Jim Joe

Artwork by Jim Joe

street art

text by COLIN DODGSON

 

I met Jim Joe on a winter night in New York City. I was meeting a friend at Mars Bar to catch up, and he walked in with a guy I didn’t know. He introduced the guy as Jim Joe, and we all started doing double shots of whiskey. We were interested in the drawings of dogs someone had made on the wall. We thought whoever did them must be cool.

After that, we went to another friend’s place to eat and hang out. We talked about rappers, then left to go to another bar. On the way there, Jim Joe went over to a lamppost and wrote something on it. I remember thinking that he did it really quickly. Then I realized what it said, and I looked at him. I think…