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Hilary Palmén

#NobleSigns
#SignMuseum
#Brooklyn
#painted
#repainted
This Sunday involved a wonderful tour around the workrooms of Noble Signs, which doubles as a museum. The founders started collecting the old signs they were replacing signs, then shifted to reclaiming and storing. They are now building the museum as a charity. They gave a tour today which was wonderful. They specislise in NY vernacular signs. A few photographs for you. I took many, i'll write several posts each with slightly different angles

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A Brief Intermission: Tagging Trains in Aveiro

I took a quick trip to Aveiro today to pick up some negatives. Since, for a change, I actually had some time before my train departed I took the opportunity to check out the old trains on the Vouga line, the railway line between Aveiro and Agueda.

Some people love tagged trains, and others, including the railway companies, hate it. Personally, I’m well into the former camp. The origin of railway graffiti began with the New York subway artists during the 1970s. Today, tagging trains remains a popular form of expression and railway carriages and freight wagons that carry graffiti are seen by some as rolling museums, carrying works of art across the country.

The carriages of the Agueda regional trains have been a target of taggers for decades, and I always try to get a glimpse of them as I pass through. As I had a few minutes to spare today, I couldn’t resist snapping a few smartphone photos. 

The trains are looking a little worse for wear nowadays, and the taggers have laid so much paint over the windows it’s almost impossible for the passengers to see out, but I can’t deny that the graffiti makes these trains look even more colourful. 

I noticed that over the years the paint had become worn and was being removed in streaks, leaving streaks of different layers of old paint. So this time, I took a closer look at the individual pieces to produce what I hope are some interesting abstracts. 

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#Carriage#Engines#Graffiti
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Ellyrieve LVK
Doctor Owl (based on HG Wells the Time Machine... I wanted to paint owls at uni)
Here's another old owl painting of mine from 2019 :)

Bockingford HP paper 12x16 I think. (was years ago)
Winsor Newton and Schmincke Horadam Watercolours
WN Sable, synthetic and some old non WN sword brushes.

#traditional #traditionalart #oldart #adorable #birb #birdart #birdartist #fluffy #floof #floofy #cuteowl #owlart #traditionalpainting #watercolorart #painted #painting #fediart #artistonpixelfed #artistsonpixelfed #cute #art #owl #watercolour #brid #watercolor
#watercolor
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Now in College, #LudditeTeens Still Don’t Want Your Likes

Three years after starting a club meant to fight #SocialMedia’s grip on young people, many original members are holding firm and gaining new converts.

By Alex Vadukul
Jan. 30, 2025

"Biruk Watling, a college sophomore wearing a baggy coat and purple fingerless gloves, walked the chilly campus of Temple University in #Philadelphia on a recent afternoon to recruit new members to her club.
She taped a flier to a pole: '#JoinTheLudditeClub For #MeaningfulConnections.' Down the block, she posted another one: 'Do You Desire a Healthier Relationship With Technology, Especially Social Media? The Luddite Club Welcomes You and Your Ideas.'

"When a student approached, Ms. Watling dove into her pitch.

"'Our club promotes #ConsciousConsumption of #technology,' she said. 'We’re for #HumanConnection. I’m one of the first members of the original Luddite Club in #Brooklyn. Now I’m trying to start it in #Philly.

"She pulled out a #FlipPhone, mystifying her recruit.

"'We use these,' she said. 'This has been the most freeing experience of my life.'
If Ms. Watling had a missionary’s zeal, it was because she wasn’t just promoting a student club, but an approach to modern life that profoundly changed her two years ago, when she helped form the Luddite Club as a high school student in New York.

"But that was then, back when things were simpler, before she had embarked on the more independent life of a college student and found herself having to navigate QR codes, two-factor-identification logins, dating apps and other digital staples of campus life.

"The #LudditeClub was the subject of an article I wrote in 2022 — a story that, ironically, went viral. It told of how a group of teenage tech skeptics from Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn and a few other schools in the city gathered on weekends in Prospect Park to enjoy some time together away from the machine.

"They #sketched and #painted side by side. They read quietly, favoring works by #Dostoyevsky, #Kerouac and #Vonnegut. They sat on logs and groused about how #TikTok was dumbing down their generation. Their flip phones were decorated with stickers and nail polish.

"Readers inspired by their message responded in hundreds of emails and comments. Reporters from Germany, Brazil, Japan and elsewhere flooded my inbox, asking me how to reach these students who were so hard to track down online. Snarky Reddit threads and think pieces sprouted. #RalphNader endorsed the club in an opinion essay, writing: 'This is a rebellion that needs support and diffusion.'"

Read more:
nytimes.com/2025/01/30/style/l

Archived version:
archive.ph/
#SolarPunkSunday #Nature #NeoLuddite #Luddites #LessScreenTime #MoreBoardGames #MoreGreenTime #MoreOutdoorTime #FlipPhones #MoreBooks #ResistTheMachine

From left to right, Jameson Butler, Biruk Watling, Logan Lane and Sasha Jackson, in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.
The New York Times · Luddite Teens Still Don’t Want Your LikesBy Alex Vadukul
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My mom was a wonderful #story teller, and always had her nose in a #book. She was a wonderful #artist as well, and I would just watch her #draw for hours while she told tales and #painted them right before me.

She taught me that a story doesn't need to be anything special. Anything will do if you tell or draw it with care, and maybe say what you were #thinking on the way.

Even just going to McDonald's in the morning, and I can't draw, but #photography exists.

#writing#writingcommunity#art
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