Saturday, June 28, 2008

Nell B.

I asked my brother Nell if he could do me a favor and bless me with a poem to post on my blog and he came through for me. I remember when I saw his first performance - anxiety got the best of him that day, but I still had faith. Pay attention to the words and tell me if you are feeling this one.
" Here's one for the bad guy .. Wats superman without lex, batman witout joker, wats spiderman without venom and me without you ...

See everytime I try to save the world (or at least the one I'm living in) there's always some coward too afraid to live in his f'n up mine...

'I can do this better, I can do it faster, I can do it like this, why do he do it like that'

All these proposals with no action for ratification ... talk a lotta shyt but wen it come down to it ... dudes are on vacation

But in all honesty wats a hero without a villan ... it is only in the face of tru hate that tru perseverance makes an appearance ...

After all superman without lex is an alien invader,

Batman without joker is just a rich clown in a costume,

Spiderman without venom is a geek with an infection,

And

Me without u is STILL GONNA BE ME!

but since ur still here ............

Hello haters "
- Nell B.

L-O-V-E

Nike Air Yeezy, No word yet on availability

Inspiration from Air Jordan III, Air Revolution and Flight '89 like sole.

Honestly, I think I would be willing to pay EXCESSIVE amounts of cash on these sneakers, I don't know about camping out though. I'm definitely feelin' the PHX colors and the purple patent strap.
Kanye West wore the black pair to the Grammy's, and he was seen with them in other colors. Kanye hasn't put out any word on release dates or anything of the sort.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Visual Tranquility - Roy Lichtenstein

Drowning Girl, Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein was born October 1923 and died September 1997 at the age of 73. Lichtenstein first became interested in art and design as a hobby. After graduation from Franklin, Lichtenstein enrolled in summer classes at the Art Students League of New York. Lichtenstein then left New York to study at the Ohio State University which offered studio courses and a degree in fine arts.
His work fluctuated between Cubism and Expressionism, but he became popular because of his Pop paintings. In 1961 Lichtenstein began his first Pop painting using cartoon images and techniques derived from the appearance of commerical printing. His first work to feature the large scale use of hard edged figures and Benday Dots. Fall semester '07, I found out that he made each dot individually using his fingers. Lichtenstein used oil and Magna paint in his best known works, such as Drowning Girl, which can be seen at the MoMA. Also featuring thick outlines, bold colors and Benday Dots to represent certain colors, as if created by photographic reproduction.
Lichtenstein eventually steered away from the style of art he is known for back to Abstract/Cubism, but he made it more of a Pop painting than anything else.
In the Car, Roy Lichtenstein
Cubist Still Life, Roy Lichtenstein