Status Updates From Chicago

"It is something beyond graffiti. It is wall art, al-fresco. In just about all the neighborhoods, black, white, Hispanic, there is the sign, the mark, the wild color of something fruitful. It may be, in some instances, bitter fruit; in others, sweet. It may be a historic moment in the lives of their ancestors or an outcry or something just for the hell of it, something that says, Look at us, the uniquely us."