Scribbles & Scrawls

Since the time I was old enough to go, I loved an old dirty dive bar. They’re full of character and characters. And if you know where to look, plenty of art and literature. You heard me. Often funny, more often crude, and sometimes actually insightful, are the things people write and draw on the bathroom walls. Temporary by nature, overlooked, and forgotten once they’re covered up or erased. I’ve long wanted to collect and archive these scribbles in a book.

Sourcing is tricky. I try to keep my eyes open when I go out and recruited friends. Until I’ve gathered enough material I’ll post submissions on an instragram account nos_stall_gic.

Submissions

If you come across a scribble in the wild, snap a picture and send to me at barscribbles@gmail.com. I’d be very grateful.

Guidlines:

• Must be a tag (i.e. scribbles drawings, doodles, etc.) NO stickers unless incidently in the frame & not the focal point.

• NO personal information (i.e. phone numbers, email, addresses, etc.) names are okay as long as no other information gives someone away.

• Include the name of the bar, the city, and bathroom (men’s, women’s, all gender, etc.) bonus points: where in the bathroom was it located

• Absolutely NO hate speech! Anti-hate is OK!

• Nothing Nasty. Nobody wants to see human waste

• Don’t show people, respect other’s privacy.

• Please don’t scribble something just to submit it. Honor system.

• Submissions must be clear, legible, high enough res to be reproduced, bright enough to be read, not blurry or obscurred, minimal glare, and as straight on as possible.

• Bad language is fucking acceptable!