9/6/15

(Urgh, I am not sure why but my writing is particularly poor today. Sorry!)

There is a popular saying: the writing is on the wall (which is a bible reference, by the way. This is why I always feel learning a language is ofteb difficult: it is not only about grammar, but also about cultural references, sayings, idioms, etc.). I have never really written anything permanent on a wall, but that’s also because I have been told that it is a crime to vandalize properties. During this trip, I learned about the movement to legitimize graffiti art from a few graffiti art tours. It is an interesting concept: to try to move public opinion on an action that used to be viewed as destroying properties to treasure them as art instead. Artists now spent days to paint a wall with original concepts, and usually with the blessing of the…