RackPaintYo! Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 fuck willie brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiseguy Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 Originally posted by phels painting legal walls is not graffiti, look at the definition of graffiti in a dictionary its that simple. dont kid yourselves, paint a easy illegal, its piss to get away with an your putting paint where it aint. from dictionary.com graf·fi·to __ (_P_)__Pronunciation Key__(gr-ft) n. pl. graf·fi·ti (-t) A drawing or inscription made on a wall or other surface, usually so as to be seen by the public. Often used in the plural. Here is the dictionary definition, where does it say that it has to be illegal for it to be considered graffiti? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cam Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 i don't think graff is about destroying, but i do tend to agree with the "if it's legal it's aerosol art - not graffiti" sentiment. I was having a good talk about these things with one of my lecturers at uni the other day and he said "if it's not illegal, it's not graffiti". I reckon that's pretty ill for someone who has never been a writer to say. And he wasn't hating either, he loves it. Told me all these stories about how back in the day he and people he was associated with used to do crazy shit with art around the place. No pieces with letters, but used to bomb streets with crazy shit, but never with the sole mission to destroy property. As you can imagine I was highly impressed. anyway, good on you for getting a legal wall. I don't hate on the shit, cos i still respect legal writers if they've got skill. I know a lot of legal writers are older illegal writers who have been snapped and for them writing illegally isn't worth the trouble they've been through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PHYNE Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 Originally posted by -FuckShitUp- get real fame, pussies already got some..............:rolleyes: dont hate.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiss cheese Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 oh boy... People must understand that thereare numerous motivations for graffiti. It is NOt just about destrying property. Even at my "prime" some years ago I was vandalizing many walls, but to me I wasn't destroying I was gracing the streets with my beautiful handstyle (so I thought). My only crimes were graffiti and to me they weren't wrong. Let him paint whatever and however he wants, and even if it's "legal" the roots are still in graffiti. The graffiti language wil still be there. This is a culture, a langauge that has definable attributes. It may not be pure graffiti, but it will catch the attention of those who pass by and the normal non-graffiti writing citizen will see "graffiti". They won't know right off if it's permission or not, and they may not care. The visual assualt of colors and forms will seize their attention. As a youngster, the elaborate legal murals had just as strong of an efect on me as the illegal work. Sometimes more efect, because the artists had the oppurtunity to "go off" and use all their skills. Graffiti goes beyond legal or illegal issues. Do you follow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
type R Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 Originally posted by onesecondple the location behind the police station could be monitored with the police department's remote camera system. something would bother me about that... painting my "word" while being monitored by police cameras? no thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiseguy Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 cam, are you from Brisbane, Australia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cultural me Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 dude, behind a pig pen? ixnay on the graffitiyay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberiu Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Re: uh... Originally posted by arktic if its not illegal it is not graffiti. You are an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSE_Tcepsa Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 fuck that go bomb. rock wildstyles on the freeway's, rock 5 color shots in the heavens. fuck a legal wall. dont take money for graff, dont pimp the culture, we are writers. fuck this mainstream acceptance, graffiti is their label for us, i'm a muthafuckin writer. I will crush illegal shots all day long and rock a doper burner than your "legal" shit all illegally. one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiseguy Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 ^to each his own, homie.:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_dowmagik Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 painting wood behind a cop shop sounds gay to me. props to the kids for doing it tho. ive thought about trying to get a legal wall in my town, but am not really looking for that kind of attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Dazzle Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 My city bricked up and bulldozed our legal walls.....big mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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