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Graffiti
Some viewers lift their glasses and drink to genius that
gave birth to every brush stroke. Each dribble and each splat.
They say these shocking images awaken us to see
much more than just one artist’s route to immortality.
Others blame the artist who has had the gall
to spray art uninvited upon a public wall.
They say raw art does nothing to put out raging fires.
Solutions to world problems are not what art inspires.
Prompt words for The Sunday Whirl are: drinks fire wake catastrophe shocking say social drastic world art raw blame
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
It’s a little of both, isn’t it? But they are so talented, even if I don’t know what a lot of it means.
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It is, but both are extreme views. One declares that all art created is genius and has an effect on the world. The other declares that no art influences world events or culture.
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Ahhh, I see now.
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I think street/ wall art brings awareness.
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Yes. Much of it does. Some is merely vandalism.
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Yes, some of it is just people taking out their frustrations.
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Yes.
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👍🏼
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Some of the artwork we’ve seen has been amazing.
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I deliberately tried to find mural art that looked more like graffiti, although a number of these are actual murals. There are hundreds of incredible street murals in the area where I live…and quite a few on my own walls. The poem was meant to show two points of view….neither of which is actually mine.
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Very creative use of the prompt words Judy
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Thanks, Poet!!!!
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You make some very good points. My town has street art everywhere you look – and I love it!
The link to my piece is still ‘awaiting moderation’ over at The Whirl. If you’d like to read it, it’s here https://keithsramblings.net/2025/09/28/whirl-i-never/
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Good point. I don’t know the answer – do you?
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Personally I love graffiti and other kinds of street art, as long as it isn’t offensive. I suppose there will always be the person who claims to be an artist and then defaces something, but the artists that mean to spread happiness, I’m all for it.
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Me, too. Just hate it whe they deface the work of others.
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yes to me that is not producing art
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