Travis in Edmonton says this painting (which “resembled a tenth-grader’s crack at designing fantasy novel jacket”) appeared one day in the alley behind the pub where he works. Feeling puckish, Travis says, “Every evening I would turn it toward the south-facing balconies…and every morning it would be face-down in the street again, until eventually it disappeared for good.”
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#1
Ham
I read that as “makes me fill with rags” at first…
Nov 4, 2009 at 7:59 pm rating: 90
#2
Jodie B Dodie
I read it twice and it still said “makes me fill with rags” lol. I saw that line at the bottom the third time I looked.
Nov 4, 2009 at 8:01 pm rating: 90
#3
Muhammad
LOL at the last line…makes me fill with rage!!!
Nov 4, 2009 at 8:07 pm rating: 90
#4
famous_lizzy
Who is this addressed to? I think I see at least one ‘w’ and possibly an ‘h’ but I’m not sure.
I can’t decide if this means the note writer is older and lives with their mother, which would be kind of sad and sort of creepy, or if this was written by a teenager or kid, which would actually explain a lot, including the random doodle they wrote around.
Nov 4, 2009 at 8:09 pm rating: 90
#5
thrall38
I think someone wants the rage. Or rags. Bring them on…
Nov 4, 2009 at 8:21 pm rating: 90
#6
Beanster
and looking @ it makes me fill with “rage” the dumpsters outside of your bar. this would not have been a problem but your manager said i couldn’t dump my rejected scripts there anymore since it was taking up too much space.
Nov 4, 2009 at 8:23 pm rating: 90
#7
Canthz_B
I would have made this easier to read but punctuation marks fill me with rage
Nov 4, 2009 at 8:36 pm rating: 90
#8
Canthz_B
Insulted your mom? All I did was compliment her on her wig.
I remember how nicely I said, “That’s a nice wig, Madam. How often do you have to feed it?”
Nov 4, 2009 at 8:42 pm rating: 90
#9
Palomon
You know I’d go from rage to riches
If you’d only say you care…
Apologies to Tony Bennet
Nov 4, 2009 at 8:44 pm rating: 90
#10
texas
Dear Makes Me Fill With Rage,
You mom was not insulted, she was inserted. By the way, your mom was fucking delicious. Enjoy the painting.
All my love,
The Artist
Nov 4, 2009 at 8:46 pm rating: 90
#11
Palomon
My hanwriting is almost illegibel when im chalked with rags
Nov 4, 2009 at 8:49 pm rating: 90
#12
Critical Grass
Dear Makes Me Fill With Rage,
If your mother is an artist I completely understand why she would be insulted by the very existence of that… that painting.
Nov 4, 2009 at 9:14 pm rating: 90
#13
park rose
Filled with rags? This guy must have written it:
Nov 4, 2009 at 9:50 pm rating: 90
#14
park rose
The soundtrack to the film version will be provided by Rags against the Sewing Machine.
Nov 4, 2009 at 10:04 pm rating: 90
#15
park rose
I hope someone has posted inbetween me and me, but anyway, I was sure that the underline (and the placement of the flags/rags/drawings?) meant that it read, Do not let it face south. I thought the Balconies behind you was a totally separate statement. It made me think that all that ragman needs to do is draw a circle, map out the pentagram, step into the middle of it, spit out a curse and the insult to the mother’s honour will be avenged threefold, or more.
Balconies Behind You sounds a bit like a Stealer’s Wheels lyric – Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, Here, I am
Nov 4, 2009 at 10:14 pm rating: 90
#16
Canthz_B
I’m sure there was no intent to insult his/her Mom.
The artist clearly was saying he saw stars in her eyes…the windows to her soul.
It’s just that you shouldn’t ask an abstract artist to do your Mom’s portrait.
Nov 4, 2009 at 10:39 pm rating: 90
#17
Canthz_B
Someone insults his Mom so instead of confronting them he rags on their art?
He’s full of raging bull!
Nov 4, 2009 at 10:59 pm rating: 90
#18
kdstentzel
shhh, don’t make him angry! you won’t like him when he’s angry…
Nov 4, 2009 at 11:42 pm rating: 90
#19
aaa
He can’t be that filled with rage, or else he would’ve taken a steak knife to the canvas or something.
Nov 5, 2009 at 12:35 am rating: 90
#20
Adam
I really like the colors on the painting. I would totally put that up in my place.
Nov 5, 2009 at 12:48 am rating: 90
#21
mamason
*looks at calendar*
Drats! I’ll be on the rage soon and it makes me fill with rags!
Nov 5, 2009 at 12:58 am rating: 90
#22
bowloftoast
If I tried to Feng Shui an alley, and some asshole repeatedly screwed up my Qi, I’d be pissed too.
Nov 5, 2009 at 2:04 am rating: 90
#23
park rose
Hey, this painting comes with CliffsNotes!
Nov 5, 2009 at 5:22 am rating: 90
#24
Critical Grass
Artist?! Are you ragging me?
Nov 5, 2009 at 5:44 am rating: 90
#25
pony girl
I wonder who took more drugs?
The note writer or the artist?
Nov 5, 2009 at 6:37 am rating: 90
#26
Woman on the Verge
You’re so filled with rage that you gently place the painting in the alley with a request that it not face south. Right. Who is with me in thinking that the kid who wrote the note is also the artist?
Nov 5, 2009 at 6:58 am rating: 90
#27
farcical aquatic ceremony
anybody else think Travis is lucky HE didn’t end up face down in the alley–with the note affixed to his back with the sharpened plastic housing of a green marker..? I’m fairly certain the south balconies behind Travis’es pub belong to some outpatient facility where people FILLED WITH RAGE are reintegrated into the community. yikes.
Nov 5, 2009 at 8:04 am rating: 90
#28
GhostWriter
Funny thing; the last time I saw that painting, it had Vigo the Capathian trapped inside it. He must have been successful with his plan to (a) fill some hapless tool with rage, (b) have her steal a baby for him, and (c) transfer his consciousness into the child.
Seriously, where are the Ghostbusters when you need them?
Nov 5, 2009 at 8:56 am rating: 90
#29
oi
Finally! Answer to an age old “who vs whom” conundrum! Just put some illegible word starting from W and everybody is happy.
Nov 5, 2009 at 8:58 am rating: 90
#30
Bob
I was figuring it would be some kind of bikini-and-chainmail-clad maiden…but a couple of dragons and swoops of paint causes rage? Really? Is his mother a dragon? Or an art critic?
Nov 5, 2009 at 8:59 am rating: 90
#31
Gallant
I’m still trying to figure out how the painting “resembled a tenth-grader’s crack.”
Nov 5, 2009 at 12:22 pm rating: 90
#32
oi
This thread is dryer than the fall leaves.
Nov 5, 2009 at 2:21 pm rating: 90
#33
tbunnyacox
i don’t get this note, wtf?!? if it makes him fill with rage, why doesn’t he just wad it up and throw it away?
Nov 13, 2009 at 3:56 pm rating: 90
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