the fact that its such a high priority in san francisco(law enforcement wise) like seriously....when people are getting shot on the regular in petreo hill, mission, filmoe, hunters point, sunny dale....... when there is more crime on filmoe/mac block with a fucking cop station two blocks away from the epicenter of most of the crime that goes down there. when there are thousands of dope fiends, crack heads, drug dealers, walkng paracites on society roaming the 6 square blocks of the tenderloin, when there are murderers running wild in golden gate park, one of the highest priorities for crimes to be solved 90% of the times involves kids between 14 and 23 with a can of paint or a marker........ what kind of bull shit is that....... I'm sorry..... priorities.....
I hate the fact that there's this lady who walks her dog every day near this spot where my friends and I always paint. She calls the cops on us. Like she's somethin' else. Or as if she'll get a reward for being a good citizen or something.
dude i cant agree more. cops in sf are fucking dicks. may be like, o hes jus saying that but no, cops in sf are hardcore and focused on fucking wit taggers
i love the rush not knowing if your going to get caught or not bombing its all part of the experience. if the rush is to much for u buy a canvas and move to france
yes and no, i can tell you man ive lived in a lot of cities up and down the west coast, and san fran has one of the most understaffed departments around. what happens WHEN your actually caught is a different story, cuz they will try to put felonies on you, but like dude said sf has some of the sketchiest looking people around. Alot of places you'll get stopped for having a pack, not sf. what sf does have is alot of snitches and alot of people working behind the scenes. so keep your mouth shut and your work off myspace and you'll be fine. **and to whoever said beef is bad for graffiti is missing the point. beef DRIVES graffiti, if it didnt exist neither would you.
yea thats true bigel, when i got caught it was by undercover cops and they searched by backpack w.o asking and when they caught me i was walking past an area that had graffiti and stopped me and shit. long ass story tho, tried to tell me they were gunna arrest me after seeing all my graff shit and tags on the wall
when you dont know if the cap fits the can or not so u try and it starts spraying everywhere but u dont have anymore caps or different paint so u just have to go for it... shitty night. lol. and leaking OTR paint markers that u bought brand new from the bomb shelter.. fuck. lol
the fact that its so shunned upon by society.... and how people think that just because they can color pretty pictures in books then there a better graff artist then you cuz u cant draw pretty pictures...... even though theyve never really painted a wall in their life
in louisville the cops act diffrent in diffrent areas. Jtown(were my mom lives) if your a teen driving and you see a cop be prepared to be pulled over and searched, walking there not worried bout you(Ive gotten out of a few situations because i got out of a friends car and started walking) highlands(bar area) they dont give a fuck what your doing as long as your not shitfaced(drunk) Portland(were I live now)cops down here like to make up excuses slam you agginst cars, walls,ect. so that they can searce you and pin something on you. and at the end of the month they are notorious for planting shit on you if uall wanna know bout anyother parts of louisville just ask(victory park, Shivley, Beecher Terrace, Shepards square, park hill, newburg, fern creek, ect.)
Trying to do colors! i cant do colors worth shit ! haha also i get paranoid as hell when im bombing how alot of people get gangs and crews mixed up DRIPS!!!-motherfuckers! how people look at writers and gang bangers and not artists. Beef with other writers little kids who think they know what they are doing but they dont! so they give writers bad names! um.. i think thats all
Yeah.. some 10-year-olds spraypainted the only skatepark we have in my town with like, penises and randonm words like "OLLIE.." just weird shit. They almost closed the park down. It's things like that that make us look bad. :/
fucking kids leaving their crap in the yard, paint on the tracks....blowin up chill spots. what I hate about graff is only mainly the big false ego headed kids that don't do shit but bring heat on those that put in the good work and respect and cherish the spots we have...straight up.
People who think they're graff artists just because they know every brand of spray paint on the market but they never used a can... People who think they're writers/artists because they can write ugly-ass letters in shitty 3d *cough*one of my friends*cough*. Random people who stay all day near or at a good spot without any reason.
the thing i hate most about graff..is beef...if all the crews got together..we could really send a message to people..while bringing them beautiful masterpieces of a mixture of aerosol and paint...graffiti should be an eye catching advertisement of an important message to society...instead it has turned into a twisted view of fame...which leads us to greed... greed of space...space on walls is the currency of the graffiti culture....walls are our canvas..and as long as we have technology...we will have walls...but our views on our fame have led us to get tha most visible walls...we are running out of visible canvas...in a sea of aerosol fame...in my opinion..as long as my message gets through to one person...i got a little bit further then i was before that person seen the desolete wall.....space is currency...currency leads to greed..greed creates beef...lets unite and write for peace..this is tha art of the rebellious...graffiti will always be illegal...but jus because its illegal doesnt mean its not a beautiful expression of emotion and opinion..... keep it real...onee