on being different...

Whatever does not conform to the norms of the

dominant group tends to be treated either with suspicion,

terror and contempt, or alternatively with an unhealthy

blend of amusement, fascination, and embarrassment.

I have just been browsing this site, on a totally unrealted article about Don Justo's cathedral in Mejorada del Campo - but i came across thse links on graffiti. Now being no great lover of graffiti myself, having lived in Madrid for the last 3 years -where every building of any value is covered in hideous tags - I still appreciate the artistic tongue-in-cheekiness of it all- Here are my graffiti photos - taken in Lisbon, Portugal in April 2007