The unique graffiti of Dunsmuir California

“DOSE” Tag Bomb

Reds Swim Hole Dunsmuir California

Back a couple years ago “DOSE” or “Take a Microdose” painted a mural for a best friend who passed away. Later on, a “Cat that tags” covered it with his ugly tags without any regard or respect. Dose then followed suit by bombing over the mess with this composition of tags. There hasn’t been a tag from him since.

It’s little stories like this that show the timeline of a conflict. A physical representation of time passing. Graffiti is a tradition dating back half a century to the 70’s in Philadelphia. This is marked as the beginning of modern graffiti. A person who passes by writes a tag showing that they were there in that moment, at that time. Eventually, gangs started using it as a way to mark their territory. Like a cat spraying his mark on something graffiti is pretty much the human version. But most graffiti is not done just for the sake of ruining an environment. Most writers do it for the sake of harmless tradition. And others do it for the artistic expression; throwing up murals without permission.

“Know Love” Tag

Reds Swim Hole Dunsmuir C.A.

Some graffiti on a rock

Reds Swim Hole

The tunnel of Reds

Taken by the one and only…

DOSE

☢︎

DOSE ☢︎

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No matter your opinion on the matter graffiti will always be present. And being in a train town, with many people traveling through. we are particularly susceptible to graffiti.

Just painting over it won’t fix the problem. And I think it looks uglier painted over than if it were just left alone. So many blank walls make the environment feel very dead.

If you want a real, and prominent solution to graffiti I think the best option would be to commission murals for public property and in some areas like Reds Swim Hole just to not interfere.

In many cities across California, this method has proven to work wonders!

In Eureka CA they sell public property like utility boxes for people to paint a mural on and it not only makes money for the city, but also makes the town so beautiful and alive.

A solution like this would be a perfect fit for our community and i’m sure many local artists would love to have their art be shown off.