Photo Essaysist: Failure is Underrated

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The following has been provided by essayist Phive (Gregory Cooper).

Failure is Underrated -

Upon moving to Austin (from So Cal) two and a half years ago one of the first things I noticed was the amount street art that canvased our dead walls. The street art I encountered in Austin on a daily basis were products of hard work and did not mimic the gang graff scribble I was used to seeing in San Diego. I do a lot of driving during the day and one street artist that caught my attention over and over again was FAILURE. The artwork of FAILURE constantly reminds me that our society is scarred and far from perfect.

- Phive (Gregory Cooper)