Word: graffitos
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...small group of radicals in the U.S. made explosive gestures that largely alienated them from the sizable force of the nonviolent disaffected. A graffito observed at the University of Wisconsin: RADICALS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN EXCITED MORALISTS. Nine of the 16 portraits on the FBI's expanded Most Wanted List were those of political radicals. The Weathermen were in hiding. Angela Davis was captured at a Howard Johnson's motel in Manhattan. Many leaders of the Black Panthers were on trial, in Algerian exile ?or dead. Anger remained, but it became reflective or confused. Celebrants of Woodstock became...
...traditional doctoral program; he wants a sweeping, cross-disciplinary plan of his own design. Having already shaken up a 200-year-old university, Magaziner is not much intimidated by one that is three times older. Meantime, back at Brown, his impact can be measured by a widely quoted campus graffito: "Ira, please see me-God." "You come...
...agree that the graffito is a "sensitive barometer of change in popular preoccupations" and that for some adults, especially the introverted, it may be the only satisfying creative outlet. The crucial factor in graffiti interpretation is the tone. The flippancy is often mere camouflage for metaphysical anguish...
...search of other bars and other public lavatories. It was a typical field trip for Anthropology 2675-2, "Graffiti: Past and Present," which Reisner teaches at Manhattan's New School for Social Research. Though conducted with much low good humor, the course is anything but frivolous. The graffito, explains Reisner, "is always a sensitive barometer of change in popular preoccupations. It is a twilight means of communication between the anonymous man and the world...
...illuminate social or political frustrations. But more often the class will repair to a nearby bistro for a firsthand look at the living art. Reisner, who systematically began scrutinizing lavatory walls four years ago and has published two paperback collections of graffiti, believes that the golden age of the graffito is here. In addition to the wit on washroom walls, there is the contemporary lapel-button fad, which he describes as "walking graffiti." The fact is, says Reisner, that "graffiti may be the only creative outlet for some adults...