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Ole Bird From New York

Ole Bird From New York

Brushing away the layer of paint in one of the rooms revealed writings and drawings from a patient who seemed to have gotten ahold of a pencil or similar item.
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WOW!!!! I can see they painted over it. Another moment frozen in time forever. I wonder how old this is.
Puddleboy
Fri 12-16-2005
That's awesome! I'm so glad you found that! Beautiful composition, Motts!
Bri
Fri 12-16-2005
You paint and scrub to hide my pen

But the outhouse poet has struck again

Ole Bird ;)
Scott
Fri 12-16-2005
Wow...just wow. Such a neat find.
Barbara
Sat 12-17-2005
Fabulous, Motts!
Jude
Sat 12-17-2005
THAT IS TRULY AMAZING TO SEE (JUST A BIT) INTO A PATIENTS MIND.
JAVA
Sat 12-17-2005
I must ask motts, did you brush off any more paint chips to reveal any more things?
Jo
Sun 12-18-2005
Imagine all the other things that you didn't discover... which still lie there untouched and unseen
Judderman
Sun 12-18-2005
Ple-Bird
from New York (???)
Max
Sun 12-18-2005
We grazed a knife over some of the paint to see what was underneath, where we found the rabbit and some other words and designs.
Motts
Mon 12-19-2005
Probably "Apple-bird" from New York, Motts didn't scrape off enough paint

You know, from the Big Apple
Grifspop
Mon 12-19-2005
Take care scraping. Probably lead-based paint!
Max
Tue 12-20-2005
Oh yeah, dangerous stuff, but what a spectacular find.
awyper
Tue 12-20-2005
that's some heavy-duty lead paint...awk!
quest
Sun 12-25-2005
Quite interesting... love the mystery of the unknown.. who wrote it, why and when... spooky!
The Dave
Mon 01-02-2006
where the paint is scraped off looks like a mans outline, the face and shoulders, like youwould be looking at him frome the side. thats what i think
katie
Fri 04-21-2006
truley amazing Motts
tylerl
Fri 06-02-2006
mistery...

something I will newer forget/////
belamort
Sat 10-14-2006
Just wow..... I wonder what's behind all that paint? That's just a little bit =o
Piano_Angel
Sun 04-22-2007
The lead paint, unlike asbestos, ain't gonna hurt you unless you eat it. Just wash up good after handling it. Not good to powersand and get into the air where you'll breathe it either.
Scout
Mon 04-30-2007
Maybe this has already been said but i didn't have time to read all the comments but I deffently would of taken the paint away till i could read the hole thing lol
Dean
Sat 07-28-2007
i remember when i wrote that the horid meories of that place the torture you went threw the friends that where just misunderstood or abused. the inicence taken from us why
simple bird
Thu 11-08-2007
Should have taken another pic with all the paint pulled away!
VeXis
Thu 07-31-2008
Oh my goodness that is wonderful.
Aggie
Thu 12-04-2008
This is incredible...it's like at the Ellis Island Museum. Maybe Motts can get into the old Sanitatium before they fix it up. That is like one of my ultimate dreams....to walk through an abandoned place like Motts does. Just simply incredible.
Stephanie
Mon 10-05-2009
the drawing underneath looks like an arm...
it sort of reminds me of a drawing a saw of a police officer by a formerly imprisoned person...
could it perhaps be a drawing of one of the guards?
it doesn't look much like a bird to me... maybe it was a reference to some slang word, whose meaning has been long forgotten?
addy
Sun 07-25-2010
amazing. where are they (the artist) now?
emzroz
Mon 01-02-2012

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