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Amazing San Francisco Street Art. What’s Your Expression?

By L.L. Barkat 12 Comments

As part of an 11-day poetry tour, I recently made a stop in San Francisco. (More to come on that later, complete with wearable cat ears that can read your mind!).

Walking past this amazing street art on the way to a Mischief Café, I couldn’t help but think of my dear friend Claire Burge, who is hosting a global conversation on creativity. She hopes to highlight street art in the process.

San Francisco Street Art Guatemalan Vertical

While I was hungry and in need of dinner, I swapped the time out for this instead: photographing art to show Claire, because I know her love for artists and art of all kinds.

Walk with me now and I’ll show you, too? (And be sure to check in on the Expressions Project as it gets going. I’m quite sure it will sate a certain kind of hunger in you.)

San Francisco Street Art  Eye and Heart

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San Francisco Street Art Separation Not the Dream

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San Francisco Street Art Apple Bugs

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San Francisco Street Art Candy Trees

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San Francisco Street Art East Indian

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San Francisco Street Art Leather n Wood

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San Francisco Street Art Colorful Letters

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San Francisco Street Art Graffiti Style

Post and photos by L.L. Barkat.

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L.L. Barkat
L.L. Barkat
L.L. Barkat is the Managing Editor of Tweetspeak Poetry and the author of six books for grown-ups and four for children, including the popular 'Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing.' Her poetry has appeared on the BBC and at NPR, VQR, and The Best American Poetry.
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About L.L. Barkat

L.L. Barkat is the Managing Editor of Tweetspeak Poetry and the author of six books for grown-ups and four for children, including the popular 'Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing.' Her poetry has appeared on the BBC and at NPR, VQR, and The Best American Poetry.

Comments

  1. Claire says

    November 20, 2014 at 11:22 am

    wow. just wow. honestly no words. just wonder.

    Reply
    • L. L. Barkat says

      November 21, 2014 at 1:51 pm

      I wished you’d been there with me. We could have spent hours just looking, just taking it in. So much vibrance.

      Reply
  2. Maureen Doallas says

    November 20, 2014 at 11:48 am

    Some of the best I’ve seen.

    Street art has gained immensely in credibility as an art form. Entire books are being written about it. And it’s found the world over.

    Reply
    • L. L. Barkat says

      November 21, 2014 at 1:52 pm

      Any favorite book on the subject?

      Art in the public square seems right to me.

      Reply
  3. SimplyDarlene says

    November 21, 2014 at 9:32 am

    That first image in the body of the piece – the one with the leaves on the uppermost edge – I stared at it, left, came back, stared some more. By doggies, it is a building and the photographer is looking up, right? I thought it was stairs! Look at it like you’re waking into an enchanted room, filled with wonder…

    Depth, angles, color, shading, perspective, and insight each go a long way to flavor interpretation, imagination.

    Reply
    • L. L. Barkat says

      November 21, 2014 at 1:53 pm

      It *is* a building. Pretty cool, huh?

      I can see your imagination turning. I wonder now about a mural in the Darlene S. home 🙂

      Reply
      • SimplyDarlene says

        November 21, 2014 at 5:52 pm

        I wonder about one too! We have 12′ high ceilings. A lot of possibility.

        Reply
        • L. L. Barkat says

          November 21, 2014 at 5:57 pm

          Oooo. Yes please.

          (My aunt did one wall in her house as a full mural that seems to look out to the sea. I’ve always loved.)

          Reply
  4. Robyn Carey Allgeyer says

    November 22, 2014 at 10:10 am

    If you are interested in seeing more amazing street art, check out the Street Art photography by Ben Wilson with Eye and Eye Photography out of Denver. http://eyeandeyephoto.com/

    Reply
  5. Diana Trautwein says

    November 22, 2014 at 12:32 pm

    What a filling dinner that must have been for you, L.L. Wonderful collection. Thank you. (And I was caught by Darlene’s choice, too. Spectacular.)

    Reply

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