New York at Night – 1

New York street art can be quite enchanting,

Photo © Norman Orenstein
Photo © Norman Orenstein

… entertaining and

Photo © Norman Orenstein
Photo © Norman Orenstein

hardcore in graffiti terms!

Photo © Norman Orenstein
Photo © Norman Orenstein

Can’t help myself from adoring it all!

Photo © Norman Orenstein
Photo © Norman Orenstein
Photo © Norman Orenstein
Photo © Norman Orenstein

 Thank you Norman for taking these pics for GLaM!

Photo © Norman Orenstein
Photo © Norman Orenstein

I’ll get the rest of these NYC nights up as soon as I can.

Photo © Norman Orenstein
Photo © Norman Orenstein

Pics taken by Norman Orenstein – March 18, 2015

New York City, New york, U.S.A.

2 Heads are Better

This face by Elicser is at the top of an alley at Spadina by Queen W.

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This face is at the bottom of the alley.

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I’m not sure who did this face.

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Here I’m backing up the alley toward Spadina.

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In the close ups of the Graf Writing I see Mozie 2010.

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Back at the Elicser face, I love the different angle on it.

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Pics taken by Resa, June 19 – 2014

Toronto, Canada

This piece by Elicser is a Graf landmark in Toronto

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Silence Louder Than A Train

Dean J. Baker, writer extraordinaire, penned the poetry  Silence Louder Than A Train

Dean’s 20/10 visions break bold, clever, sarcastic, cynical, brutally honest, bare faced, bare-soul, telling off, alone, deeply passionate & extremely vivid visually.

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The poetry left me pensive, painted into a corner, or suddenly wrapped with a loving arm (crying out loud) , or dropped into a comedy (laughing out loud).

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As I read, Dean’s words kept coming at me, relentlessly, with increasing  speed. I couldn’t put the book down; I read poems to anyone who would listen.

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Dean’s style is rebellious. Capitals, punctuation, starts, ends and rhymes are where he wants them to be. His consummate skill works it all beautifully. So just read on without expecting a period at the end

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When I reached the end, I began reading the book from back to front.

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Then I was at the beginning again.

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  I very recently bought my first Dean J. Baker book for Kindle, Poetry & How It Gets That Way. I own 4 more of Dean’s titles, all in paperback.

Silence front

In my humble opinion, Dean J. Baker is a writer most worth reading.

Silence back

Dean is a prolific writer, and all of his many books are available on Amazon in EBook and/or Paperback. He even has his own Amazon page.

Dean J. Baker’s Amazon Page

51ErddOT4xL._UY250_41fK8y6FbRL._UY250_51eWJJqbj2L._UX250_414nURUNVzL._UY250_A few more books by Dean J. Baker

Visit Dean on his website Dean J. Baker – Poetry, and Prose Poems

Dean has several other interesting Blogs that you will find linked at the bottom of  his site.

Magic Carpet Ride

Have you ever seen a Magic Carpet as big as a building?

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Well, I found one, done in paint!

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It’s in a parking lot in “Liberty Village”.

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Some close-ups.

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Bordeur with some interior design.

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Unfortunately, vines are eating away at the mural from the right side as you face it. You won’t see this part in the summer.

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Sections of the design.

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It is a Magic Carpet!

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Pics taken by Resa, March 10 – 2015

Toronto, Canada

Carpet #2bIPhone panorama and Magic Carpet Ride

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Lucky 7 Lives

This beauty is in a side lane off of Kensington Avenue, in Kensington Market.

Artists: Oasis Skateboard Factory
Artists: Oasis Skateboard Factory

“Oasis Skateboard Factory” is a Toronto District School Board alternative school design program.

Artists: Oasis Skateboard Factory
Artists: Oasis Skateboard Factory

Here students earn high school credits by creating their own brand and running a skateboard business / professional design studio.

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The IPhone Panorama

Artists: Oasis Skateboard Factory
Artists: Oasis Skateboard Factory

Cute, huh?

Artists: Oasis Skateboard Factory
Artists: Oasis Skateboard Factory
Artists: Oasis Skateboard Factory
Artists: Oasis Skateboard Factory

Pics taken by Resa, on June 12, 2014

Toronto, Canada

Christy Birmingham   Jan 26

Lust: by Spud

I never know what I’ll find in the next alley.

Artist: Spud
Artist: Spud

Before I was into Graffiti, I used to go by a huge brick building with the word SPUD on it!

Artist: Spud
Artist: Spud

The SPUD was up 4 stories, the letters 1 story & it looked stenciled. I thought it was some kind of potato factory.

Artist: Spud
Artist: Spud

Lust #2

Pics taken by Resa, September 30- 2014

Toronto, Canada