The benefits of art for well-being and mental health are well documented. But does this stretch to graffiti and street art? Recently,
published a series of pieces showing graffiti and street art from around the world in her Six-Word Photo Story publication. Some incredible artwork has been on show and it made me wonder about the wider question.
Awesome murals hiding the banal bleakness of a blank wall surely make a street more inviting, a happier place. Does anyone argue the case for the blank wall — an expanse of concrete render or old chipped bricks — over something like this, photographed by
?
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Does Graffiti & Street Art Make An Area Safer?
To my mind, a street with busy shops, colours, lights, and people, has a friendlier vibe — and a safer one — than a badly lit street of blank, closed, shop fronts. Who wouldn’t feel safer with this artwork, photographed by
, overlooking the street?