dance again

 

“As is the curse of humanity, we constantly rediscover

the old and sing platitudes of its newness.”

 

~ J.D. Brewer ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of street art taken in the mid 1980’s.

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a series of successive changes

 

“Nothing in the world is permanent,

and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last,

but surely we’re still more foolish

not to take delight in it while we have it.

 

~ W. Somerset Maugham ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of street art taken in Paris in September 2016.

(“I am only a series of successive changes.”)

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the running man

 

“All I want in this life are three…a moonlit beach

on the starlit sea, a breath of opium, and thee.”

 

~ Roman Payne ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of street art taken in July 2005.

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life is beautiful

 

“Life is beautiful because it doesn’t last.”

 

~ Brit Marling ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo of street art on the side wall of the apartment building at 17 Rue Beautreillis taken in May 2017.

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les pieds du pèlerin

 

“You never conquer a mountain.

You just stand on the top a few moments.

Then the wind blows your footprints away.”

 

~ Arlene Blum ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Paris in June 2018.

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CRÉER C’EST SE SOUVENIR

 

“Créer c’est se souvenir…”

“To create is to remember…”

 

~ Victor Hugo ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo street art taken in the Place des Vosges in Paris in May 2016.

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LET’S GET CRAZY

 

“You have to go on and be crazy.

Craziness is like heaven.”

 

~ Jimi Hendrix ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of street art taken in Paris in June 2018.

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LES PIEDS DU PÈLERIN

 

“You never conquer a mountain.

You just stand on the top a few moments.

Then the wind blows your footprints away.”

 

~ Arlene Blum ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in June 2018.

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DANCE AGAIN

 

“As is the curse of Humanity.

We constantly rediscover the old

and sing platitudes of its newness.”

 

~ J.D. Brewer ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of street art taken in Wiesbaden, Germany in the mid 1980’s.

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GEE TWENTY

 

“The sin of silence when they should protest

makes cowards of men.”

 

~ Abraham Lincoln ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of street art taken on the Rue Broca in Paris in May 2017.

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WAKE UP

 

“Happy Fake Fourth Of July…”

 

~ nightpoet ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of a street art work called “Wake Up” by an unknown artist taken in the Rue du Père Teilhard de Chardin in Paris in May 2017.

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IRRELEVANT NONETHELESS

 

“Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary.”

 

~ Oscar Wilde ~

 

Original photo of a street art work called “Snail Condition” by an unknown artist taken in the Rue Edouard Quenu in Paris in June 2017.

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CHAIRMAN MEOW

 

“In waking a tiger, use a long stick.”

 

~ Mao Zedong ~

 

Original photo of street art taken in the Rue Broca in Paris in May 2017.

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WHY

 

“In light of all the gun violence in the USA,

I’d prefer my democracy unleaded.”

 

~ Jayseth Guberman ~

 

Original photo of street art by arsene taken in Paris in June 2017.

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RESIST

 

“The strength and power of despotism

consists wholly in the fear of resistance.”

 

~ Thomas Paine ~

 

Original photo of street art by an anonymous artist taken in the Marais Quarter of Paris in June 2017.

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SUICIDE BY HUMANITY

 

“The common curse of mankind, ~ folly and ignorance.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

Original photo of street art “100,000 Elephants Killed In Three Years” by Polar Bear taken in the Rue Edouard Quenu in Paris in June 2017.

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BLOWN AWAY

 

“I start in the middle of a sentence

and move both directions at once.”

 

~ John Coltrane ~

 

Original photo of street art taken on the Rue du Marche des Blancs Manteaux in Paris in May 2017.

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LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

 

“Life is beautiful because it doesn’t last.”

 

~ Brit Marling ~

 

Original photo of street art by les nuilles on the side wall of the apartment building at 17 Rue Beautreillis taken in May 2017.

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WAIT

 

“All things come to those who wait.”

 

~ French Proverb ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of street art taken on the Rue Broca in Paris in May 2017.

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THE KISS

 

“The kiss itself is immortal.

It travels from lip to lip,

century to century, from age to age.

Men and women garner these kisses,

offer them to others and then die in turn.”

 

~ Guy de Maupassant

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of street art by Art Bref taken on the Rue Broca in Paris in May 2017.

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