Response to graffiti

On the 23rd March Raiissah Qadir posted a blog on graffiti. http://craftyrazor-bad.blogspot.com/ In the post Qadir effectively describes how graffiti originated from for example 'inscriptions and drawings found on ruins and ancient walls' in places such as Rome and today how it is used to voice thought and views. From this point of view it is questioned how graffiti can be bad.

Unlike Qadir I personally do not find graffiti amazing. I do agree that their is some astonishing artwork created through graffiti. An example of this is seen above. However it is not all like this. Below is an example of other forms of graffiti.

The above image presents the bad side to graffiti. It depicts a life of gang crime and how graffiti is used to create divides in people for example by stating their area codes. Also, where people choose to graffiti may also instigate the belief of it being bad behaviour is it can lead to vandalism of a person's property.

Personally I believe for those who have the gift of creating such amazing artwork, art course are put in place and their efforts should be channelled into such a course. My overall view stands that more recently graffiti is bad.