MatthewI met Matthew (pictured) today. He’s an artist with a knack for sales pitches. He’s located between the Apple store & Kid Robot; both of which Matthew doesn’t really support strongly. Something tells me that if voice wasn’t hoarse as it was today, he would have stopped me on the street for longer and given me his views on even more things…

He informed me that SoHo, NY has the highest rent prices in the country (disgusting), he informed me that he loves working on paper and free NYC subway posters because he can’t afford anything else. He told me he likes paying $0 for rent – he sticks his art on a window and props it up against steps. When I told Matthew that I’m sorry but I can’t buy the art – I didn’t have $20 on me for one of his MTA-poster-art things – he said he was sorrier than I was. He likes to eat apparently. He did thank me for noticing him though, so at least something positive happened in that conversation.