You have to love the motivational graffitis on the Camino

jefferyonthecamino

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• May 5, 2014

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but only the ones in the underpasses - a plague to the people who scribble on the milestones (and rocks and trees)

 

Stellere

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• May 5, 2014

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I liked the graffiti on the underpasses. An interesting mix of motivational, political and separatist. There were lots of messages that I think of as "faux deep" that made me laugh - especially by some group calling themselves the "Holylanders" (or something like that). Then, in the final 100 km, the "Holylanders" left a big message: "buen tourismo". I thought that was awfully snarky for a group of people who obviously saw themselves as particularly enlightened and deep. Ha!

 

cynwhite

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• May 5, 2014

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A couple of my favorites . . .

 

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Love is the Way

 

Theatregal

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A few....

 

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jeffnd

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• May 23, 2014

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Stellere said:

I liked the graffiti on the underpasses. An interesting mix of motivational, political and separatist. There were lots of messages that I think of as "faux deep" that made me laugh - especially by some group calling themselves the "Holylanders" (or something like that). Then, in the final 100 km, the "Holylanders" left a big message: "buen tourismo". I thought that was awfully snarky for a group of people who obviously saw themselves as particularly enlightened and deep. Ha!

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Ah yes! Holylanders! For whatever reason, whenever I was feeling down or that my pilgrimage was not going as it should, and I would see Holylanders' message about "To the end, to the truth!" it got me back in the right frame of mind. I mentioned this to a girl I was walking with who started in Sarria and how I hadn't seen any graffiti from them in awhile. I said, "Maybe they got hurt and had to end their Camino. Or maybe they got caught or something."

"Or," she said, "maybe they just ran out of spray paint!"

 

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whariwharangi

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• May 23, 2014

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Its unfortunate that the vandals don't have respect for property that is not theirs to deface.

 

tploomis

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• May 23, 2014

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I have a hard time believing that graffiti writers actually think what they spray paint will convince somebody of their cause. It worked the opposite for me: anybody resorting to graffiti to make a point automatically started with a strike against them for me. Why would I want to listen to somebody who thinks they are entitled to deface public property?

 

wayfarer

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• May 23, 2014

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I also haven't much time for graffiti or grafitti writers but I must say the STOP sign, which is my avatar, gave me a boost on my Camino.

 

David

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• May 23, 2014

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Bit naughty I suppose but I am printing and laminating a few of these signs I made to pin up in odd places when I go (very soon now) ...

 

Houlet

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• May 23, 2014

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I liked the serial graffiti between Arzua and Santiago, one line at a time, of John Lennon's Imagine written on the plastic waste bins.

 

Awakekiwi

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• Feb 16, 2017

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Houlet said:

I liked the serial graffiti between Arzua and Santiago, one line at a time, of John Lennon's Imagine written on the plastic waste bins.

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I saw those too, loved them!

 

Awakekiwi

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• Feb 16, 2017

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jeffnd said:

Ah yes! Holylanders! For whatever reason, whenever I was feeling down or that my pilgrimage was not going as it should, and I would see Holylanders' message about "To the end, to the truth!" it got me back in the right frame of mind. I mentioned this to a girl I was walking with who started in Sarria and how I hadn't seen any graffiti from them in awhile. I said, "Maybe they got hurt and had to end their Camino. Or maybe they got caught or something."

"Or," she said, "maybe they just ran out of spray paint!"

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