There’s just not enough paper in the world. Dry erase boards are becoming obsolete and chalkboards…wait, what are chalkboards again? All I can say is: good thing we have bathroom stalls.
For all you artists faced with dwindling mediums to express your creativity, I feel for you. I understand that when the creative spirit moves you it is absolutely necessary to partake in one of the oldest and most enduring art forms: bathroom graffiti.
And who doesn’t love a good restroom etch-a-sketch sesh? There’s nothing more exhilarating than sneaking out of an educational class, armed and ready to carve those fine lines and details into the toilet stall.
Once you…uh…”position” yourself in the workspace, it seems to transform into your own personal cubicle where you can mark to your heart’s content. Who doesn’t gaze at that gleaming white bowl and immediately think of professing love to a new crush over the toilet paper dispenser. What better place for young romance to fester!
What really makes me rave about the schizophrenic menagerie adorning the walls is the level of sharing it promotes. It’s so heartwarming to see all the nice things people are saying—about their friends and other students.
But as for the more genteel graffiti, I couldn’t imagine a bathroom break without it. Let me tell you, after staring at those clean, bare walls the first few weeks of school, all I was thinking was BOR-ING!
When the administration spent good time and money painting the stalls this year to try and make our restrooms somewhat tolerable, they must have not finished. After all, they forgot the decorations.
So now, thanks to some mysterious privy painters, we have a Pikachu here, the deathly hallows there, and who wouldn’t want to have a sketched set of eyes staring at them during their business break. Creepy? No, not in the slightest! Sure, some may cry vandalism, but I cry Van Gogh.
To all you nonbelievers who poo-poo the restroom art scene, show these creative individuals the respect they deserve—the same politeness they have exhibited towards fellow students and faculty members in their scrawling, as well as the decency they have displayed all over our bathroom stalls.