Paint my World
There are many young people, teenagers and not so teenagers, that feel they have something to say. Or who believe they are artists. But they have no outlet for their creativity. So, can of spray paint in hand, clean-painted walls become their canvas. Some truly have a talent that is sadly not recognized. Others mention their political views, such as "Mata al clero" (Kill the clergy). A few have more esoteric points of view to express, such as "Hegel rules." (Philosophers will understand that one.) Still others feel like saying their equivalent of "Killroy was here." But, whoever they are and whatever they paint or express, what they do is still called vandalism and carries a good fine. But then there is Fanzara, a town in the province of Castellón, where it is not vandalism. Every year there is a selection of street artists who are invited to paint the blank walls of the town's buildings. It's been happening for at least two years, so there are f...