I was excited and mind blown when I found these photos yesterday before bed. Someone had mentioned something vague about my profile pictures and I was curious what they might be referring to. I saw that in 2010, 2 weeks after I swam to the island like I talk about in chapter 32 of The Godchild… my favorite chapter about an amazing day, I posted these photos I took that day. I did not get any of the art back that I left at the park that day I dove in and swam to a deserted island to spend the night with Mother Goose…but this is what I was doing before I dove in, and where my mind was at.
Unfortunately my phone camera in 2010 was not that great, but these are some cool pictures to have. If you read The Godchild I’m sure this chapter stands out in your mind, and so it’s cool to have a record of that actual, real day.
Another cool thing I found was this painting my alternative high school art teacher, Pat Mattina did of me while I was still a high school student. Pat is THE art teacher who I credit as being MY art teacher, even if I technically had many art teachers over the years, Pat was the one who turned me into a real artist. She was a great teacher. I had her for English too, which I also loved. Her English class was for the creative kids who preferred writing and art to sitting down and reading. Reddi’s class was for the analytical reader types. They would have been what was basically like an honor’s English class, but Pat’s class was perfect for me. We were still very smart, just different smart. We spent a couple semesters reading banned books and a couple semesters reading books about artists. We studied the Harlem Renaissance and abstract expressionism, e.e. cummings, beat poetry, jazz, etc. I really loved that school and the way they kept me interested in learning which public school failed to do. Pat did this painting of me standing by the steps in the front building. My pants were actually a dark pink and black plaid pair of Skidz, but she took artistic license. She originally didn’t want me to see this painting which she did while doing a series of paintings of some of the students. My favorite by her was called “Teen Feet” and it was the legs and shoes of several students under our desks. I could tell who each student was just by the legs and shoes in the painting because we were all so unique there, but Pat did this of me and didn’t want me to see it because of how sad I looked, and I really was so depressed back then. She saw it all over me, but it’s a great painting…
I’ve got a few more random photos from this week. First, this is me out in the snow, getting some much needed fresh air…
Here is Moo on the couch…
A Reks record.. the newest called THINGS with Apollo Brown, Evidence, Pharaoh Monch, and Statik Selektah, plus a few of my hip hop Funko Pops including the new Jam Master Jay
A new Painting I got by an artist named Len Di Mercurio
The most recent page in my children’s book
My new book covers have all arrived. You can buy them signed through me for $15 each or $40 for all 3. email me at wickedcliche@gmail.com
I got this lotion too. Sells great and made with hemp, so great for skin, even un-medicated.
And for some cool music, try out this friend of mine on Facebook. His show Bunker Buds is way cool.
