Graffiti, Graffiti, Graffiti.

I, personally, feel like you have an option when you do graffiti; you can make it meaningful art, or you can make it senseless vandalism. I don't want to take a side because there are wide ranges of graffiti, from scribbling "Janice is a ho" on a bathroom stall to the amazing murals that artists make in Montreal. I love graffiti artists, and see them as just that. Artists. They take something plain and bland, and have the potential 

How can you say this isn't art?

to make it into something beautiful, vibrant and new. A great example of this is Montreal, where they actually have areas set aside for people to legally graffiti. They allow people who are serious about graffiti as an art form rather then an illiterates attempting to get\a message across to display their art in a legal way. For instance, has anyone seen the apartment building when you're driving towards Fairview Mall on the 7/8 Highway that is tagged to say "SEWD" with a pot leaf under it?

THAT kind of graffiti makes me angry. First of all, it's an ACRONYM. How do you spell that wrong? Second of all, if you're going to do something illegal, at least make it worthwhile and spread an actual message, rather then "I smoke too much weed to be able to function and spell like a normal human being." Another thing that made me laugh was MTV Live's host Daryn Jones catch phrase being tagged on school buildings. It's "Bieber my balls", and on the program, they usually display an image of the phrase spray painted on random stuff. You'd think with Justin Bieber being so huge and socially relevent right now, people would know how to spell his name, or would at least find out before they tagged a school building with it, but no. Jones has showed images where the kid didn't spell Bieber right. I just think that if people are going to take the time to try and get their message across, they should at least spell check it first. LAST EXAMPLE OF STUPID GRAFFITI:

REALLY?

You're not going to get into college with spelling like that.

But yeah. I feel that graffiti can be an art form, it just depends on who's doing it and what their doing. I feel like this spot looks to empty when I actually try to post it, so I'm just going to fill it up..
Remember when I said I was going to try and convince my dad to buy a new house? He got a job offer in Quebec, so I might get to see some of the murals up close soon. :D