NoMe Invites You To Smile

Another cell-phone pic. Spotted this double-headed genie one on my way to a party the other night, behind that bus shelter at the corner of Fillmore and Duboce.

There is so much great graffiti in the Lower Haight. My theory is that FIFTY24SF and Upper Playground up the street attract a talented and creative lot, who proceed to leave their mark, and then the artworks get left in place because the area’s still gritty and hasn’t been infected with a suburban mindset, the way certain other parts of town have. I’m just hoping that the Lower Haight stays that way long enough for me to photograph everything that’s cool around there.

I dream of a world in which lame tags get painted over swiftly, but good graffiti art always gets left alone to be seen until the weather wears it off. But who’s to say what’s good and what isn’t? Maybe what our cities need are officially-appointed Street Curators, empowered in some way to keep the good stuff up until nature takes it down.

posted: 09 May 13
under: Public Evidence