During July I blogged about the low-life maggots, who desecrated the beach at the end of my street in Narragansett, RI. They tagged the rock formations with graffiti. And yeah, I guess you could say I was ticked. You can find my original post by clicking here, Google It, but don’t go just yet.
This story ends well.
Several of my Narragansett friends faux painted over the graffiti. I was so taken by their work that I’m reposting the “Before and After” photos, which you may have already seen on Facebook. A big shout out to Jerry’s Paint and Hardware, which donated the supplies for this effort.
I know about a group in Manhattan that regularly paints over the graffiti in Grand Central. But I had never heard about this technique being used to repair natural rock formations. If you like what you see, please comment below and join me in thanking my new super heroes.
Narragansett, Rhode Island – Fish (before)
Narragansett, Rhode Island – Fish (after)
Narragansett, Rhode Island – Rock (before)
Narragansett, Rhode Island – Rock (after)
Narragansett, Rhode Island – Face (before)
Narragansett, Rhode Island – Face (after)
Narragansett, Rhode Island – Extreme (before)
Narragansett, Rhode Island – Extreme (after)
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My compliments to all who participated in this worthy clean up effort.
Lovely, Norb. Gotta be very satisfying indeed!
The rocks look better. But they would look best if completely pristine. You should read the controversy surrounding Casey Nocket, the woman tagging rocks in a national park: http://www.modernhiker.com/2014/10/21/instagram-artist-defaces-national-parks/
I don’t know why anyone thinks this graffiti is a good idea, especially the oxygen-deprived knuckleheads from Tau Phi Delta, who tagged our rocks in Narragansett.
Norb, thank you for putting this out for the public. I found this perusing through the Casey Nocket stories. I am of the belief this activity is a symptom of a much larger problem, but I am not able to determine a cause or solution.
Might be a silly question, but why didn’t you make the frat boys rent a pressure washer and scrub that crap off those rocks?
Ski, I totally agree about the larger problem. I don’t get it. I sent an email to the president of Tau Phi Delta at Penn State: http://agsci.psu.edu/clubs/list/fraternities-sororities/tau-phi-delta. It was the only chapter I could find. But I never heard back. What’s even more interesting is that Tau Phi Delta claims to be dedicated to the great outdoors. Go figure.