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 More mural art from my neighbourhood. This is from a back alley a few blocks away, behind a mix of commercial and residential buildings.

I thought I'd take you for a short walk this morning while I chat a bit about the conversation that my last post elicited. I began responding to comments there, then got too busy elsewhere, and I'm realizing now that perhaps it's enough for me to initiate the conversation but then it's okay to step back and let you talk. I know from comments that many of you appreciate my efforts to respond to all comments individually, but I also know you're a sensitive and thoughtful bunch and you can see how time-consuming this gets. I've decided I'll respond to those few comments that seem to require it, but otherwise just let you read and respond to each other. If you haven't browsed the conversation yet, I urge you to -- so rich!.

This isn't a permanent change -- but I can see that it might work for a certain kind of post, the kind that elicits a sharing of anecdotes or perspectives or memories, ones that you're really sharing to a wider audience than just me.  I hope that makes sense and that it doesn't change your willingness to participate in conversations here. Let me know what you think.

 As you'll see above, while the murals generally fare quite well (many of those from last year's Mural FEstival remain tag-free to date), this beautiful, geometrically fascinating wall by Priscilla Yu has been the victim of some vandalism by spray-can.

 Below, this giraffe peeking out from an explosion of pink magnolia blossoms easily coaxed a smile from me on a Saturday morning walkabout a couple of weeks ago. I'll definitely be heading them for some cheer on a dreary November day when smiles are harder to come by.

This mural has been up for several months now -- there's a bio of the artist, Ilya Viryachev, along with a short video of its creation last winter, here.

 And below the mural, you can see that the art on the walls has inspired some philosophical adornment of the alley's dumpsters. . . .

On the opposite side of the back lane, at a right angle to the murals above, is this gorgeous piece by portrait artist Francis Tiffany. Sadly a victim of some lesser talent armed with a spraycan, this mural is titled "Vancouver Summer Fun." And while I'd have preferred it not to be so quickly defaced, I must say that there's something about the con/text that speaks the city more clearly and honestly, to me at least, than if the same image had been painting on a large canvas and hung on a protected gallery wall. That drooping electrical cable, the bilingual warning about who may park here, that discarded paper coffee cup. . . .  The location is so close to one of the city beaches, but for some it's a world away. . .

 And to wrap up today's post, some photos from another day's walk, in a different direction but still only blocks from my home. This mural is by Vancouver-based comic-book artist Johnnie Christmas (this is a cool article about work Christmas did last year with Margaret Atwood for the Angel Catbird series), and was painted last month for the 2017 Vancouver Mural Festival (note that on his Tumblr site, the artist thanks a number of "friends, loved ones, and volunteers" who grabbed brushes to help complete the mural).

 I love the energy of this one. The sense of motion is strong, both latent and released. . .

 And the colour! Again, if you know what Vancouver can be like (note the colour and message of the text above Christmas's tiger), you can imagine how welcome this chromatic exuberance will be in November or February (or March, April, often May, for that matter).

That's today's tour. Hope you enjoyed it.  Your comments are always welcome.

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