After watching Style Wars in my Art 101 class, I feel invigorated to do graffiti art before I die. So it is now on my to do list of things I'd like to accomplish before I die. I've made only one decision about the graffiti art I want to do: that it will be on the ground. That's as much as I am ever going to say. I can tell you why but that's it. One of my best friends from home, no matter where she is, has always sent me pictures and picture texts of graffiti art on the ground she sees, and I the same to her. It's something I've always kept close to my heart, something I've always kept between me and her. The thought of me in a sense crossing her path, though we are apart half the year, is nice. To know I've seen where she's taken a step in the world is something I keep close to me. It makes me feel like we're never apart.
I want whatever graffiti art I decide to do to be a reminder. A reminder of the small things that keep people close together in heart if they can't be together geographically.
Here's to graffiti art and Banksy, for making art that we can cross paths with and that teaches us about our ideals, choices, lives, and the world.
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