I was scrolling through Facebook when I saw a picture of a mural painted on a public wall - beautiful, isn't it?

It's a Banksy piece.

We all know of the artist who goes by that name: Banksy; we also know that the works Banksy creates are almost always put in a very public area or have to do with a political issue. And we know that Banksy is most known for his art targeting political and social issues around the world.

Banksy appears to have first started out in the UK in/around the 1990s in Bristol, England. Banksy's work are almost always spray painted on the walls of public buildings, thus making them labeled as graffiti. Banksy's fans have begun calling his public works "bombs" because the pieces he puts together always have a very deliberate message that break the mold of ideas in today's culture and pop up out of nowhere - they are peaceful, yet mental, "bombs". Banksy has been known to "bomb" cities like San Francisco, Vienna, Detroit, Paris and Barcelona over the years.

Overtime, Banksy's pieces have grown to become more famous and popular in many countries; some of his pieces have been auctioned off in the US and in the UK for, well, a lot of money. However, in 2013, Banksy opened up a Central Park stall and sold his art; it wasn't until 1:30 pm when he made his first purchase, but by the end of the day he had sold $225,00 - enough for you to attend Yale University without room and board! But guess how much he actually sold all those art pieces for? Go on, guess.

$420 - he sold each piece individually for $60 and only three people came up to the booth, each buying more than one piece. No one else dared to look at the booth - their loss.

And, of course, Banksy himself was not there to sell the pieces - in fact, no one really knows who he is. Fans have been known to protest any company or museum that threatens to identify Banksy. In 2010, he was named one of Time's most influential people of the year. He was listed just like Lady Gaga, Oprah, Neil Patrick Harris and President Obama. When people flipped through the magazine and saw headshots of all the 99 other people listed, Banksy sent in a head shot with a paper bag over his face - I don't think he wants to be known either, can you blame him though?

Now, in New Zealand, two new pieces have popped up and the speculation is starting over whether or not these pieces truly are Banksy's. In the video you can see that running along the wall where the first artwork is found there is a line drawn on the ground. The same piece also shows similar handwriting to other Banksy pieces: "big future, We 'love' NZ". Not to mention that the two children standing right next to the phrases, resemble many other people Banksy has painted.

Banksy is a person who loves what he does and does not do it for the wrong reasons; in other words, he is in the art world for the art; for the messages he can put into creativity; for the expressions. He truly loves what he does and more people should look at him and wish to be like him - happy with what they do, rather than the benefits of it.