Allen said this could be seen in the placards held up by strikers on Wednesday's marches.
It was in the placards, the slogans, the banners and the antics; it was passed along through the Internet, text messaging and even local newspapers.
You could call it folk art: the multiple small acts of creativity embodied in the placards and banners homemade by the protestors of Occupy Wall Street at Zuccotti Park, each vying for attention through the purposefulness of its message, or its wit.
In Poetry in Motion's first incarnation, in 1992, the placards featured Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and Lucille Clifton; they gradually grew in number and eclecticism.
Though they proved much less strident and better humoured in conversation than the placard would have you believe.
Down in Bavaria, the placards regularly held up in the Südkurve can be a bit hit and miss, like the former terrace legend Adolfo Valencia.
In the Mauritius Institute, in the capital, Port Louis, the placard for the dodo skeleton on display is unexpectedly upbeat.
In fact the placards had nothing whatsoever to do with the Daily Mail.
In addition, the placards were easy to duplicate, creating numerous fakes on the street.
