Old Folks Don't Understand . . . (Street Art is THE Major Art Movement of this Generation)

The old man looks like he wants to swat John with his cane!

Old people don't understand how big this is . . .


John Wellington Ennis was filming some footage of the street art on this corner when this old man crossed the street. When the old man was mid-way across the street, he noticed was John was doing and stopped for a full 10 second count. It was as though he was processing what was happening.

Once he got out of the street, he turned and stared some more. He couldn't comprehend the scene. It seemed that he wanted to say something, or maybe just whack John with his cane, but never did.

Yesterday, CurbedLA featured our post on the Epic Street Art taking place on the Old Spaghetti Factory building. We love the bump, but we were really surprised at the general tone of the comments. Most seem to view graffiti and street art as one and the same, and feel that corporal punishment should be reintroduced to punish the 'artists'.

Well, we feel that street art, just like all the major art movements, will be rejected by the general public. It is only after the fact that it will be given its full credit for shaping the world we live in.

And, as a friend pointed out the other day, street art is already as big, or bigger than any modern art movement, and by all indications, it will just keep getting bigger (and better!)~

We are proud to be on the front end of this, and look forward to seeing how it all plays out.