Art is something that makes you think.
It's not about you liking it, especially if it isn't trying to sell you anything. If it makes you think, if it makes you feel something, that is what's beautiful about it. If it musters up disgust or dislike that proves it's worth, and what you can take from that is only up to you. There is a comfort in complacency, but in that we lose our adventurous spirit. We must be unafraid to take a step outside of the norm and to embrace those that are doing just that.
How much did that blank wall ever make you think?
Graffiti is amazing. It puts the power in the paint covered hands of every person in the world. You look on a wall and see ugly writing ruining good paint, I see someone not afraid to express themselves. You see a misled youth, I see someone who is visibly modifying the world. You see someone disrespecting property laws, I see someone challenging the concept of property.
I hear a lot of people say that they like the good stuff, "the stuff that's art". That's not how it works. The art is in the action, and whether you like it is not of their concern. Someone going outside the system to show that they have an impact on this world, unafraid to memorialize the places they've been, the nights they've had, the gas masks and the running. Every mark, from quickly scribbled scratch to elegantly mapped mural is a masterpiece of human potential, a tribute to truth and beauty, and a reminder to all of us that we can change the world.
Make Moves Not Excuses .
Think Different.
Love .
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