

I went to Philly once to pose for 2 very talented artists. My flight arrived very late, and I was broke, so I took the train into the city rather than grabbing a cab. The station was practically empty except for those of us coming in from the airport. I disoriented (directionally challenged...), and took a side street corridor exit. When I opened the door, there was a man in a hoodie tweaking out and blocking the door to go outside. He lunged at me but then turned away and huddled back in the corner. I was pretty sure I was going to be robbed, but the door back into the station was still open, so I got out of there and somehow made it to my hotel. I'm thankful that's one of the only scary encounters I've had and in a way I was glad I saw that side of a big city. Toronto was also very safe, even when I lived in bad neighbourhoods. Anyways, that was a long account of what led to a series of lovely drawings of me.