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In class, we began to explore the relationship between graffiti or tattoos and advertisements.

I think public advertisement is just about as distruptive as people say graffiti is. People can attempt to make it pretty, but it almost always takes away from the atmosphere. It's low and unwanted. If people have money, they can post their hideous advertisements in attempt to make people buy or remember something. What's the difference in graffiti? Graffiti is usually the same kind of thing. You find it in the same places, it can be colourful or drab, pleasing or appalling. In a lot of ways advertisements are similar to graffiti, although they certainly have their major differences.

If people put effort and time into something, I consider it beautiful. Graffiti is just that, it can be anonymous or infamous, someone somewhere thought it was important enough to show everyone what their idea was. We see graffiti in its' pure form, it is usually composed quickly and passionatley. There is something admirable in the form graffiti takes. We may see a certain piece every day or just once and never again.

Graffiti could say something, or it could just be someone having fun. It brings a human essence to our daily lives. Maybe someone thought their art would look great on that wall, maybe someone just wanted to sign their name to defy autority. There could be many reasons all with one outcome, the "defacing" of an "otherwise pristine" building or structure.

Graffiti is what people think, unmasked from the enigma of the crowd. Graffiti is a strong feeling or a daredevil. It's imparative that graffiti be kept in check, or else destruction would occur... but I can't help but admire graffiti when I see it around the city.