# I hesitate to call this grafitti **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-call-this-grafitti/947555 "2021-07-28T21:30:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-call-this-grafitti/947555/4 "2021-07-28T22:28:45Z")
> [@Ranch\_Dip](#): > > I have mixed feelings because there is a fine line between vandalism, and art. I am in total agreement. How is the line drawn? Most folks here will admire the art and consider the effort it took for the artist to drag his supplies down into and across the wash to render his vision of an 8 foot tall monster, but that culvert belongs to the state and someone has to think about the children who will have nightmares after glimpsing that in the blink of an eye. (I’m not that someone, but I’m sure that someone is out there.) [I am also guilty of using public lands for my canvas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-door-to-nowhere/926328) so I don’t have any high ground to stand on. BUT the State doesn’t care about graffiti on highways and culverts and kids have nightmares about stupid stuff all the time. This is amazing art and should be preserved just like we do pictographs for generations to come. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-call-this-grafitti/947555)._