Are you an artist? What’s your medium? Music? Pencil and Paper? A bottle of spray paint and the South wall of your local bank? How many times have you been condemned for expressing you art? All of these questions are risen in my mind by two words, “Art Crime.”

A photograph can be argued over because it depicts a man laying naked with another man or it shows a woman dressed in torn, wet, fishnet tights and a ripped corset with make up leaking down her cheeks, holding a bottle of Whiskey, walking down the dark streets of San Fransisco. People get offended by images that show truths that most of us are unwilling to accept. That’s called provoking emotion. That is the sole purpose of art, to provoke emotion. So why is it that some art forms are illegal?

It’s true that some graffiti isn’t very pleasant to look at like gang tags and stupid anarchy signs that morons use to “mark their territory.” But, I literally don’t see anything wrong with the graffiti art that posted around the world. I mean the graffiti that actually has meaning and shape and colors and creativity. I don’t get what the big deal is. Graffiti is just painting but instead of using a canvas you use a building or a billboard or something like that. It’s just another way for artists to express their, well…..artistry.

Why is it such a crime? I mean I understand that it disrupts the design of those brick buildings that are so pretty in the first place. In some cases graffiti even makes a building look better. Of course there is the occasional “Tina was here” and “For good time call 1-800-need-a-life,” but  most of graffiti portrays beautiful colors and funky looking words and faces. Are all those against tagging so afraid that the art will take away the attention of your precious brick?

Okay, it is totally understandable to be opposed to tagging when it is sprayed onto a church or a museum or something, but otherwise I just don’t see the problem. Honestly in my opinion I think that people should stop making such a big deal. It is art and art is NOT a crime.