The Beauty and Grace of Pure Scrawl

There is something to be said for the pure essence of graffiti. The "scrawls" and short tags that seem to crop up everywhere. I have to admit that I like some of them and am unimpressed with others. But there are a few that have a wonderful lyricism and grace. Here are a couple of examples:

Various and interesting Graffiti sites

Trolling through the internet yielded these interesting graffiti based sites.
In no particular order:

http://www.kontraband.co.uk/pics/15790/Geeky-Grafiti/

http://www.terracycle.net/graffiti.htm

"Recession" graffiti

The thing I love about graffiti is that it will reflect (or some might say drive) the times.

NPR just had a story about what they termed "Recession Graffiti" - how graffiti has taken on a political hue.

But I say "Recession Graffiti" is just another way of saying "Graffiti". All street art is political and relevant.