Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Love, Love is a verb....

Yesterday, I commuted through the underpass at South-Ex in New Delhi in an auto. That underpass is choc-full of graffiti. Lovers Graffiti. 

I found it so amusing. Is this graffiti vandalism or a celebration of love/a relationship? I have always found it funny the way, hearts are scratched on tree trunks, bare walls or arches and alcoves in historical monuments. Even disgusted. 

But now, I am looking at it as a certain kind of expression. Maybe you won't consider it art, but it is certainly one or two persons dire need to tell the world about themselves...and their relationship status! Heart-broken, single and yearning, lost in love....statuses long before facebook came on.....

Whatever their reasons....it's encouraging to see some public spaces vandalised. 

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