It's about the electricity of living. The whole idea is to get your attention. He's ready with a shotgun blast of quips, anecdotes and run-on sentences. But, as quickly as he lifts the shades from his eyes, Agee reveals a different persona. No shades, no chip on the shoulder.
Most kids tagging out there are introverts.
They're shy, and when they put it out there, there's this huge rush like the world is going to see their work. Agee doesn't shy away from the limelight. But he says his days of hooking up with a lookout for a night of bombing are over, at least for now. He talks with a never-again tone about the time he was held for 19 hours by Detroit police on the misdemeanor charge of defacing public property. Agee says he knows of as many as 50 graffiti artists working throughout Detroit who remain defiant about making their marks.