Yesterday I read an article which tales about the brooklyn bridge and the street art—-graffiti.
Since brooklyn bridge was built, a few people have begun to draw some pictures and messages on the wall of the bridge. Now moreand more street artists, even tourists are taking part of the “activity”. Especially tourists left their names on the wall. A British tourist said some of his friends would come here to visit the bridge, and it would be cool if his friends could find his name on the wall.
Graffiti, which is sort of art, is a special scenery of a city, espacially in New York, we can easily find the graffiti on the wall, buildings, and even trains. The graffiti has constituted a unique cultural element in many cities. But graffiti has also caused a lot of potential social problem because in general, the artists often draw pictures in some places that don’t belong to them.
In many states, like New York, the government has made a law to against graffiti because in some regions, where have been influenced by graffiti, will encourage more people to draw pictures, or even more crimes. Therefore, so many street artists were arrested.
In my opinion, appropriate graffiti is ok, it is a kind of style for the artists to express their mood. However, excessive graffiti will destroy the cultural balance of a city more or less.