niconice: I Said that I thought it is alright. I am Not saying the piece is bad. But the Choice of how he wanted to share it is inappropriate. Its Private Property. Whether or not its good art he should have sought the legal channel to express those rainbows, whether its getting permission from the owner or buying the buildings and doing whatever he wanted to em.
Black: The Anasazi building is not the only building hit. i think if it was, I and many others who are property owners in this city would have less of a problem with the vandalism and continue focus on the criminals who ran out on the property.
deadfred: you sound among many things i wont write here, just selfish. why do you think your art is better than an architect who designs a building. maybe you should get into architecture and fight the bland world you are stuck in. or even better see the beauty in the many hidden treasures a city has to offer. quit thinking you are superior to all other artists.
hipposex: you say, an actual statistic. first of all dont use urban dictionary as a reference. come on! its even worse than wikipedia. also it seems to me that word should be used as reference for something undefinable, like the number of stars in the sky. not something that can easily be looked up.
sincerely,
uuuuhhhhhh no [ Sun Aug 15 2010 5:59 PM ]
why are people defending this person? Ernest Doty specifically? because, like i said earlier, he's a valued and productive member of our community. And what if he's not guilty of this crime which he is accused of committing?
or how about the fact that our city has 1.7 gajillion (actual statistic) convicted drunk driver repeat offenders that get to take part in society until they finally murder someone with their addiction, while this particular "crime" has someone facing YEARS in federal prison. Doesn't that disparity beg questioning?
the priorities of our leadership need to be questioned. that is our job, as members of the community, to voice those concerns.
Never said anything about ernest doty. the police did. maybe you know something i dont. i dont know that dude at all. what i doo know is that earth has less than 7 billion people on it. your statistic for a city of less than a million is completely absurd. this is an article about vandalism and not DUI by the way. not sure why you keep bringing in these outside topic arguments.
we all know the state is going after the DUI issue with the mindset of how can we make the most amount of money.
whatever... [ Sat Aug 14 2010 5:48 PM ]
I feel several things. First of all, I think it looks okay. Why is this making such big news? And why is everyone standing up for someone who goes around dumping paint on someone else's property? Would you applaud me if I went through neighborhood painting something that "I think is inspirational" all over a bunch of passed out drunk folk? Or maybe if I decided I liked all your Bicycles and cars painted a different color. Would it be okay for me to do so under the idea that a majority of people would agree since it is "Art."
If someone owns a building and they want it painted up. I'm pretty sure they would contact an 'artist' and 'hire' them to do the work. It happens all the time. You can see murals all over this town, with signatures. Of course this Rainbow child needs to be legit to be contacted.