Graffiti in the Woods

Graffiti in the Woods

Los Angeles has woods. Sometimes I like to hike in them. It is usually a nice way to escape the concrete and steel that is the every day in Los Angeles. A chance to get as close to nature as possible when living is such a densely populated metropolis.
Often times I run across a scene like this. No place is safe from the spray-can. I found this in the mountains between the San Fernando Valley and Pacific Palisades. It was a stark reminder then there is nothing in these parts that is untouched. Yet it is also a reminder of our roots as humans, and far (or not) we have come.
The oldest "art" we have yet to find, created by humans, was painting on rock walls. The El Castillo cave in Cantabria Spain has wall paintings that are approximately 40,000 years old. Look how far we've come.

Audrey Hepburn Stencil

Audrey Hepburn Stencil: Hollywood 3/13

Some celebrities still haunt the streets of Los Angeles. peering out at us trough dried spray-paint on the sides of buildings. I saw this stencil of Audrey Hepburn on the side of a building on Melrose in Hollywood. A fitting place for Audrey. Melrose (Between La Brea and Fairfax) Has been known as the "Hip and Trendy" shopping are of Hollywood. It's boutiques, and thrift shops have long serviced the young, cool kids that stream into Hollywood looking for stardom. Who better to pear at them from the stucco Then Audrey Hepburn.
Audrey Hepburn was born on May 4th 1929 in Brussels Belgium. She started her career as a dancer, but soon went into acting. Films like "Sabrina ", "My Fair Lady " and "Breakfast At Tiffany's " made her a household name. Her final film was the Steven Spielberg Directed "Always ".
Audrey Hepburn was the epitome of glamor in her day. A true Star. She was always a humanitarian, and that work lives on with the wonderful work being done by the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund

Children Playing in the Freeway

Kids Playing in the Freeway

Some graffiti is political, some is to mark territory, some is just to entertain. This is a mural of children playing taken in downtown Los Angeles.