Graffiti in the Temples of Ancient Egypt
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All my life it seems that no matter where I go, I always find writings or drawings that have been scratched, scribbled, and sprayed onto a wall or other surface in a public place. I have been to many places around the world and I have seen this same idea of scribbled or sprayed drawings and writings everywhere I’ve been to. It’s almost as if it’s a worldwide activity for people to go out into a public place and start writing or drawing with various tools on any makeshift canvas they can find. The word that we use to identify this so-called art is graffiti and I believe that graffiti is somewhat of an epidemic. Graffiti has been around since the times of ancient Egypt and it doesn’t look like it’s going to disappear anytime soon.
Graffiti can be used in many different ways depending on which country you’re in. Since graffiti has been around since the times of ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire, it has spread all over the world and has been used for many different purposes. In our modern times, spray paint and marker pens have become the most popular graffiti materials to use. Unfortunately the culture of graffiti revolves around marking or painting property without the owner’s consent, and in many countries this is considered vandalism which is a punishable crime. I’m all for having fun, using creativity and expressing yourself through art or graffiti, but why do you need to vandalize various public/private property in the process. This leads me to believe that not everyone makes graffiti to create art and show their creativity, but instead use graffiti to get an adrenaline rush for breaking the law, and drawing or writing whatever they want. When you see graffiti in a neighborhood it may express social and political messages and spray painted graffiti styles that have been based on a whole genre of artistic expression. Graffiti has evolved alongside hip hop music, b-boying, and other
All my life it seems that no matter where I go, I always find writings or drawings that have been scratched, scribbled, and sprayed onto a wall or other surface in a public place. I have been to many places around the world and I have seen this same idea of scribbled or sprayed drawings and writings everywhere I’ve been to. It’s almost as if it’s a worldwide activity for people to go out into a public place and start writing or drawing with various tools on any makeshift canvas they can find. The word that we use to identify this so-called art is graffiti and I believe that graffiti is somewhat of an epidemic. Graffiti has been around since the times of ancient Egypt and it doesn’t look like it’s going to disappear anytime soon.
Graffiti can be used in many different ways depending on which country you’re in. Since graffiti has been around since the times of ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire, it has spread all over the world and has been used for many different purposes. In our modern times, spray paint and marker pens have become the most popular graffiti materials to use. Unfortunately the culture of graffiti revolves around marking or painting property without the owner’s consent, and in many countries this is considered vandalism which is a punishable crime. I’m all for having fun, using creativity and expressing yourself through art or graffiti, but why do you need to vandalize various public/private property in the process. This leads me to believe that not everyone makes graffiti to create art and show their creativity, but instead use graffiti to get an adrenaline rush for breaking the law, and drawing or writing whatever they want. When you see graffiti in a neighborhood it may express social and political messages and spray painted graffiti styles that have been based on a whole genre of artistic expression. Graffiti has evolved alongside hip hop music, b-boying, and other