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The piece that I did with COPE that says Coney Island baby… well, I basically got a call from COPE, and you know I can't overstate the fact of who COPE is in the community and what he represents in the community. COPE really is gonna be recognized as one of the greatest in whatever category you want to put him in. He's definitely one of the all-time greatest that we have. And COPE called me up one morning and said, "You know, I gotta spot. Come and paint this spot." There's never any notice. It's always, you know, be here now because other people have fronted and I want to put you on the wall. And I didn't front. I got like a few cans together and I ran up there. And of course, what was represented to me on the phone and what it actually was were two totally different things. I thought I was gonna gain some little piece of a wall and it ended up being a fairly big spot. And I was short on cans and I was trying to do something fast and simple and COPE wasn't having it. He said, "No, I want you to blaze this spot. You gotta do somethin' really fresh, blah, blah, blah." And he did his best to motivate me and I fronted and said, "Look, I don't have any cans and I've only got these cans right here." And he says, "Oh, a brand new hardware store opened up down the block. It's a rack,"…you know, one 30 year old telling another 30 year old man that there's a paint rack down the street is pretty ridiculous, but so it is. And I went down the street and got a few cans and came back. And that piece is what happened. You know, just like the perfect example of reluctance being overcome by enthusiasm and exuberance on COPE's behalf and something great happening out of that. I mean, I had a little sketch originally… but if you saw the sketch, it looked nothing like the finished product. And you know, spontaneity, spontaneous combustion always wins. Always you know, 999 times out of a thousand, beats the most rigorous specific planning. ESPO
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BROKEN WINDOWS: Graffiti NYC Page 44-45 top:COPE2,ESPO bottom:WANE(COD),COPE2,DELTA2,NEED,T-KID170
The piece that I did with COPE that says Coney Island baby… well, I basically got a call from COPE, and you know I can't overstate the fact of who COPE is in the community and what he represents in the community. COPE really is gonna be recognized as one of the greatest in whatever category you want to put him in. He's definitely one of the all-time greatest that we have. And COPE called me up one morning and said, "You know, I gotta spot. Come and paint this spot." There's never any notice. It's always, you know, be here now because other people have fronted and I want to put you on the wall. And I didn't front. I got like a few cans together and I ran up there. And of course, what was represented to me on the phone and what it actually was were two totally different things. I thought I was gonna gain some little piece of a wall and it ended up being a fairly big spot. And I was short on cans and I was trying to do something fast and simple and COPE wasn't having it. He said, "No, I want you to blaze this spot. You gotta do somethin' really fresh, blah, blah, blah." And he did his best to motivate me and I fronted and said, "Look, I don't have any cans and I've only got these cans right here." And he says, "Oh, a brand new hardware store opened up down the block. It's a rack,"…you know, one 30 year old telling another 30 year old man that there's a paint rack down the street is pretty ridiculous, but so it is. And I went down the street and got a few cans and came back. And that piece is what happened. You know, just like the perfect example of reluctance being overcome by enthusiasm and exuberance on COPE's behalf and something great happening out of that. I mean, I had a little sketch originally… but if you saw the sketch, it looked nothing like the finished product. And you know, spontaneity, spontaneous combustion always wins. Always you know, 999 times out of a thousand, beats the most rigorous specific planning. ESPO
BROKEN WINDOWS: Graffiti NYC 2009 Reprint. 70 more pages. Hardcover.
www.amazon.com/Broken-Windows-Graffiti-James-Murray/dp/15...