Some highlights of the day...At one point there were about 30 people down the alley.
I overheard two convo's between opposing crew members with beefs but both times they talked about them then carried on with the day without any agro.
The surrounding tenants were super patient with the space invaders hanging around their doorways and one Copper wandered down once early on in the piece without a word.
But the most encouraging news is that all the building owners turned up at some stage during the day and were overwhelmingly supportive - so much so that there's a high chance we'll be able to do this all again, but on both sides.
Personally - I'm really proud of everyone who turned up. Not many people passing through would have been aware of the swapfests and colabs that were going down all day with older writers helping out younger ones etc.
At one stage I was hit with spin out deja vu, then I suddenly realised I was looking at what I saw in that dream I told you about months ago...
"Last night I had a dream where I climbed through one of those little windows down the alley - I wasn't the only one, Trust Me was climbing through it too. It was kind of like a doorway or portal we had to go through to get into the alley and when we got through it was sunny and there were funky tattooed, pierced women sitting around on picnic blankets eating and laughing with each other and kids running around and writers getting up everywhere, helping each other, sharing gear.
The feeling of community was overwhelming and sitting grinning in a corner, marvelling proudly at the unity around me, all I could think was "...who would've thought?!..."
One of the writers who got up in the weekend was adamant he wasn't going to. He said it was a waste of time cos it would only get munted with tags as usual.
Of course he got itchy fingers as soon as the cans came out though and couldn't help himself.
By the end he was all We need to do this again like soon man!
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2 put down their cans for a minute to comment...:
Tagging usually means different thing to each writer, one convo I remember with a top female writer who only does pieces did not talk of tagging, but of her letters, when you are younger you get your letters, and they give you strength and you write them again and again so they are perfect, and they grow into a throwie and then a piece, all the time you are trying to perfect them.
Not quite her words but I think the essence. But I found her outlook very powerful.
That's great news about the opportunities to do this again.
It's fantastic that there has been such a positive vibe about the whole thing.
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