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.

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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Tags 50-55

A fresh batch for late summer.

Appearing soon on a railing or standpipe near you (maybe)! 

Tags 44-49

Made these tonight:

I have a PAIR in mind for the first time with this set. The last two tags (48 and 49) can be taken separately or read as sort of vague (and intentionally atonal) dialogue: "Was she looking at me, or looking at that guy?" "She is looking at you every time."

Used the Royal again to "stamp" the backs. Really funny to type a URL with a machine you don't have to switch off! Also, I got a new gold paint pen, and some new tags from an old-school stationers near Columbia University. The tags are only so-so -- they all have a narrow roller mark or something in the middle. Oh well, they'll do. 

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Tags 38-43 (& Introducing Royal)

Made these tonight:

 

Gold paint pen went dry midway. Need to get a new one. Good reason to go to Stevedan on 6th, my favorite stationary store. I need more blank tags too and they usually have them there.

Changed up the format a little tonight. My old Royal recently made its way back onto my desk, so I took it for a spin. Used it to print the blog url on the backs of the tags. I like how it looks better than the pencil writing I've been using:

I found it vicerally delightful and weird to type the word "blog" on a typewriter -- try it if you have one.

Unlike most of the groups of tags I've written before, this group is sort of also a set unto itself because 5 of the 6 relate directly to things I've overheard or read or thought in the last week or two. And they almost connect to each other, as well as to another tag that I've been carrying around but have not "published" yet. It feels a little bit like a story could be forming, but I'm not sure I want that. Maybe will explain more as they are published.

(Maybe I'm just reading too much Murakami... I'm 60% of the way through 1Q84...)