personal to Arron – The Good Die Young . Psychologically-speaking, this is probably because Arron would not have been able to do it for himself; he needed that distance of invoking Temper to do it for him. But these two characters need each other, help each other. Arron Bird is an introvert, and would prefer to stand in a corner and go unnoticed. Temper can easily stand in front of 2,000 people at an event, he can stand in front of a camera and be filmed talking. Temper was the vehicle that got Arron Bird out of a lifestyle that
would have been damaging in the longer term. He didn’t benefit from a great education, and as such he feels he wasn’t set up to leave school and walk into a promising career. Temper was his second, and last chance, to pursue the life he wanted for himself and his family. The man himself sees a certain humour in the arrangement he has with his alter egos: “Ironically, I have to put my Temper mask on so that I can do what I do without the use of masking or stencils.”
A third contributor has also recently emerged; Mr Seymour – but that’s a future branch for him to explore in good time. We’re told that this third character is: “…a bit more hardcore than Arron or Temper. He’s a bit more street, a hangover from the days before Temper became a legal artist.” He is without the guidelines or responsibilities that come with being a known artist, so he can be more adventurous and less orthodox with his ideas.
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