i just wanted a change, was fuck bored with my life, just wanted somethin new, cus i think i just stopped skatin. always had an artistic family and was inspired by different styles and writers
liveing in germany i was around it all the time and the kids in my apt conplx were all writers and thay toke me in. so when we moved back to the states graff was all i ever thought of
i'm a man of words, and whats better then manipulating them into their own entities? then again i went through a "LETS FUCK SHIT UPP PUNK RAWKK" stencil phase, wich exposed me to a lot of good shot. plus running into an old tag always brings me back to a story or memory or some emotional garbage.
To be somone in the world, let's face it's every single one of us, unless ur like a pro basketball player or sumthin, is a loser. Were never Gona be anyone or anything soo at least we can get famus with our alter egos.
I write because, seeing all this graffiti back at home in NYC, just motivates me to do the same, I want to get my words out there and it seems like the only way for someone to listen.
fame beef expression rush the paint and the wall.....not giving a fuck about what anyone says cus they know they aint got enough drive to go bomb when 6 cops just passed em...and im thinkin where the cops about to park so i can bomb his car also too get away from all the bullshit and relieve stress
I think this is one of those questions that will plague me for the rest of my life... So far though, I've come to this conclusion as to why I write. For the rest of my life, and for most of my life up to the point that I began writing, my future, my thoughts, my hopes and aspirations were given to me, or appointed to me by someone else. "What do you want to be when you grow up?" - A doctor, a firefighter, a policeman (not most of us obviously...) you choose a career and regurgitate it to anyone who wants to know. You began saying it so much, that eventually, you go down the path to becoming what you said you were going to at 4 years old. Although that career path may not be the smartest move on your behalf, considering the fact that a 4 year old has no fucking clue what they'll want to do the rest of their life. Either way, you start doing what your told you NEED to do, rather than what you really should do, or even what you WANT to do. It's a sad thought, to know your really a pawn, stuck in a never ending game with rules that you didn't design nor did you abide to play by. You go on day by day, listening to what everyone has to tell you, following the path that according to your parents, your counselor, your teacher, whoever the fuck believes they have the right to tell you what YOU should be doing. Guess thats because at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter what you want to do, or what you think, it's all in the hands of what someone else wants you to do, or what they think you'll be best at. Graffiti, at least for me, has given me a voice and a chance to do whatever the fuck I want. No one can tell you whats right or wrong in graff. There's always going to be observers who either dig your style or don't, but it doesn't really matter as long as YOU know what you like, and that what your doing is for you, and you only. Your breaking the rules in graff, your going against the grain, doing what feels right to you. I'd love to grab the same principle and ideology of writers and take it to the "Real World" and put it in that context. The world would be a better fuckin' place if we all did that. That's just my spin on it, and one of the many conclusions, but the most prevalent and thought provoking reasons as to why I write. Peace to all the writers, toys, kings and legends who are out there putting in work and risking their lives to do some scribbles on a building that hopefully a few other people can appreciate.
I write because what the vast majority of ignorant people out there consider to be vandalism, scribbles and "jibberish"... ...I consider to be art.
bump this thread and i listed the reasons i write i bomb for me fuck everyone else fuck a opinion fuck the buff i do it because i do and fuck who dont like it
I used to write when i was younger. Fell out of the habit for music and just lack of progression since i did it all by myself. Began in 2009 to try to combat my alcoholism(Unless i keep myself busy, I start drinking or doing drugs) Just basically to try to be creative again since i let booze destroy my music and art.