Sorry,don’tleaveme,forever,neverforgetme,Iloveyou; theseareafewofthemessagestobefoundeveryday whilewalkingthroughmostcities;tattoosontheurbanskin thatdemonstrateemotions,affectionsanddisaffectionson wallsandurbanfurniture:Theshortestpoem:you…;openheartednarratives,waitingtobeheard.
Manyofthesedesperatelyemotional,clearmessages invokecomplexmechanisms,theresolutionofdramasin theeverydayenvironment,loneliness,haste:Comeback! Othersharbouracertaininnocence,representinga snapshotofthejoyofliving.Butthesemessagesnotonly dealinpersonalstories,butalsoexpressaffections, resistancetothecurrentcrisis,andtothesystemthat causesit.
Thecityisinapermanentstateofbeingrewritten,and throughstoriesthatoverlaponeanotherinarchitectureand hiddenspaces,wediscoverstoriesthatweavetogether anonymouscharacters,andwemayrecogniseinthis emotionalwritingnotonlyrelationships,andconflicts betweensocialactors,butalsotherolethatthisemotional writingplaysindefiningproximateurbanspaces,andtheir liveability.
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