160/360: Prophets

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It's a little song all American schoolchildren know: If you're happy and you know it clap your hands (clap clap). Some local wit turned it into a question about epistemology and theology on the graffiti-permitted part of the floodwall south of the Arch. A short distance away, another painter has no doubts about what he or she knows.

It's horse, buggy and Arch time on St. Louis Daily Photo.

155/365: Believe - What?

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From the graffiti-permitted section of the Mississippi floodwall just south of the Arch. I'm not real good on popular culture, but isn't the stenciled face a character from the animated movie Toy Story? Then there's the question of what we should believe, and why. Animated movies, maybe.

I posted this to balance today's picture on St. Louis Daily Photo.

119/365: Seizure

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Advice found just to the right of the wall painting in yesterday's post and the tagger even knows some Latin. People's reaction to graffiti varies a lot. I don't like defacement of buildings but it's permitted on this wall and the work often has a lot of energy. This one has great visual pop. Sometimes it can be witty, like here. To quote another worn Latin phrase, de gustibus non est disputandum - there's no disputing taste.

The guys in today's St. Louis Daily Photo's post took this suggestion seriously.

118/365: Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places

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That's one of those songs that can just get stuck in your head. Maybe it is the idea behind this new bit of painting on the graffiti-permitted part of the floodwall near the Arch. You're not likely to find the companion of your dreams in the industrial barrens around this site. The young man looks quite lonely, or maybe just stupefied.

St. Louis Daily Photo illustrates why the Arch may get its feet wet.

96/365: Save Us, O Lord

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The graffiti-allowed section of the Mississippi River flood wall is constantly being overpainted and changing. Here's a new bit. The illustration is a little over the top (I doubt that we are a first-tier target for nuclear attack) but the image still has meaning. We have a city that's not fabulous but not a complete dump. We have a large array of civic, cultural and arts organization that keep up real vibrancy, while our governmental leaders, as a group, are short-sighted and self serving. We just keep losing corporate headquarters, our suburban and now exurban sprawl is appalling, but the city itself still has a strong beating heart. What's in the future? Salva nos, O Domine.

St. Louis Daily Photo is trying to whistle the Ode To Joy after sucking a lemon.