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You Make Your Mark

Posted by
TraceyFace72 (Maryland, United States) on 21 September 2016 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

Graffiti's always been a temporary art form. You make your mark and they scrub it off.
-Bansky

No matter how hard they try, they can not erase me. They may be able to erase my art, silence my voice, and delete my words; but they will never get rid of me.

I was in awe, standing in an alley in Baltimore City, just trying to absorb all of the art spray painted there. The paint was fresh. The art new. The pungent smell of paint still lingered in the air like a badge of courage of those risking arrest just to express themselves. The acrid bouquet cut through even the strong urine smell that lingered around the edges of the building. It was like walking into some brightly colored cartoon, the drabness and grayness of the city fading away into this vibrant new world. A new world where color was king, expression freely accepted, and nothing was permanent. Everything was free flowing and liquid. With the breeze blowing, I almost felt unsteady on my feet. What was this amazing world I had entered?

Standing there, contemplating, I yearned for the ability to camouflage myself into the wall, like a chameleon, by taking on all the beautiful colors I saw there. What if our skin could blend perfectly into the wall and take on the exact art that our shadows were covering? How freaking cool would that be to disappear into this most vibrant, beautiful world? And that is when the idea struck me...I can. I can simply disappear here...and I did.


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Hiro from Kyoto, Japan

Great creativity

21 Sep 2016 10:52am

Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece

superb

21 Sep 2016 2:00pm

L'Angevine from Angers, France

excellente

22 Sep 2016 7:12am

omid from mashhad, Iran

wonderful self portrait!
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Congratulations! :)

22 Sep 2016 5:39pm

Ehsan Hemmati from Kermanshah, Iran

Really Fantastic,Well done.
Congratulations!

22 Sep 2016 6:09pm

Tede from Aubenas 07, France

Great achievement, congrats !!!

22 Sep 2016 6:49pm

@Tede: Thanks so much!

TraceyFace72 from Maryland, United States

Thanks so much, everyone! xo

22 Sep 2016 7:19pm

Sue-Ann from Quebec, Canada

congratulations for your color spotlight, surely well deserved.

22 Sep 2016 9:15pm

Hiro from Kyoto, Japan

Great art !!

23 Sep 2016 10:12am

Ellebelle from Mosquito Town, Netherlands

One with the wall .............
Great positioning of eyes and mouth and ..... wonderfully colorful!!!
Congralations :-)

23 Sep 2016 10:35am

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Congratulations on the Color Spotlight.

24 Sep 2016 1:13pm

David Legg from Detroit, United States

Excellent!

25 Sep 2016 3:35am

Linda Candilas from Cameron Park, United States

Congratulations on your spotlight.:))

26 Sep 2016 5:27am

jpla from St Barthélémy d, France

Extra !
JP

28 Sep 2016 6:23am

Michael from Los Angeles, United States

Fantastic! Five stars!

29 Sep 2016 2:04pm