Philosophical Graffiti

I grew up in downtown Los Angeles, graffitied walls everywhere.
Mostly gangs tagging their territory. Naturally there would be
boundary disagreements and this was expressed in the graffiti.

I wanted to get away from these hated walls.

How could I get beyond them?

The only thing I felt I could do was hide within myself.

However, here I found walls with more graffiti.

Different aspects of myself vying for attention.

Who am I? What am I doing here? I wanted to know.

So I studied philosophy because it deals with such questions.

Now these words have appeared on the wall of this painting;

Different philosophical schools sharing their wisdom and points of view.

I have contemplated these words for a long long time and they have
brought me to a place of silence within myself.

And in this silence I find there are no walls.

(return)