Buzz Gnosis

The public has had a love/hate relationship with graffiti. On the “good press” side, gifted creatives such as Banksy have made graffiti an artform that is pleasing on the eye, using stencils to create technically tricky graphics with political messages attached. This kind of graffiti was bound to become trendy with both the masses and the likes of The Guardian pressroom : attractive to both eye and intellect. This kind of graffiti is even bought as printed canvas art, and placed in middle class homes and corporate meeting rooms.

Even so, what about the opposite end of the spectrum? – the gangbanger, the tagger, the street urchin – this type of graffiti is frequently seen as vandalism, a crime committed by the untalented. But misinterprets graffiti as strictly an art form. To many people, it’s not only an artform, but a means to mark a district, or even two fingers up at society : anti-establishment, anti-social, even anti-art.

Graffiti has invariably been an underground activity, although the results are very much public facing. The intended audience is often unknown. Is it for a rival gang? A communication to an individual? To the public? Perhaps it’s just uncalled-for and out of nothing else to do.

Whatever the reasons, there appears to be some kind of enduring need to spray graffiti on walls. Some cities have conceded that graffiti isn’t a short-term craze, so they’ve designated areas where graffiti is allowed – normally unoccupied areas, but occasionally busier zones like temporary boarding around inner city construction sites.

When my wife told me what she wanted for Christmas I was at a total loss to know what she was talking about. My first thought was that a seatbelt purse would be something that would fasten to her seatbelt so that she could easily have the correct change for toll booths. I was not alone in this misconception as my friends all gave the the look when I asked them if they knew what one was. Now I know that it is a purse made from seatbelt material. It is put together in a woven pattern that actually looks like it could last forever.

In searching for the perfect purse for my wife I have discovered a lot of things. There are leather purses and there are fabric purses. There are purses designed to just hold coins and there are purses big enough to carry enough equipment for an overnight camping trip. I also discovered I had no idea what she wanted when she said she wanted a purse. I looked in her closet to see what she had purschased for herself in the past and that was no help. There were no two alike or even similar enough to give me a clue. Her friends said buy her one that will go with her outfits.

Why is Halloween the best holiday and the most fun? Because there is no other holiday where you dress up as a ghost to work or to school! But sometimes you’re in a crunch and you need a last minute Halloween costume idea or a costume idea for couples or both at the same time!