So at about 4:30 one night, I was wandering the streets when a figure stepped towards me form the shadows. Her wild hair, as red as her eyes, swam around her head in a chaotic cyclone. Her clothing, made entirely of pizza boxes and bottle caps, shone with a glimmer not unlike a champagne glass under a neon sign. In one hand, a brown-bagged bottle. In the other, a sharpie. That woman taught me how to love that night, and her mark remains with me to this day.









