But at least, you can call it art
6 years ago by redlans91 · 419 Likes · 5 comments · Trending
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aviva
· 6 years ago
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“But, they will look like graffiti“
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deleted
· 6 years ago
There's a difference between graffiti and art
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granlobomalo
· 6 years ago
@veryhairybeary As a fellow ‘very hairy beary’, I’d like to offer a view of dissent with no offense intended. Graffiti is a form of art. Ask Banksy. Research early Basquiat. Analyze b-boy culture history. Talk to taggers who attended urban public schools with underfunded art programs. Look at how Asian graffiti artists are blowing up this scene right now. Or, for a real life, immersive experience, come/go to Bogotá. The city is covered in graffiti and it looks like a living, breathing, evolving mural. There’s a fence in BOG that’s guarded 24/7 by security because, if stolen, it would sell for tens of thousands of dollars (which is a lot of money in Colombia). Just because graffiti isn’t ‘traditional art’ or because it’s typically generated by ‘non-traditional artists’ doesn’t mean it’s not art. GOOD graffiti is a specific style that requires observation of good form and personal practice to master. I might be wrong, but that sounds like art to me.
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abhinnav
· 6 years ago
Even better. Introduce them to bikes.
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guest_
· 6 years ago
Tattoos can be awesome. To each their own. But if someone is going to spend a bunch of money on themselves- as this post alludes to tattoos can be expensive- I’d rather teach my kids to invest in things other than how artistic their body is. Things like education of all kinds, cultural enrichment and experience, hobbies that teach skills like electronics, crafts, art, wood work, mechanics, and things that allow them to create in the world instead of having their investment and interesting thing about themselves be someone else’s art. Wether it’s plastoc surgery, tattoos, piercings, etc, purely cosmetic alteration that is non “corrective” to me is like jewelry. A relatively pointless luxury vanity which may take skill but is more an example of conspicuous consumption than it is of anything else. I’d rather teach my kids to express themselves and make impressions by what they do and say, and through ability than by being a human art piece. But as I say, to each their own.
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