I think most would agree that the building doesn’t look good, while tor the woman, it depends on if tatoos are a turn-off or if you’re fine with them.

I’m fine with tatoos and the woman is beautiful to me.

Why can’t I say as much about the building despite graffiti being arguably like tatoos? If you think about it a bit, the answer is obvious.

The woman is the one who decides what to put and where on her body. In that sense, it’s part of her expression, her identity. She didn’t draw them herself, but since she made decisions to express what she wants, it makes it her art to a point.

While there was not one person to decide for the building. Several came and drew whatever. And often without a lot of effort or skill going in. The point here is mostly to say This is me. I was there. Look what daring edgy thing I did in a place that’s hard to reach.

If a lot of people took markers and wrote their name on a woman’s body without much effort or skill and without striving for some sort of cohesion to the overall endeavour, I don’t think it would have been appealing, either to an onlooker or the woman herself.