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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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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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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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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When People Die - York St. Station, aes. 41

I hate it

when people

die.

aes.41

York St. F Train station

July 4, 2012, 1:35am

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She is Looking - 55 Washington Dumbo, aes.48+49

Was she looking 

at me, 

or looking at 

that guy? 

She is looking 

at you 

every time.

aes.48 + aes.49

Ramp outside 55 Washington in Dumbo

June 24, 2012, 2:15pm

This is the first intentional PAIR of tags, like a diptych. I hung them a few feet apart, from left to right.

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Houses in the Sidewalk

Spotted today this row of little houses inlaid into the gooey grout between two tiles of sidewalk. 

Outside 55 Washington in Dumbo.

Was Pouring There - Superfine, aes.30

Outside the rain
was pouring.
There would be
puddles tomorrow.

aes. 30
Dumbo, outside Superfine on Front St.
June 7, 2012, 11:00pm 


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Their Ideas Were - Water St. Dumbo, aes.47

Was there any other

way to tell 'em

their ideas were

crap?

aes.47

Dumbo, Water Street between Main and Dock

April 21, 2012, 4:00pm

This is one of those out-of-the-blue phrases that are more about a mood or character (Mad Men?) than a specific target. It is not, for example, a commentary on the surrounding street tags, which I love.

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She Just Loved - Brooklyn Bridge Park Rosebush, aes.45

Or maybe,

like me,

she just

loved flowers.

aes.45

Brooklyn Bridge Park, rosebush 

April 21, 2012, 3:30pm

A nod to my great aunt and great grandmother today.

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Me So Hard - Washington St., aes.39

"Why does your

company make me

so hard?!" he

angrily misspoke.

 

aes.39

March 12, 2012, 7:02pm

Outside of Rice on Washington St. between York and Front. 

The phrase is one yelled into the phone by my uncle-in-law, a non-native speaker of English, who was having trouble with a vendor for his business. It was hilarious.

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Moveness, Stillment - Manhattan Bridge Archway, aes.42

Movement and stillness.

Moveness, stillment.

Movestill. 

(For M.K.M.)

aes.42

Feb. 20, 2012, 4:04pm

Bench in Manhattan Bridge Archway.

A Real Letter - Front and Adams, aes.43

A real letter in the

mail, with a

handsome Ronald

Reagan stamp. 

aes.43

Feb. 20, 2012, 4:00pm

Railing outside of Forager's, corner of Front and Adams

The Social Fabric - Manhattan Bridge Archway, aes.31

I think the 

social fabric 

is pilling. 

aes.31
Jan. 29, 2012, 12:47pm

Bench in Manhattan Bridge Archway, Adams St. side