I Thought We Had Plans—Why Is There So Much Emotional Graffiti in Seattle Right Now?

More shocking than dicks: Emotionally vulnerable, empathy-inducing graffiti is showing up all over Seattle. the stranger
Before I moved to Seattle, graffiti rarely shocked me. I've seen enough music-venue greenrooms plastered with drawings of dicks that they may as well be doodles of daisies or hearts. The phalluses barely even register anymore. A tag like "Shitbarf" has the same effect as seeing a rat on the sidewalk. Yeah, it's pretty gross, but it doesn't surprise me.
What startles me now is