Mission Mission

Art is a tricky thing to define. As we all know. Or maybe we don’t. I find it a lot easier to recognize what is art than what isn’t. Today I got into a debate with a Twitter account for DPW’s Zero Graffiti program. What strikes me the most about Zero Graffiti SF‘s argument here is the implication that acknowledging that something is art is to condone it or qualify it in a positive way. I understand that the city doesn’t want people tagging where they’re not supposed to (pretty much everywhere), but I wonder why they won’t call it art. Or rather, why they specifically decide to say that it’s not.

Why can’t it be both? Saying it’s art doesn’t condone it. “@zerograffitisf: Tagging Is Not Art; It’s Property Damage http://t.co/oacGoMHe9T”

— Ariel Dovas (@eviloars) January 14, 2014

@eviloars difference between art and vandalism? permission. If you have permission, you have art; if not, you have vandalism – simple

— Zero Graffiti SF (@zerograffitisf) January 14, 2014

.@zerograffitisf So Banksy's not art? Even if his vandalism is worth the price of the building it's on? Art doesn't have to be asked for.

— Ariel Dovas (@eviloars) January 14, 2014

.@zerograffitisf @cynthia_says No, art can be vandalism, art can be illegal. Not that plain, not that simple. http://t.co/1qWBrCPC8u

— Ariel Dovas (@eviloars) January 14, 2014

#sanfranciscogoldrushhipster Cast Irony Pan. twitter.com/eviloars/statu…

— Ariel Dovas (@eviloars) January 28, 2013

Add your own!

“Plaid” still doesn’t rhyme with “laid”. #sanfranciscogoldrushhipster twitter.com/eviloars/statu…

— Ariel Dovas (@eviloars) January 28, 2013

Mission Creek – Widely panned. #sanfranciscogoldrushhipster twitter.com/eviloars/statu…

— Ariel Dovas (@eviloars) January 28, 2013

Covered Wagon Pop Up. #sanfranciscogoldrushhipster twitter.com/eviloars/statu…

— Ariel Dovas (@eviloars) January 28, 2013

#sanfranciscogoldrushhipster Mr. Strauss’s Skinny Jeans. twitter.com/eviloars/statu…

— Ariel Dovas (@eviloars) January 28, 2013

#sanfranciscogoldrushhipster I’m a Fool 4 Gold. twitter.com/eviloars/statu…

— Ariel Dovas (@eviloars) January 28, 2013

#sanfranciscogoldrushhipster Oh, fancy shovel. twitter.com/eviloars/statu…

— Ariel Dovas (@eviloars) January 28, 2013

Now that word’s all over (internet) town that Woody Allen is filming his new movie here in SF and even specifically in the Mission at times, and we’ve even argued over which one of us may actually be Woody Allen, some are beginning to wonder, what does Woody in the Mission sound like?

“Ping pong is so tiring, all the running around the table, I want a calmer sport, like getting home from Dear Mom with my wallet still in my pants.” – Woody Allan Hough.

Happening now, according to the real Nick Fisher.

Nick Fisher, obviously)

UPDATE: More pics from Nick. And he adds: “Officer involved shooting @ Garfield Park. Two men hospitalized, pretty sure neither were cops”