Should Creativity be Considered Illegal?

A bit inspiration, acknowledgement, and culture... should that really be illegal? Throughout the years, people have been arguing if graffiti, or street art should be legal, or remain illegal. Should it considered vandalism or creativity? Disrespect, or meaningful? It's up to the world to decide. The decision starts with you.

Reasons to be Legal

Throughout the years, many consider street art as "tasteful, expressive, and beautiful pieces of art, which adds culture to bland landscapes."  The meaningful pieces of art have been seen almost everywhere, and as many admire the pieces by the unknown artists, other shun them away. In one form or another, street art has been a part of human life since the ancient times. These artists, probably being "invisible " at one point get their own sense of territory with their meaningful and inspiring pieces. Many of these pieces are very appropriate, and at many times tell a story that relate to many others. Although street art is still considered illegal today, I feel that there are many more serious crimes today, and a person shouldn't be charged, or prisoner  for trying to find the voice inside of them. I feel that the consequence is way too serious, I mean, wouldn't chalk on a sidewalk be just as much of a crime? 

Reasons to be Illegal

On the other hand, others describe graffiti as vandalism, disrespect for others, and a "waste of time and paint." While many pieces of street art are inspirational, others feel that there is still too many inappropriate pieces of street art that are covered with curse words. One of the biggest reasons that people refuse to accept street art is because it decreases value of buildings, as well as costs millions for the city to clean up. This sometimes unattractive art causes these people to refuse to look deeper into these pieces. The mood, feeling, and story behind it. While they still admire modern art, they forget that most of the true artist are still yet to be discovered. 

Pros and Cons

Here's a chart listed with arguments defending both sides... so what do you think? Do you think street art should remain illegal, or do you think that we should accept the culture that has been with us since the dawn of man?

Pros of graffiti	Cons for graffiti
Makes a “statement”	Decreases value of building
Unusual, eye-popping images	Some “expressions”
Part of human culture, been part of the world since ancient times	Can lead to other crimes, especially for the youth
exciting to the eye	vandalism, and can lead to violence
Reveals talent	Costs thousands of dollars to clean up

 

The Decision

Now you've seen both sides of this argument. While it's clear to me that graffiti should be legal, as long as there are some restrictions, it's not my decision, it's yours. Take the poll on the side of this post, or just comment below, telling if you feel if graffiti should be legal or not.