Hand #326 Graffiti ~ Chalk Hand on Parking Garage Wall

I asked our condo manager for permission to draw on the wall of our parking garage, up on the 6th floor, where the view's great. Permission granted, BUT it needs to be small and I have to wash it off when I'm done. Once I got up there and started... inspired to keep going and create hands.... lots of them... the urge to make a BIG hand was strong! I had to carry a bucket of water up with me to wash chalk off, making lots of chalk hand drawings out of the question.... maybe I'll get up there again right before a big rain!.....I'm hopeful!   



6 floor of parking garage chalk hand art

Hand #134 Graffio

While strolling near Campo S. Trovaso in Venice Italy last week on vacation, I found an old building marked with graffiti. Hand prints were part of the works. It's sad to see these very historic buildings defaced...yet still the smiling hand warmed my heart. Touching it, I could not help but smile back. 

Did you know? .... the word graffiti is derived from the Italian word graffio (“scratch”)