Throw ups

When bboying (break dancing) started becoming popular, throw ups started to appear on bricks walls and subways. With the growth of the hip hop culture and inspiration from new music videos, graffiti artists started realizing that throw ups were cool and they no longer felt the need to vandalize by tagging all over the place. Former city council president Sanforf Garlik described graffiti as "one of the worst forms of pollution we have to combat" and because of this, according to Craig Castleman (1984), the government spend over $150 million try to erase graffiti and promote anti graffiti programs. 

Throw ups are the most common form of graffiti and are even given specific walls from the government to perform their work on. One of the most famous places that this takes place is in Venice beach in California. Graffiti artists are given the opportunity to display their skills and show off their creativity. I believe that throw ups are an amazing outlet for the artists and that people should recognize it as something parallel to dancing or playing instruments, where people create something beautiful to express themselves and share it to the world for other peoples enjoyment and appreciation. 

I have seen some incredible throw ups that have inspired me not only to try this art form myself, but inspired me to continue on with what I love to do and to keep pushing and working hard so my own creations can become that amazing and inspirational to other people. In this case, there is no reason why such a motivational thing, such as grafitti throw ups, should be considered a crime. Throw ups are an art form that will continue to grow and hopefully will be recognized for the extreme talent and heart put behind them!