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  • you can't quarantine love.

  • That's one California artist.

  • Colorful message amid the ongoing Corona virus pandemic.

  • Ruben Rojos lives in Santa Monica and has been painting murals for years.

  • Beige ugly, boring, blinding walls are Norman shit.

  • Like nearly 40 million other Californians, he's seen the businesses in his neighborhood temporarily close up shop.

  • As Ruben passed one local bar, he was struck by how it looked and he's like, Yeah, go for it.

  • So just scratching paint, put up a little message you can't quarantine.

  • Love is the third mural Reuben has put up in the past 2.5 weeks.

  • He also painted a mural that reads Love Is Standing six Feet Apart.

  • In a nod to social distancing guidelines, another of his murals on a rooftop simply reads, Lived through love instead of eating it.

  • You know, it kind of zoned out.

  • People start talking.

  • They start baking.

  • He plans to keep painting murals during the pandemic and has asked local businesses who wants a color on their walls to reach out.

  • He's also helping connect businesses with other street artists through his nonprofit Beautify Earth.

  • There's opportunity to use Vicki Mary positivity in all these times.

  • So being like I came up with friends can't quarantine love because it's the end of the day.

  • Yes, reporting ourselves.

  • We're doing that out of love for other human beings.

  • But, Mom, it's so much greater, more powerful that we need to continue to spread it, share it, even with everything that's going on.

you can't quarantine love.

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