This made me smile. I found this rather super bit of graffiti in Norwich, on the side of a shop.
I don’t know when people began making stencilled grafitti, but I’m seeing more and more of it. The good side of that is that it tends to be very well executed, and usually, quite attractive. I suppose the downside is that it is really quick and easy to do. No standing there for several minutes with two or three different spray cans while you draw something freehand, just stick your stencil to the wall with a little duct tape, a quick spray or two, and you’re out of there.
Anyway, the ‘missing’ poster of Leonardo’s Vitruvian Man did make me smile. Renamed ‘Renaissance Man’, I can only assume it’s a comment on the general dumbing-down of … well, everything. Coined to describe the great thinkers of the Renaissance period who were extremely well-educated and skilled in many different fields, ‘Renaissance Man’ is certainly a rarity these days, though he does still exist.
I don’t think you’ll find him down the local nick, though.
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I found him, he was my neighbor for 10 years now.
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martin luther.
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Barak – Lucky you! I must have been nice to have a Renaissance Man as a neighbour – you know, if you ever wanted to know the albedo of Venus or how to power an alarm clock with a potato, he’d be your man!
Shooting Parrots – Thanks, SP! Always nice to have at least one link!
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this, Jay!
BRILLIANT!
And I ADORE your last line….
“I don’t think you’ll find him down the local nick, though.”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA! LOVE it!
Hope you’re having a lovely weekend and that all is well with your family…..X
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Hi Jay, I think that one of the things that graffiti should “do” (not speaking of the stupid annoying graffiti) is to make you think, and this one does exactly that! So, to me, it doesn’t matter that it’s stenciled and took a couple of minutes – “it’s the thought that counts”
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I was just talking to a friend about the ‘quality’ of graffiti these days, seems to be improving. Beats the old train tags.
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That strikes me hilarious stencilled grafitti haha
Aw! You’ve closed the linky list and just when I had a photo to add.
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