Monday, July 14, 2014
A Word To All You Vandals
Sug was here.
Words I read etched into a bathroom wall. Someone's vain attempt at attaining immortality. But what does it mean to a person who may read that years later? 'Sug' isn't a real name. It's a nickname. One that only your friends and family know you by. When someone who doesn't know 'Sug' reads that, they have no clear cut image of you.
I'm not condoning vandalism, but if you're going to write something on a wall, let it mean something. Be you. Years from now should someone read your hand, wouldn't it be something if it made them think, or at the least, gave them pause?
Further more, to the couples that write their names in ink upon a table or bench, all you are really saying is that your love is temporary. Ink can be washed away. If you really are serious; if it is she and you, or you and he, then show it. Give some permanence to it. A carving will fair better and have a shot at weathering the test of time. Even if your relationship doesn't.
If you're going to deface property, than you might as well do it right. If you want your words to mean anything than you've got to make them stand out against the telephone numbers, random hate, racism and dirty jokes that fill the canvases of our public world.
In short, if you're going to be a vandal, make it count.
Posted by TS Hendrik at 10:55 AM