I was a graffiti „artist“ for 15 years and it almost ruined my life. The people, the physical danger and of course the large claims against me for property dama

I was a graffiti „artist“ for 15 years and it almost ruined my life. The people, the physical danger and of course the large claims against me for property damages. Over the course of my „career“ I of course came across the same theories the author presents and I can wholeheartedly say with confidence that it is all naive garbage. If you think that some Roman scratching something into a bench 500 BC has anything in common with a teenager spraypainting a subway car, high on drugs, at risk of getting disfigured by an approaching train or getting fried by thousands of volts I lose all respect for you. This graffiti-romantization is usually done by bystanders, and almost always by upper class people. Yeah, you can feel all edgy and stuff about your views, but it has real consequences for kids from those parts of societies that can’t get a lawyer to bail them out. Kids die from this, let alone exposing them to all sorts of hazardous lifestyles.