{"id":147,"date":"2009-07-16T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-16T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2009\/07\/push-button-receive-bacon.html"},"modified":"2009-07-16T14:20:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-16T14:20:00","slug":"push-button-receive-bacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2009\/07\/push-button-receive-bacon.html","title":{"rendered":"Push Button, Receive Bacon"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am a designer <\/span>and occasional artist, but only rarely have I ever resorted to real graffiti. I can’t remember any specific instances, but I’m fairly sure I have left my mark on the occasional bathroom wall. Probably to make a witty retort to some supposed insult, or to correct the grammar of a dirty limerick.<\/p>\n

But if I were an honest-to-goodness graffiti artist, I think my life’s work would revolve around taking a Sharpie into every restroom possible to create this:<\/p>\n

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A close-up:<\/p>\n

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The photos above come from a post on Grant Hinkson’s blog<\/a> more than 18 months ago, which is ancient in Internet terms. And the joke has apparently been around much longer. But ever since I encountered it a month or two ago — along with the inevitable t-shirts<\/a> and other detritus<\/a> connected to it — I can’t stop thinking about how perfect and funny this is.<\/p>\n

It makes me smile. Every time.<\/p>\n

Art really does make life more meaningful, even if it’s guerilla art.<\/p>\n

Bacon makes life more meaningful, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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