Sidewalk Surprises

I had to do a little research to figure this one out. Please forgive my book report:)

CCCP is the Cyrillic equivalent of USSR.  The symbol was popularized during the communist era and still used today by some Russians.  An Italian punk band named themsleves after CCCP and thus, the symbol also has a punk following. My guess is that this particular stencil is street art in support of the punk movement, but the image reminds me of Yuri Gagarin, the first human in outer space & the first to orbit the Earth. He showed his Russian pride by wearing CCCP on his helmet

Related:

San Francisco truly is the Wild West.

Adios Gringo

Adios Gringo

Eclair Acuda’s stencil’s are my favorite.

And also elusive. Does this one mean reading books will kill you? ;)

Stencil by Eclair Acuda:

“I can fix you.”

“Do I look broken?”

church <—> state

All Over The Place (via a shadow of my future self)

ca arrive (via Sara in Montréal)

snail stencil (via Paula Wirth)

Where culture lives! (via jmumma)

Morality Ends (via B Tal)

“Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.”
Ayn Rand, Russian born American Writer and Novelist

Graffiti found on the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge between Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

another bettie (via surlygrrrl [ELBfoto])

dali (via surlygrrrl [ELBfoto])

Bogart (via Patrick T Power)