Not really. But I know it would piss off a lot of people (things like nice architectural buildings or surfaces, sculptures etc...). Otherwise you don't want to know ;-) ...well...there was a recent sacred relic in Scotland that was defaced. Absolutely inexcusable. However I thought the Sydney Opera House "No War" sign was a worthy political statement in the face of a criminal invasion and well worth the price. The SOH was easily cleaned anyway

I've been taking the train a bit lately. I don't mind most of the graffiti. It's certainly better than the blank brick walls and industrial landscapes you see. I notice many local councils have started getting people to paint electricity boxes etc on the street, in a manner very similar to graffiti, just without the big name. It's all good.

Something else which I think makes our urban landscape more interesting is stenciling. This is where the artist gets a stencil, a picture usually and maybe some words underneath, and they just spray paint over it relly quickly so that the imprint is left on the surface. I like these too and I have seen many creative designs.

These might be a bit more controversial though because given the speed at which they can be done, they are easily put up everywhere. Indeed, near my local Ezy-Plus 24 hour deli there is a stencil on an electrial box of a naked woman. Because of the speed at which they can be put up stencils have often been used to spread a political message. But again I think that it makes for a more interesting environemnt. I enjoy seeing anonymous and random peices of art and messages like this on my daily trips around the city.

A good example of a stencil and one that I liked is here:
http://www.stencilrevolution.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=58716

Thanks for your input and I welcome more!

The little messages I like are the christian ones that you sometimes see in toilets. Jesus Saves, Jesus is coming soon, will you be ready? That kind of thing. I think they can be life changing if youre open at the time.

The toilet graffitti is great. You see some interesting poetry. It gives you something to while waiting that doesn't require a lot of time (like a newspaper or novel).

I have never seen graffiti art with a Christian content Gibo, and I would be surprised if I ever saw some. If you care to enlighten me otherwise id be happy to check it out if you have a link though.

If people like graffiti, then why is it getting lumped in the bag with tagging and getting removed in WA? This is not fair and an artist should be able to express him/her self... Any thoughts on how I could have an impact? Petition maybe?

Gibo, your posts amuse me in the way that you so steadfastly stick to your guns even when you might be wrong. Cheers mate.