Rose Sees Red
“The farther we pulled away from the Bronx, the more I think we both relaxed.
“Those are called tags,” I said.
“Why don’t they do pictures like they do on the outside of the train?” Yrena asked.
“I don’t know,” I said. “I think tags are just people marking their territory. Like a cat.”
“This looks ugly,” she said. “But on the outside, it is very exciting.”
I had to agree with her. The graffiti on the outside of the trains was thrilling. People, like the mayor and my parents, called it vandalism,... but I thought it was art.
Even though their calligraphy was sometimes graceful, tags seemed dirty and uninspired. I liked them better when they were used as signatures on the outside of the subways for the massive pictures, or where the letters covered the whole outside of the car, boasting. The words were written with aerosol cans so that they looked like pure, colorful art, the kind you could believe would be in a museum. You couldn’t read it until you stepped back and saw the word.MoreLess
“Those are called tags,” I said.
“Why don’t they do pictures like they do on the outside of the train?” Yrena asked.
“I don’t know,” I said. “I think tags are just people marking their territory. Like a cat.”
“This looks ugly,” she said. “But on the outside, it is very exciting.”
I had to agree with her. The graffiti on the outside of the trains was thrilling. People, like the mayor and my parents, called it vandalism,... but I thought it was art.
Even though their calligraphy was sometimes graceful, tags seemed dirty and uninspired. I liked them better when they were used as signatures on the outside of the subways for the massive pictures, or where the letters covered the whole outside of the car, boasting. The words were written with aerosol cans so that they looked like pure, colorful art, the kind you could believe would be in a museum. You couldn’t read it until you stepped back and saw the word.MoreLess
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