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.