THE LAW IS THE LAW IS THE LAW

So many can't decide whether graffiti is art or a colourful mess that mars the senses of daily folks.  but in essences, graffiti artists are allowed to colour the urban jungle, should they wish to.  Only difference now is that that they need written permission to do so.  I have a niggly feeling that this does not sit well with graffiti artists.  Because isn't the unconventional and daring methods of painting in the dead of night, spraying dark corners of a subway and peppering unmarked walls with slogans,  a sign of one's radicalism...of being some sort of revolutionary? 

Sure, if done legally the artists will have more time to perfect their work but will it not lose some of its purity?  Will the message not lose its essence?  Will graffiti still have punch and spike or will it conform to the ideas of the ruling class, instead of speaking for those who are maimed by mainstream society ?

Just a thought...

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