Breath and Blue - Chambery Inn (Lee, MA), aes.67

She waited on the platform

with steaming breath and

blue fur collar turned

up to her earlobes.

aes.67

April 6, 2014, 11:55am

Upper left drawer of antique desk in Room 202 of the Chambéry Inn, filed under "A" in a crumbling tabbed folder found inside - Lee, Massachusetts

Stayed here during a weekend getaway in the Berkshires. Couldn't resist leaving something behind in this fabulous old oak desk. Chose this tag because of the reference to waiting for a train -- it's not visible in the picture but there's a RxR crossing sign outside the window, and a railway station just beyond. The inn is actually a converted old schoolhouse -- on the opposite wall of the huge room is a long blackboard, and the super-high ceilings are tin.  

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Like Her Rookie - Empire Stores Dumbo, aes.56

She was 38,
yet it felt like
her rookie season.

aes.56
December 22, 2013, 12:30pm
Empire Stores on Water St., Dumbo

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Old Man Confessed - Cadman Plaza Park, aes.61

"I conduct my whole day,"
the old man confessed,
"around capturing some
time like this with you."

aes.61
December 1, 2013, 4:45pm
Cadman Plaza Park, western walkway fence

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Warm on Her - Front St., aes.62

The sun felt warm
on her back as she
walked up Front Street.

aes.62
Dumbo, Brooklyn, corner of Front St. and Adams St., empty flowerbox outside Forager's
November 5, 2013, 10:38pm

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Birds + Early - Front St., Dumbo, aes.64

Night birds
+ early owls.

aes.64

Front St., Dumbo, Brooklyn, Outside Forager's on Main St. (cr. aes.43)

November 5, 2013, 10:35pm
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The Past Everything - Main St., Dumbo, aes.60

In the past
everything is
possible.

aes.60
On standpipe, outside PowerhouseArena, Dumbo, Brooklyn (cr. aes.26)
November 5, 2013, 10:30pm (after event with Anthony Bourdain and Roi Choi #LASon. So inspired after this event, I published three tags tonight.)

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A Thousand Pieces - Front St., Dumbo, aes.59

Each one
a thousand pieces
of you.

aes.59
Outside Berl's Poetry Shop, Dumbo, Brooklyn
November 3, 2013, 9:25pm

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Started to Edit - KGB Bar, East Village NYC, aes.63

He started to edit people
out of his life, as if
so many tangents that
weakened the narrative.

aes.63
Outside KGB Bar, East Village
November 3, 2013, 9:15pm

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Tags 62-67

The second set of tags I made today, after a rather unprolific year.

Now to go out and tag!

Tags 56-61

First new tags in over a year... Made 12 today, and these are the first 6.

Mood of You - London Tube, aes.27

The mood of you
a distant echo.

aes.27
London Tube, Jubilee Line
July 23, 2013, 10:45pm

This one I wrote long ago in honor of someone from my past, and it seemed quite apropos to publish it in London. Cheers!


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Doubling His Pet - Dumbo, aes.52

He snipped the
earthworm in two,
doubling his pet
collection.

aes.52
Dumbo, corner of Water and Jay St.
July 13, 2013, 4:40pm

It wasn't planned that there would be another invertebrate reference after the last one about the snail! Accidental editing.

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In the Garden - Brooklyn Heights Promenade, aes.54

I'm a snail
in the garden.

aes.54
Brooklyn Heights Promenade, around the midpoint
April 27, 2013, 3:20pm

The tulips are out, the trees are in blossom, and it's a beautiful day for a walk in the sunshine. I wrote this tag many months ago, and today is finally its day. 

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Afraid of Amounting - 9th St. East Village, aes.53

Are you afraid

of amounting

to something?

aes.53
9th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, outside the sake bar Decibel
April 2, 2013, 8:30pm

After a long cold winter, the Brooklyn Tagger is BACK, baby! 

First one of the year "published" outside an old favorite spot in the East Village. Wrote the tag last year, been carrying it around for months.

While the phrases on the tags are usually what I consider fictional, this one does actually relate to the recent personal. 

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Yoko Ono's Wish Tree at the Brooklyn Museum

My cousin spotted this today at the Brooklyn Museum and sent me a picture.

Inspired by my project? Or zeitgeist? Or kismet?

No, it's Yoko Ono's Wish Tree, an audience-and-artist collaborative project that she has mounted in locations around the world since the 1990s.

I imagine it is more inspired by wishing trees in Japan, like these in Kyoto depicted in Lost in Translation.

Yet there is a resonance -- dated phrases hand-written on tags, strung up on something outside.

Tying on wishes, hanging prayers.

Speaking to the wind.

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You Are Already Free - East Village, NYC

Spotted this phrase sharpied on a storefront gate in the East Village last night, on my birthday. (Would actually make a good tag...)

"You Are Already Free"

Update on Words and Threading, aes.50 - Relocation from Brooklyn to Belfast (ME)

Showed Omma the tag during a stroll around Dumbo one Sunday.

A few days later, I let my friend Erica, who was visiting from Maine, steal the tag. She makes work involving thread and fiber, so it seemed fitting that she'd steal this particular one. 

 Erica sent me this photo of the tag tied up in her studio. I like imagining it fluttering in front of the window there.

Erica also wrote a haiku inspired by the tag. It's in the comments of the original post:

http://aes-tags.blogspot.com/2012/09/words-and-threading-water-st-dumbo-aes50.html#comment-form 

I love knowing the story of this tag. Usually they disappear and I don't know where they end up.

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Words and Threading - Water St. Dumbo, aes.50

Picking up the

prettiest words and

threading them all

together.

aes.50
Empire Stores building on Water St. in Dumbo, Brooklyn
September 22, 2012, 10:20am

I love this block-long stretch which has evolved into a veritable street art gallery. The hulkingly huge building, now closed up, was a warehouse built in the 19th century.

The sentence on the tag appeared fully-formed in my head after a nap one day.

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Treated to Molecular - Bridge St., aes.51

Tomorrow night she
would be treated
to molecular gastronomy.

aes. 51
Water St. near Bridge St., Dumbo, Brooklyn
September 20, 2012, 11:50pm

This tag was written the day before I was treated to a wonderful dinner at WD-50 by P & K. Fascinatingly yum. 


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What It Was - Manhattan Bridge Archway, aes.55

"When they asked me 
what it was for, 
I said it was 
for them."

aes.55
Manhattan Bridge Archway, Dumbo, Brooklyn
September 16, 2012, 8:00pm

This tag quotes from Jane Kaufmann's new book. It's in reference to the "city in sand" she built with participation from other artists and passers-by on Hampton Beach in the '70s. The spirit of that public project resonates with me. I feel the same way about my tags.

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