Monday, November 12, 2007

School Desk Graffiti

When I was at school I remember we used to write on the desks names of those popular rock bands (I personally did Metallica, Twisted Sister and Helloween - with all the picturesque elaborations of logo details), excerpts from their profound lyrics (which I am now afraid to even recollect), or messages to those who would sit at that particular desk next ("if you don't wanna study, add a car to the train" - with a nice long train formation puffing form one end of the desk to the other), or some useful technological images ("the lecturer sleep-mode button"), or various verbalized and engraved emotional cries form the depths...

Anyhow, the messages stood for something - some declaration or claim or what not.

I do realize this picture taken at a Chinese university symbolizes the quick-witted attempt at a crib for an exam of sorts, but it does have the air of a slogan and at the same time some existential drama. It was a surprise to see it glaring in solitude from the otherwise chaste greenish-yellow wooden surface. Gave my imagination a nudge in the context of the country's love for sloganism, struggle against the population boost and the sexual revolution in the minds of a trifle westernized pubescence-swirled students.
Only 5 words:
induce abortion
sexual intercourse
abandon

Food for thought along the lines of Hemingway's six word story.

4 Comments:

Blogger Allyn Paul said...

I can see profundity in those words.

On lighter notes (pun), I used to scribble the Van Halen "VH" with the really cool running lines.
LOL

1:16 PM, November 13, 2007

 
Blogger GS said...

Those notes do speak volumes about the country. Great post.

1:27 PM, November 13, 2007

 
Anonymous Graham said...

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1:47 AM, December 01, 2009

 
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