This is Rome. There's graffiti everywhere. All over new buildings, all over newish buildings, all over ancient buildings. It's just how the city rolls. And one day in the middle of last month (March, 2024), I found, while walking the streets of central Rome (the Vatican 30 minutes away by foot; the timeless Tiber just across the section of Lungotevere named after the Renaissance artist who gave us the fresco that famously captured the philosophies.