>>In my opinion, individuals who react negatively to graffiti (as well as art that they call "bad") either do not understand it, or are afraid of its implications. Just my opinion. I am stunned, and horrified, and appalled. The intent is kind, and the writer clearly doesn't want to be judgmental. But graffiti is not "art," not even Basquiet's graffiti, and to even consider it in the same category as the work of the Old Masters and the Impressionists and, yes, even the Abstract Expressionists -- pace, Jackson Pollock -- shows a serious and dangerous lapse. Not everything done by the hand of man (or boy!!) is "Art" -- not even Low Art. This post lends credence to "the dumbing of America."