What Mike Meyer from Sign Painters said, about how there is this re-awakening in interest of sign painting, is what inspired me to write this post just to get my thoughts out.
I think it is wonderful that despite having all of this new technology and almost becoming a lost art, sign painting is starting to come back and believe this come back is a reflection on the trend that is going through society. I've noticed that over the past few years, the style for a variety of things reflects the style before technology took over our lives (something like the 60's or 70's).
In fashion, "vintage" clothing is very popular nowadays where the clothing is of similar style to an era that has already passed. Vintage is also popular in online photo-sharing such as instagram. People take pictures with their modern phones, but then add what ever filter to them to make them look "vintage". Food has also taken on this trend I feel, but instead of "vintage" it's called "rustic". Many times while watching some sort of food related show, I hear them say how good the dish is and how wonderfully "rustic" it is. There is also this re-awakening for home made goods. Even though we have all this technology and can buy pretty much anything at stores, with sites such as Pinterest, there is an emphasis on homemade goods, from food, to clothing, to home accessories and everything else in between. There is just this interest and "coolness" to be able to make something with your own two hands.
Perhaps we have gotten to the point where we are just so saturated by technology, that we as society subconsciously have this desire to go back to a more simple time. Instead of only admiring what technology can do, we are starting to look back again to what humans can do by themselves, such as the wonderful art of sign painting. Who knows what the next trend will be. They tend to repeat over the course of time, but hopefully some of the good things are here to stay.
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