
Photo by Tinsel Creation.

Photo by Tinsel Creation.

I took this picture through a bus window on a rainy day, so it’s not especially sharp. But this graffiti made me smile, and I wanted to capture it and share it.

I don’t know why this graffiti in the Herald Square subway station made me laugh. Maybe the chalk-on-black-wall medium reminded me of Keith Haring’s early subway drawings. I’m not even sure whether this gadget is meant to be a cash register or a cell phone or something else. Is it a warning against commercialism? Is it a statement about our 24-7 plugged-in mentality? Is it a private message left by one individual for another? Is it just some contemporary form of “carpe diem“? One thing is for certain: I can’t depend on it being there when I return tomorrow.
Image: photo by Tinsel Creation.

This has no deep significance or any connection to my usual topics. It just made me look twice and, well, laugh. Someone had pasted a blank piece of paper over the letter “S” in this sign and made a little street-art joke.
Image: photo by Tinsel Creation