00:27I
00:28I think I first got into spray painting when I saw some in a drainage area that I was painting
00:33over for a graffiti wipeout in third grade, actually, and I kind of wondered why I was
00:38painting over all of it, because I thought it was art, and everyone else sort of thought
00:42I was weird, but I didn't really start until a few years later, because I have a friend
00:47that does it too, and it just always interested me.
00:50My favorite part about spray painting is that usually it's words.
00:54I guess it's simple, and I like that, and it interacts with the environment more than
01:00other forms of art, gives it a unique quality.
01:04Well, I don't usually tell people about this, because usually they don't know how to react
01:08to it, which is fine, and I don't really want to put them in a position where they feel like
01:14they have to give their opinion on it, plus most don't really believe that I do, so there's
01:20that.
01:25Well, one of the first things that people ask me when they find out that I do graffiti
01:28is, oh, do you go paint illegally at night, or something like that, and usually I don't
01:34even want to answer that question, not because it's like a yes or no thing, just because that's
01:39not all that this is, so I'm kind of hoping that people can get away from thinking just about
01:45that, and maybe considering, I guess, the prettier parts of it.
01:49I don't know if it makes the world a better place, but it's something that obviously people
01:53need to do, considering we've been doing it for thousands of years, and it hasn't stopped.
01:59There are still some people that have a compulsion to write on things, and I feel like most people
02:04as a kid had that, and maybe they lose it as they get older, but the need is there.
02:09There are still some people that have been there.
02:12There are still some people that have been there.
02:43I think people are influenced by what's happened in the past.
02:47I mean, when this whole thing started, there was the war between the transportation associations
02:51in various cities and the graffiti riders who were riding on subway trains, but even though
02:56that's changed now, I mean, people are going to have their opinions, and they're hard to change.
03:02I'd say that especially being female is a bit of a curse.
03:05I mean, yes, it's helpful because it gets you more attention with your art, but also it could be,
03:11oh, she's really good for a girl, or, you know, as a female, she's all right.
03:17It just kind of gets you those looks where, is she really painting? Really?
03:23I'm sure that some people feel like I don't really understand graffiti.
03:27I'm not saying that I do, but I'm sure that there's some issue with that.
03:32Obviously, it's still a learning process.
03:37I guess despite all of the issues within graffiti, I think it's becoming stronger.
03:42There are more female riders that are painting, and they're all really good.
03:48And, you know, even if just becoming the best technically isn't their goal,
03:54they're still sort of spreading what they do around and showing people that there are women who paint.
04:01They're really good.
04:02They're probably not saying we have to, but it's really nice.
04:16but, you know, those people into the world, really can't be able to make sure that they're like to be
04:16in the world.
04:16And then on the team, I think it's still kind of growing up for a thing that they could start
04:16with.
04:16Now, you know, they're really good friends with us.
04:20I'm sure that we're really good.
04:20Have fun guys there
04:20And now you can do that.
04:21You can do that.
04:23I see that we can, and we can do that.
04:24I think we can do that.
