CCC's Street Art Contest # 325 - "Hello, my name is..." - Lavra, Portugal

Good morning, graffiti friends!

Welcome to another post in the Street Art community!

It’s been three weeks since I last posted here in this community. And I can tell you that I’d already started to miss interacting with so many friends I’ve known for a long time, so I’ve started by getting in touch here.

Before I start talking about what I’ve got to share, I just want to say a few words about what my days have been like lately. I haven’t had much time to spare to reply to all the comments many of you have left on my posts, or even on other posts where I’ve commented, and to which I’ve already received replies.

I’ve started a new project – not a personal one, but in collaboration with a new team – and although it’s more sporadic than my ‘day job’, it ends up being part-time, though not every day of the week.

This start-up phase, as you all know, is like a stationary car: to get moving, you don’t shift straight into third gear, but start from a standstill in first… The engine makes a noise, and actually uses far more fuel than it would if it were travelling at full speed, but it doesn’t move very far. Yet with every centimeter it has covered, its speed increases… making its journey ever faster and its fuel consumption ever more economical!

But apart from these – major – changes to my daily routine, I’ve also started taking part in a few local community groups that meet weekly. I can say that, quite apart from the topics discussed, I’ve ended up meeting – and am still meeting – some fantastic people with brilliant ideas. It’s always good to broaden our horizons, don’t you think? Increasingly, in this world, we seem to be striving for the greatest possible specialization, focusing on the tiniest detail, without paying attention to what’s around us, in order to be the best we can be in that one area – which becomes almost an obsession – and we fail to see how what’s around us is connected to what we’ve been devoting so much time to.

This week, I’d like to share a small mural here, located on some rather derelict buildings that once belonged to the old fish market at Angeiras Beach.

This sort of graffiti, as I’ve mentioned before, isn’t exactly to my taste, but its simplicity and the striking lettering always catch the eye. The fact that it’s a collaborative project by several graffiti artists actually makes the mural all the more interesting. Leiza, Trico and Pine 3 are the ones who’ve already left their mark here this year. Although I think that, in this particular case, the graffiti actually breathes new life into a cluster of crumbling walls on a seaside building, I just hope it doesn’t act as a magnet for other, less lawful activities that might be drawn to this beach… leading to a build-up of rubbish and unsavory goings-on.

The combination of fluorescent green and lilac is almost always a good one, as it is here. The orange border adds the finishing touch to this simple piece, which is on full display for anyone passing by.

Best wishes to you all, and see you next week!

Bem Hajam🍀