"Art not ads" is a concept I've seen repeated on other blogs again and again. Many people seem to be raising the question as blogging grows and advertisers look for new ways to get their messages across. I have thought about the meaning of this in the context of my recent blogging. I mean, do advertisements serve a function? Without advertisers how would someone who wanted to write professionally get paid? And at what point does something stop being a device to get us to spend money and solely becomes a surface to engage us creatively? How important is that? It looks like others in Los Angeles have been exploring these questions as well. For 7 weeks art will be appearing on 21 billboards in Los Angeles rather than the usual ad's. It will be interesting to see how Angelino's quality of life improves. Or will it?
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