Speaking of which, can you tell me about how the Vandalizing Pratt panel come about?

Some of the guys in the panel—DASH, DONTAY, WANE, CES, and, of course, [moderator] KET—are people that I've known in the past and that have kinda mentored me on certain levels. I've learned from them and they've been in the art business way before me. These are the guys behind the scenes of a lot of what's going on in contemporary art, fashion, tattooing, and pop culture right now. Each one mastered his own craft and each of them does something completely different for a living, but it all stems from the same premise, which is [graffiti] writing. My goal with the panel was to bring that to light, to show that this is a respectable trade, that we all can take from this trade that we've been part of and make a living and have creative and positive outlets. Because I see so many of my peers slip through the cracks and not make it—always the ones with this raw talent that's innate. You can't even learn this in school, and you've wasted it. It hurts me.