Graffiti is art

Great points of view. But you are thinking to literally, you also need to think metaphorically to resolve this argument. Rebuttals: "Vandalism is willful or ignorant destruction of artistic or literary treasures. (http://dictionary.reference.com......) So. you are destroying art, not creating art." Think of graffiti like photoshop. Sometimes, you find a picture, or art and you change it completely. You edit things, change the lighting and more. Sometime you change a picture completely, as if to change it to your perspective. Graffiti can be like this. Imagine a piece of art. You may see it as something beautiful and majestic, however a person may possibly see it as potential. They change it with things like scribbles, and words. It is not exactly destroying the painting, but actually changing it. Though some may just to graffiti randomly on this painting, it can still be considered art. Now here are more arguments explaining how graffiti is art. Firstly, anything can be art. It all depends on how someone perceives it. For example, you may see graffiti and vandalism, but someone else may see art that is forbidden, and hated. So if someone draws a scribble, it may represent something, or have hidden messages. [1]. Many people perceive art through what is hidden, through what is behind the painting. What the painting is really trying to express. In the words of Napoleon Bonapart "A picture is worth a thousand words." [2] Graffiti expresses hidden messages, and hidden thoughts, just like in art. Secondly, graffiti is not only vandalism, it is a form of art. For example, when you draw graffiti on a piece of paper, it is still graffiti, not vandalism. Here are some examples. [3] So graffiti is not always connected to vandalism. Since vandalism according to your argument "Vandalism is willful or ignorant destruction of artistic or literary treasures." and graffiti can be done on paper without vandalising or destroying anything, it is considered art. Also, graffiti is technically art, since graffiti is also known as street art. It literally has the word "art" in it. In conclusion (thus far) graffiti is a form of art that portrays drawings, scribbles or symbols. This can be done illegally by being portrayed in areas accessible to the public, or simply drawn on paper or a canvas. When graffiti is done illegally, it is spontaneous and dangerous. However it is free, giving street artist no boundaries. Also these artist go against the world to demonstrate their ideas, their ideas that society has rejected. Ideas that only few people who truly see art for what it is, not for how it was done can understand. Graffiti is not only art, but it is more worthy of being considered art than many famous paintings such as the Mona Lisa. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was a loved man. He was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. [4] He was praised and loved, and his art work was as well. He could make a painting with ease and all would love him. He had little to fear when it came to his art. Street artist are forsaken, they have a lot to fear. However, they fight against the odds, and create amazing art that no one would except, but they were not scared, they did what they loved. Leonardo da Vinci loved his work also, but street artist had to fight for others to love their work to. So in conclusion, graffiti is a form of spontaneous dangerous art that is only excepted by few. Sources: 1.http://www.psfk.com... 2.http://www.brainyquote.com... 3.http://chottomatteiru.blogspot.ca... 4.http://en.wikipedia.org...