Beautiful things in this world...

...achievement.

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Astratto...coming soon

...I'll be making these all the time leading up to the week. Create art! Click on photo above.
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Empire State of Mind...

...AK.


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When sports become art...

...if you didn't know me and followed this blog, you probably would have no idea how much I was into sports (maybe I should start a sports blog). I had to post this oop from Mike Bibby to Josh Smith because it's like art on a bball court...the feeling of throwing that perfect oop and the crowd not seeing it coming...and then the sound of their exuberance....totally priceless.

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Bobby Ray

...filmed in a place where I spent a lot of time during my college years...Little Five Points...midtown A. Peace+Love

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Astratto

Astratto is my personal art week taking place the first week of December...read more about the concept, history and the motivation behind the week after the jump.

I feel like if you're an artist, there are times when you should shut out most of the regular day to day life, and focus on your art.
Earlier this year I was suppose to travel overseas but the trip fell through, so instead of trying to go somewhere else, I figured I would take the time off and focus and appreciate my art and the art around me.

During the week I plan on doing a lot of shooting, writing, editing of the novel, playing music, making music, visiting museums, going to see live music shows, drinking Jameson and whatever else I feel like doing artistically.

But the idea of Astratto is not primarily for me...it's more so for anyone who believes in art...a week to create something, even if you have not created in years. A week to appreciate something that is truly universal and that brings different cultures from around the world together, as one.

Astratto means 'abstract' in Italian. I chose the word abstract because I think everyone sees art individually, and so, everyone has an individual abstract view of art. I chose Italian because the second part of my life is coming in the next few months and I will be leaving my 20's and crossing over into 30 in Italy.

You have to understand, I find that completely amazing because I grew up in humble beginnings and still know people that live in my old neighborhood that have yet to see the ocean.

During the week of Astratto, create something beautiful for them and for all people, so that they can see the world through your art.

*Astratto design By Erin Burns

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Clipse x Popular Demand

I just think the actual music behind this project so far is nutts...can't wait Till the Casket Drops. Peace+Love

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What I'm reading...

What am I reading?

Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton


Description from publisher: Eloquently tracing the birth of a revolutionary, Huey P. Newton’s famous and oft-quoted autobiography is as much a manifesto as a portrait of the inner circle of America’s Black Panther Party. From Newton’s impoverished childhood on the streets of Oakland to his adolescence and struggles with the system, from his role in the Black Panthers to his solitary confinement in the Alameda County Jail, Revolutionary Suicide is smart, unrepentant, and thought-provoking in its portrayal of inspired radicalism.

The More: Like most coming of age stories dealing with young Black men, this book details how the transformation from boy to man (when you are a Black man in America) is directly linked to society and society's view of you and people that look like you. Like Malcolm X, Newton finds his transformation in reading and learning on his own. This is a great book for any young man (of any color) trying to find a resolution to their inner turmoil or trying to find their true self...plus it's just a good read. Peace+Love

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Solange - Stillness is the Move

...one of my favorite artist of 2008 killed this little joint. Glad she's back in the studio creating art. Peace+Love

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Goodie Mob x The Legendary Roots Crew

...these two legendary groups team up for Soul Food, southern classic! Peace+Love

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Peace

peace
by david stuckey

it's hard to believe peace is real.
that peace is even a reality.
with the wars.
and the shootings you see on the news.
and just the hate you experience from everyday life.

But every time I see one thing.
it makes me remember that peace is obtainable.
that the impossible is possible.

And it's something I see all the time.
And that simple something?
It's old Black people.

I'm not talking old, like 45 (that ain't old fyi).
I'm talking, 65-70, 75, 80, 80+ year olds.
Skin looking like polished oil.
Eyes brown like dirtied almonds.
Hair grey as troubled nights.

once I asked my mother about race in chattanooga.
when she was younger.
and she said...you know...you really just didn't go on that side of town.
blacks stayed on one side.
whites on the other.

my grandmother came to dc once.
and we were sitting outside the national cathedral.
just us two.
and we talked about life.
and she told me how you just did not look at white people when she was a child.
that she really didn't look into a white person's eyes until she was a grown woman.
and grown as in like, 30.

i see old black people.
and i know what they went through.
what they saw.
what they couldn't look at.
where they couldn't eat.
who they couldn't vote for..
where they couldn't go to school.
or work.
who they couldn't love.
i remember they had all these cants.

but 9/10 times these old Black people i see and talk to and know.
damn...they are not bitter.
that was life.
and life is what it is now.
don't get me wrong, remarks are made within the Black family.
but most of the time...for these old Black people.
there is a respect for human kind no matter the color.
even though for most of their lives, their color deemed them inhumane.

and when i see these old Black people.
and they smile.
and remember without malice.
and love just the same.
as if hell was not their upbringing.

if they can love everyone no matter what...
...after what they had been through?
then although I have my doubts.
i know peace is real.
even with the wars.
and the shootings you see on the news.
and just the hate you experience from everyday life.
I know peace is real.
I know peace is obtainable.

I believe in peace.
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Doorman

New Clipse...this album is about to be so mean! Love how they put 'for entertainment purposes only' at the end...lol. Peace+Love

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Dirty Money

I am totally shopping with this song and video...I know some won't believe this...but Diddy makes good albums...period. Peace+Love


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Blakroc x Art Week in D.C.

This is going to be a dope album! Comes out on Black Friday and it will commemorate my art week and be the soundtrack to the week! Check the first single 'Ain't Nothing Life You' featuring Mos Def and Jim Jones. A note on that...I will be doing a post on my art week in D.C. Will you be involved? Peace+Love

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The best date ever...

If you could take your girl to see Maxwell in Paris? Best date ever, right? Note: This is my favorite cut off the album because of the horn break...no one does that anymore in soul music! DOPE! Peace+Love


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