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I'll be leaving NYC for a bit (though I doubt anyone will notice), so I will leave you with a master piece that I had found in Hunter College during the fall of 2014. Enjoy the majesty of it all.

I can't help but imagine someone braiding whenever I see this photo.

-A

As usual if you find something as awesome as the picture above, tag it online with #wallprophecies and I'll repost and blog about it.

I Need Your Help

Hello everyone!

Just thought I'd let you all know yet again that I could really use your pictures.

All you have to do is tag your wall writing photos on Instagram or Twitter with #wallprophecies. If you don't want to tag, you can just send them along or post them in the comments and I'll repost them. The more pictures I have, the more I can share the strangeness of what people write on walls, in bathroom stalls, and on public transportation. Send it all along and I'll do my best to post it up. With enough submissions, I'll think up themes.

They don't even have to be in English. If they're in Spanish or Italian, I'll be able to translate them myself. If it's any other language, just translate and I'll post it up along with the translation.

Also don't limit it to just wall writing, if someone wrote something on a desk at your school, left a funny or meaningful message on a chalk board, or on a sidewalk...I'd love to see it. So please, share away!

Here's an example of something fun I found about a year and a half ago in Manhattan. Major props to you if you know what song this is from :D

"But you say I'm just a friend" and so I sang that song all day long. #wallprophecies #discovery #throwback

A photo posted by @anga_mercado on Mar 7, 2013 at 6:46am PST

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Trolling the Interwebs

I like trolling around social media sites like Pinterest, Twitter, and Instagram for wall writings and also to verify that I am not the only person who has a fixation with the things people write on bathroom stalls and random walls. If anything, my fixation can be seen as respect for their creativity, and respect for the fact that someone took the time out to write something on a wall while they were doing their business on the toilet.

I also find it fascinating that people have taken the time out to post not just anything, but something meaningful. And due to my fascination with meaningful words, I was just looking at some pictures on Twitter and came across these awesome posts. These had to be my favorite wall writings this week:

#2014Forward "#WallWriting" seen awhile ago in the most unlikeliest place.....! #Change_ProgressMUSTCome2Be! #GB pic.twitter.com/wIzc4vTVxk

— GlobalRenaissance (@Global_Renewal) January 3, 2014

Photo: Gay Bar Bathroom Writing Inspiration. #gaybar #bathroomwriting #inspiration #huntsville #partners... http://t.co/NgzWLgPe2N

— Stephanie Schrenk (@H3dgeClipper) September 29, 2014

Ignore the unlovely #bathroomwriting pic.twitter.com/lTUxgWQSaM

— Bridget Burnett (@lawlbrodge) October 20, 2013

 If only freelance wall writing was a thing. I'd be the first to sign up.

If you'd like a me to repost or write about a quote you wrote or posted online, just tag #wallprophecies, or tag me in the picture @AngelyMercado (twitter) or @anga_mercado (instagram) and I'll give it a look.

Bathroom Stall Blues

There comes a time in our lives when we see fit to spill our guts onto a bathroom wall. Maybe family and friends happen to be busy that day. Perhaps you feel as if they won't understand or you are merely afraid of having to hear the "I told you so" of your situation. Or maybe, it was past 12:00 am, you had drinks and you had a marker in your bag. But them all together and you have a heartfelt confession:
"October's not a good month for me. My 'plus one' has been gone now 2 years and her birthday is soon. Miss ya Tammy like a fat kid loves cake. (no offense to fat kids but that's what she used to say). We always had fun things to say."

My favorite #wallprophecies tag of this week :) Apparently the bathroom in Barcade is the appropriate place for spilling your guts on a wall. #bathroomstall #wallwriting More on the blog (link in bio) If you see any weird wall writing...send it my way

A photo posted by @anga_mercado on May 3, 2015 at 6:38pm PDT

We know the feels, bro. Many of us have been there. Just perhaps not in the bathroom stall of Barcade in Brooklyn with a sharpie marker. I really need to go there one day and see if the ex girlfriend might have seen it and responded on the wall as well. 
 As always, if you write or site any weird bathroom writing, send them my way via hash-tagging #wallprophecies. If it's weird and awesome, it'll end up here.
Happy hunting!

#wallprophecies: how it works

Hello there word lovers!

I have always been captivated by writings on walls. Especially in hallways and bathroom stalls. Nothing says "I should write poetry on a wall" like a random person sitting on a toilet in a stall.

I can't help but try to wrap my mind around some of the hilarious or even thoughtful things that are often written on walls, or even scratched on different surfaces.

If you find anything cool, post it as a comment below or follow the instructions below on my embedded post. Can't wait to see your strange finds.

-A

People write profound, or dumb, or moving things on walls. I don't know why we're compelled to do so, but the results are fascinating. If you find anything cool on a wall (or any other object) please tag in with #wallprophecies I'll repost my favorites by the end of each week. It can literally be anything interesting. The weirder, the better. #thots #wallwriting #nyc #subway

A photo posted by @anga_mercado on Apr 26, 2015 at 6:12pm PDT