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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

April 29- May 5:


                Everyone loves beautiful and peaceful places. Canyons or mountains or cliffs or rivers. What do you think draws people to graffiti these places?  Picture this, a beautiful river to your left a field of amethyst glowing with purple so bright and the slight breeze blowing the sweet smell of wet moss.  Peace so overwhelming that it could bring tears to your eyes.  As you walk you find a rock face of a canyon, it is completely covered with chipping paint of pictures and words unmentionable in this blog post.  Why in the world would someone destroy the beauty you have found in this remote area?  BINGO, it was just that simple. Beautiful places are prime targets for graffiti because they are remote.  People who graffiti have no respect for anyone or anything, whether it be on the train cars or the side of a building, a street sign or a canyon wall it happens.  We see graffiti all the time in the city and a lot of the time the perpetrator is caught and charged with the crime.  In places where there are no witnesses such as the rock face in that place I early described crime such as graffiti is easier to get away with… That is why people are drawn to them.