New Graffiti

Based on personal observation it seems that stencil-based graffiti is becoming popular in a number of places, including in Halifax. Over the course of the past few years I have seen a number of incarnations of such endeavours, some of which seem to be more message-based than others.

An iteration of this trend that seems to be cropping up on the Dalhousie campus is a House (of the TV show) stencil that depicts House's head.




The thing about this image that I can't quite figure out is why it is relevant (particularly to the side of the computer science building), or, to put it differently, worth the effort and possible criminal charges? Furthermore, were the stenciled image and the text created by the same person at the same time? Whether the text and image are of the same origin or not, what is the meaning of the phrase "I'm coming"? Is my sophomoric interpretation that far off-base?

I am also curious to see how long Dalhousie will allow these images to remain. Presumably those on buildings (and not sidewalks) will be removed somewhat promptly?