i find it so interesting that the "typed" word is becoming the language
of the "planet". The "sixties generation" (which is actually made up of
generations before the sixties and after the sixties), was the first
"global" generation.
i remember the feeling that something was happening in London and Paris
and Hanoi and we should do something also but having that happen on the
very same day as it was happening other places. i just knew. we all just
knew.
60's posters re defined lettering and now the internet challenges us
again to examine the "written word" one more time. Why Capitalize
Anything! out of respect for the upper class i would say. Why;
punctuate, anything? any way! again upper class standards.
as the 60's global generation expands with children and grandchildren a
new "consciousness" emerges demanding the world be as it is seen by
them!
the very essence of the 60's generation demands that we allow no one to
"tell" our history. who has time for that BS!? now and the future
demand our attention 24/7 demands that we not waste time with
formalities.
graffiti art has become The Art of the post 60's generation.
communicating everything from a "tag" individual identity, to a "throw
up" a group identity independent of themselves: the crew, or a piece of
art destined to be destroyed declaring in new spelling a msg disguised
in art. a light show for walls.
"Pants Down" as Ed Sanders said back in the day. cheers, country joe
mcdonald
-- "Ira Furor Brevis Est " - Anger is a brief madness
country joe Home Pg <http://www.countryjoe.com>
country joe's tribute to Florence Nightingale
<http://www.countryjoe.com/nightingale>
Berkeley Vietnam Veterans Memorial
<http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/Links/Comm/vvm>
Rag Baby Online Magazine <http://www.ragbaby.com/magazine>
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