{"id":33847,"date":"2016-11-22T13:35:54","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T13:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=33847"},"modified":"2016-11-22T13:35:54","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T13:35:54","slug":"poet-is-the-chalk-of-the-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2016\/11\/22\/poet-is-the-chalk-of-the-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Quirky Poet is the chalk of the town"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet the poet who travels the world and writes his poetry on pavements with chalk<\/strong><\/p>\n

You might have spotted The Pavement Poet’s artwork on the streets of Cardiff – it’s hard not to.<\/p>\n

Colorful chalk poetry is popping up on pavements around Cardiff\u00a0high street by traveling artist and poet Danny Rowland,\u00a031.<\/p>\n

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He captures the impermanence of thought by displaying his art in busy places using chalk. “It doesn’t bother me that it gets washed away by the rain,” he said, “that’s exactly my point.”<\/p>\n

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The use of chalk means the art it doesn’t last\u00a0and doesn’t legally count as graffiti or criminal damage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a belief in the UK that we can only do things if there\u2019s a law allowing us to do it”, Danny said, \u201cand all our rights have to be granted to us. It\u2019s not strictly prohibited, so I\u2019m doing it because I can.\u201d<\/p>\n