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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Tags 50-55

A fresh batch for late summer.

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