Graffiti satisfies people's desire to enclose empty exteriors from the public eye. Graffiti is often hasty and yet, even mapped and calculated, it is messy and smooth, primitive and contemporary. It is art that can further deceive, isolate, ruin and stain a neighborhood. However, at times it also reveals a vibrant, color-saturated unease that characterizes the city as graffiti territory. Professor Michael DeNotto of the University of Illinois conducted research on graffiti artists and their reasons for desecrating cities. Professor DeNotto believes that “a cry for revolution, a way to create awareness about socio-political issues, an expression of hope for the future, an effort to reclaim public spaces, or an attempt to beautify the urban environment, among the others” (208) . Graffiti artists may not have the same social standards as gallery artists, but they can have the same influence