This is an Incredibly special moment for me. I finially caught my first Kids DAC 4DC peice in person. About 15 years ago I was starting every day with a glass of whiskey. My sister had just died and my mom was strung out on heroin. I was so lost. One day I was looking through a graffiti magazine and found a few pages dedicated to Kids. I only liked traditional graffiti at the time and didn't like characters at all. Seeing his stuff was so different, it almost didnt compute, I didnt know what to think of it. But I found myself coming back to those pages over and over and over again. I ended up ripping the pages out and putting them on my wall. Later i put his characters on my skin. His art became my main comfort and strength through all the hard times i was going through. And an inspiration to live my dreams despite my problems. I resonated so much with the themes in his art: friends, addiction, sadness, problems, and a desire for those special moments as a kid when life is fun, carefree and special. I always imagined him wandering around alone. I imagined him as a sensitive person with a big heart and that it was this sensitivity that was the cause of a lot of his pain. He died in 2010. An amazing RIP page opened up on 12 oz.. I still go there at least once a year and go through the whole thread and read all the stories. Its increadible to hear how much who he was lined up with what you felt about him from his art. This shows how beautifully and truely he expressed himself with his art. He is my number one influence forever. And Jesse too and them as a duo.
