Phenomenon

Yesterday in my travel writing class, we had to write about a phenomenon. A few people brought up the graffiti that's scattered across the town. Aside from the occasional "yogurt" (yea I don't know what that tags about), I think they're beautiful. Tags come in three forms: one, words that represent the artist or represents a group, two, words that express a feeling, mostly political, or three, a mural type picture.

The other day I saw one that said, "Don't call it tourist season if we can't shoot them." Wow. Unwanted? Party of 15,000 (the number of Americans who study abroad in Florence each year).

There have been some tags that are pretty interesting though. Apparently there is an arch or tunnel type structure in the city called Le Cure, which is known for its tags. An ex-homeless man is now paid by Florence to keep a nice, clean venue for artists to graffiti legally. The next nice day out, hopefully a few friends and I can find this place.