Wednesday, March 28, 2018

They're Cold? (pictures I like)


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  1. So, what do you do?
    I knit sweaters for trees...

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  2. Do you suppose they're embarrassed to wear them? Do trees have ugly sweater parties like we do?

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    1. TAS: I think those trees think they look snazzy.

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  3. Yarn bombing! As a knitter, I'm well aware of the phenomenon. It's just public art. A graffiti that neither harms the environment nor is difficult to remove.

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    1. It's odd to hear you compare yarn bombing and graffiti. Graffiti is used maliciously as a warning to others who understand it to stay out of a particular territory. The intent behind it has nothing to do with thought toward environment or art. It's to send a message that is loud and clear and essentially permanent. Yard-bombing is not malicious at all, which is exactly WHY it neither harms the environment or is difficult to remove. I can imagine someone explaining this to a person who does actual graffiti and they would respond, "Wait...but I need it to harm the environment and be difficult to remove. That's the whole point!"

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    2. Michael: I don't think graffiti is always malicious. I don't think it's even mostly used that way, unless territory staking is malicious. Sure, the owners of the property don't like it, but I don't like it when my cat sprays the furniture, either, but he's not being malicious. Not to compare graffiti to cat spray, which I just did. All of which is to say that graffiti is not ALWAYS intended as vandalism.

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    3. Depends on the graffiti, I imagine. Some of it is true street art. There are some great street artists out there. That's what I was comparing yarn bombing to. At least, that's the intent of yarn bombers--street art.

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  4. We have some areas around here that have been yard-bombed. It's an odd thing to do.

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  5. They're obviously California trees who complained about how cold the fifty degree weather was.

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    1. Jeanne: Well, those trees do live in San Francisco, so that might be accurate.

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