{"id":689,"date":"2012-04-25T11:36:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T11:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=689"},"modified":"2014-06-15T04:52:31","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T04:52:31","slug":"graffiti-wednesday-good-and-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=689","title":{"rendered":"Graffiti Wednesday &#8211; Good and Bad?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I went running on the Arkansas River trails here in Tulsa a couple weeks ago. I always take along my trusty point and shoot. You never know what you are going to see. In twenty years of running I&#8217;ve come across one of the fox that live along the trail three times. I haven&#8217;t had my camera any of those times. Next time I see one, I&#8217;m taking their picture. Today though some graffiti stopped me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/6901410944\/\" title=\"IMG_6818 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6818\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/6901410944_2ea7db7336-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think a stencil was used to do this. I certainly don&#8217;t condone graffiti in non-authorized places but i dont&#8217; think this example really bothers anybody. I&#8217;ve tried googling &#8220;nemesis&#8221; in various ways for Tulsa graffiti and didn&#8217;t get any good hits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/7047508015\/\" title=\"IMG_6819 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6819\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/7047508015_842c6e028c-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But then, on the other side of the structure you get this, meh.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/6901413260\/\" title=\"IMG_6820 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6820\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/6901413260_29d1f4166d-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also noticed lots of these stencils along the trail. It&#8217;s just a few inches long. I have no idea what the purpose is. They don&#8217;t seem to be distance markers since they are spaced at irregular intervals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/7047526813\/\" title=\"IMG_6842 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6842\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/7047526813_a116dfb935-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then running across the pedestrian bridge I saw this cheesy Christian evangelism and peace sign symbol. &nbsp; &nbsp;It looks like two people getting in on the act.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/7047523865\/\" title=\"IMG_6838 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6838\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/7047523865_baacc3f9e2-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you think any sort of graffiti is acceptable? Do you think that graffiti evangelists are going to heaven?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/6901421456\/\" title=\"IMG_6831 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6831\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/6901421456_82d47a8b24-225x300.jpg\" width=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then I ran a little further and came across this memorial to a motorcyclist who died within feet of this tree just a couple weeks earlier. Is this graffiti, you see more and more of these memorials. They don&#8217;t age very well. They seem to be at least tolerated by officialdom. As an aside, fast forward two weeks, and I met a police officer in a social setting who worked the accident. Tulsa is the biggest small town I&#8217;ve ever lived in.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jenx67.com\/\">Graffiti Wednesday<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went running on the Arkansas River trails here in Tulsa a couple weeks ago. I always take along my trusty point and shoot. You never know what you are going to see. In twenty years of running I&#8217;ve come across one of the fox that live along the trail three times. 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