#beltline

By Isabel De Los Santos Ramirez

Having an assignment like this, where I had the opportunity to connect with classmates outside of the classroom doing something as simple as walking and looking at art was such a relief. I had fun and learned more about Atlanta and the ways people feel through art. Graffiti is one of the many ways an individual can reclaim space and express feelings, including resistance, without really hurting anyone. I think it is appealing to the eye and definitely serves its purpose of evoking emotion. I once heard someone say “you can’t really know and appreciate a city until you know and appreciate its graffiti”, so I am now at peace with having seen fragments of the graffiti in Atlanta as I will be living here for a while.  During the walk I saw many different kinds of people and different types of graffiti, but, wow, the juxtaposition of it all being in the same space made everything much more significant. Here are some of my favorite works from that day: