door to be used as a canvas? EL34x4 Jul 2017 #16
Do any of the photos I posted look like they were MineralMan Jul 2017 #17
Actually, I see only one image that looks to be public property. EL34x4 Jul 2017 #19
And, until they are cleaned up, the statement remains. MineralMan Jul 2017 #20
They need to be a bit more artful. If it's on some ugly concrete wall, a mural would be nice. kerry-is-my-prez Jul 2017 #23
I'll bet there are... 3catwoman3 Jul 2017 #6
I usually don't much like graffiti, but I'll make an MineralMan Jul 2017 #7
It's on! think4yourself Jul 2017 #2
having just come from expressing my opinions to that woman-hating asshole king, niyad Jul 2017 #8
You're very welcome. MineralMan Jul 2017 #9
Ah, yes. peggysue2 Jul 2017 #10
Yes. The sentiment is there, but not enough will yet. MineralMan Jul 2017 #11
I've been seeing it more and more. and "RESIST" mountain grammy Jul 2017 #12
Signs of the times, it seems. MineralMan Jul 2017 #13
This reminds me of an old song.. workinclasszero Jul 2017 #14
Perfect BarbD Jul 2017 #15
Yes, I had that tune running in my head as I posted. MineralMan Jul 2017 #18
The handwriting on the wall in Daniel 5? workinclasszero Jul 2017 #24
Yup, that's the one. MineralMan Jul 2017 #27
I was at the pharmacy today...and there was an old lady HipChick Jul 2017 #21
Good on her! MineralMan Jul 2017 #22
He seems Jamaal510 Jul 2017 #25
Reminds me saidsimplesimon Jul 2017 #26

MineralMan

(146,338 posts)
3. There are dozens and dozens of such images.
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 12:31 PM
Jul 2017

I posted just four of them.

"MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN," Trump!

Read the writing on the walls to see your future, PINO!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belshazzar%27s_feast

MineralMan

(146,338 posts)
5. I will gladly donate the cans of spray paint in my
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 12:41 PM
Jul 2017

garage to graffiti artists who will paint that just about anywhere.

 

EL34x4

(2,003 posts)
16. Will you donate your garage door to be used as a canvas?
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 03:02 PM
Jul 2017

Keep in mind, along with a lot of this "fuck Trump" graffiti, some property owner receives a letter in the mail telling them to remove it at their expense or get fined for each day they don't.

MineralMan

(146,338 posts)
17. Do any of the photos I posted look like they were
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 03:07 PM
Jul 2017

painted on a residential garage door? I think not. What would be the point? I live on a street with almost no traffic at all. Graffiti is painted to be seen.

And, yes, it is often removed, or painted over, giving the graffiti artists a fresh canvas on which to work. I rarely see graffiti on residential single family homes, though. More public venues are usually the target.

I do have some railroad tracks near my home though. Freight cars are a very common canvas for graffiti. Some of it is very creative, too.

My graffiti days are over, now, however, and more's the pity. I have to leave that to younger people who can run faster. In my day, though...Back then, though, the target was Nixon, you understand.

 

EL34x4

(2,003 posts)
19. Actually, I see only one image that looks to be public property.
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 03:15 PM
Jul 2017

The last one (and that one doesn't appear to be in America).

The other three appear to be business or residential structures of some sort which means someone has to go out there and clean it up.

MineralMan

(146,338 posts)
20. And, until they are cleaned up, the statement remains.
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 03:19 PM
Jul 2017

Graffiti is a temporary art form. Always. Graffiti is a political statement. Always. Of some sort, at least.

If I owned a building that was a likely target for graffiti, I would apply a finish to the exterior that allowed any graffiti to be washed off with a power washer. Such materials are readily available and widely used. The artist makes a statement and the property owner removes it when it is convenient to do so. In some cases, the owner waits until ordered to remove it, if the owner agrees with the expressed statement.

Do you own a building that has been tagged? If so, I can give you some links for graffiti resistant coatings.

Here's one, for example:

https://www.sherwin-williams.com/painting-contractors/business-builders/paint-technology-and-application/sw-article-pro-antigraffiticoa

3catwoman3

(24,058 posts)
6. I'll bet there are...
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 12:46 PM
Jul 2017

...hundreds, if not thousands, and maybe even tens of thousands.

I know I say it many times every day, either aloud or in my brain.

niyad

(113,600 posts)
8. having just come from expressing my opinions to that woman-hating asshole king,
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 01:03 PM
Jul 2017

this was a welcome OP.

THANK YOU.

MineralMan

(146,338 posts)
9. You're very welcome.
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 01:04 PM
Jul 2017

I'm glad to see that opinion being shared graphically and in public places. Bravo! to all of those graffiti artists!

peggysue2

(10,843 posts)
10. Ah, yes.
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 01:17 PM
Jul 2017

We might refer to this as:

The Art of the Resistance.

Which is what art was always meant to be. You may fool some of the people some of the time. But for the artist? She/he always sees you for what you truly are.

The writing is on the wall and it will eventually be written behind the eyelids of every American.

Trump and his cabal are going down. Deservedly so.

MineralMan

(146,338 posts)
11. Yes. The sentiment is there, but not enough will yet.
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 01:18 PM
Jul 2017

We need to start working on the will of the mass of Democrats who normally don't bother to vote.

mountain grammy

(26,658 posts)
12. I've been seeing it more and more. and "RESIST"
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 02:19 PM
Jul 2017

will start taking pictures. Saw "Dump Trump" on a dumpster in Denver.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
14. This reminds me of an old song..
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 02:23 PM
Jul 2017

The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls. And tenement halls.

And whispered in the sounds of silence.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
21. I was at the pharmacy today...and there was an old lady
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 03:23 PM
Jul 2017

I'm not good on ages, but I put her at 70.....she was just besides herself...She was talking to anyone that listen about the corrupt criminal family in WH...very well dressed, and then would drop F-bombs about Trump family

MineralMan

(146,338 posts)
22. Good on her!
Wed Jul 12, 2017, 03:23 PM
Jul 2017

However, I will be 72 at the end of this month. Am I old? Well, I suppose I am, but my 92 year old parents would insist that I'm still their boy.

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