Dope

I am a tag fanatic. Each locale in which I've spent significant time has a slew of tags I love. I'll list a few examples for you.

San Francisco - Lurk, Falling, Paeday, Astro, Cancer Carl, 189., Aesop, Duet

Santa Barbara - Goon, rope, Lady Monster

Sonoma county - Mogly, um., irate lords

I recently moved again. This photo is my new favorite tag. It had good timing is all. I'd just been talking about how "dope" ought to take place of "cool" in slang-land, then about an hour later I found this tag.





I am aware that most people don't consider tagging an art. Generally it isn't. However, there are certainly exceptions. It depends on both the moniker and the placement. Finding "lurk" scrawled all over the avenues was meaningful to me when I was in my "lurk all over the avenues after dark" phase in San Francisco. Also, there is something magical about finding remote urban ruins scrawled all over with recognizable tags. Just means the taggers play like I play.

Contrary to what the photo hints, I am not in San Francisco.