Graffiti "Graphic Scenes, Spray Fiends and Millionaires

Reading the Vibe article on Graffiti gave me a different outlook on the bombers/writers! In 1976 Philadelphia was known the earthquake in wait that would grow to rattle the world three times over graffiti. There methods and madness is what makes them different from any other bombers. These bombers had a marketing plan which was to stretch the tallest, tag the highest, most interesting and most dangerous. To hit the most economic spots and the places with maximum eye gain. But one thing that I learned that there is a difference between a writer and one who tags. One who "tags' confines in scribble to notebooks, sketch pads, playground slides, public rest rooms and back stair cases. One who "writes" is a dreamer, a fire starter, a president, a king, an athlete, his universe is forever and his canvas is infinite, his actions become history. He lives by his homemade, supermarket ink-juiced pen. He dies for his word, for he knows that written expression will always have the final say so. This revolution has different meanings to differnt writers, but for the most part rebellion and self-determination are at the core of this art. I think that's deep and looking at it from a writers point of view means alot because it's a form of expression. The writers are trying to tell the world or that neighborhood something and that can be anything. So to express yourself through graffiti is interesting to me because I never looked at it that way. As I been in this Hip-Hop studies class Professor Dru has opened my eyes to alot of new things within the Hip-Hop culture!