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Monday
May242010

Graffiti We Like

On a tiny side street near the Centre Pompidou, someone pasted little newspaper butterflies on a blank wall, fluttering around a fake lamp. Precious.

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Reader Comments (3)

This is when it ISN'T graffiti...it's pretty, and welcome, and brightens our day.

Someone spent a crazy amount of time on that....thanks to whomever created such a nice little corner of the day.
May 24, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterSunny
Love it! It's so poetic and pretty, yet so simple!
May 24, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterCynthia
Just beautiful .. that would have been a wonderful surprise in one's day.
May 25, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterLisa Hayes

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