tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post4472603799059198765..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Iowa City Graffiti: The Only Waymr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-62919424558765941022009-06-25T19:15:21.477-07:002009-06-25T19:15:21.477-07:00Some people I've talked to have vocabularies e...Some people I've talked to have vocabularies essentially limited to evangelical refrains. When all they can think, say, and do is in this vein it seems only natural to see this graffiti. Surely you've seen "Jesus Saves" scrawled in bathroom stalls?Steely Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-49845119716915392082009-06-24T08:55:39.635-07:002009-06-24T08:55:39.635-07:00Looking at this latest picture, maybe this is an e...Looking at this latest picture, maybe this is an effect of an herbicide (either applied directly to the leaves, or washed into the root zone.) Some fertilizer products can include a monocot herbicide. You have yellowed, twisted new growth from a bunch of monocots that all happened at the same time. You could possibly have a growing point disintegrator at work. I also found some interesting John denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-32892478589864696812009-06-23T18:35:07.077-07:002009-06-23T18:35:07.077-07:00I like the bloodstains next to it.
Rather, I choo...I like the bloodstains next to it.<br /><br />Rather, I choose to believe those red smatterings are bloodstains. It gives the graffiti a bit more ominous weight, as if there would be actual repercussions if you didn't follow Jesus' one way.<br /><br />Plus I think blood is funny, y'know, having grown up on violent devil-worshipping cartoons (although my apostolic mother wouldn't Kenneth Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11619410362453458358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-42290970107081160702009-06-23T17:00:58.530-07:002009-06-23T17:00:58.530-07:00Perhaps they wanted to counter all of the evil, ga...Perhaps they wanted to counter all of the evil, gang graffiti with some 'nice' vandalism? It's not the heat, it's the stupidity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com