It takes a little while to get to grips with this piece by Pref ID, but it is a really clever piece of writing. A quick look at his website indicates how he likes to disguise slogans by conflating all the words into one, creating something of a letter puzzle.

In this piece just off North Street Pref ID has written the words ‘Mind Bending’ – the blue letters say MIND and the white ones BENDING. It is a sophisticated work and has been really skilfully executed. Quite a different kind of piece.

My attempt to chat with the artist was not overly successful. I approached him and asked him who he was (a not unreasonable question at a street art festival), to which he replied “who the f*ck are you!” – so I told him who I was. He didn’t speak again. Maybe he was just having a bad hair day, or maybe he just took an instant dislike to me, who knows? It is a first though. I have met cagey artists and exuberant ones, modest ones, happy and sad ones, but this is the first time I have encountered such grumpiness. None of this however detracts from just how good this piece is.

I shall be more careful in future if I see Pref ID in town.
What clever work, but so funny his response! I’ve had that happen one time before as well.
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Interesting work. Looks kind of like the snowflakes we cut out as kids. Like the idea. Too bad about the grumpiness–maybe he is just antisocial/introverted/having a really bad festival/discovered all the money had been drained form his bank account/etc.
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Who knows. Brilliant work though.
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I am always curious as to where an artist gets their inspiration.
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Hadn’t realised there were words in there, see it now. Funny encounter!
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Very clever work in my view.
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