photo1 courtesy of Tadao Horikawa and 2,3,4,5 of Annex Panlilo
What a jam what a jam. I don't think there will be another opportunity to break, emcee, and have my art on display all at in the same venue, well atleast not for a while. What a beautiful life. I'm taking advantage of it until it comes down. Speaking of which, the gallery has decided to extend my exhibit untill August 27 at which time the Governor General of Canada will come visit the graffiti gallery.
Jazzy Jester of the Albino Rhinos crew came to Wininpeg to share his philosophy on dance and hip hop. He did a workshop that involved alot of coloring outside the box, which I found very liberating. He promotes invidual creativity, and the confidence to be who you truly are, while still having that balance between whats outside and whats in. Know both, but use whats inside the box, to know what you want to do outside. What else did we learn....FALLING! learning how to fall..with style. WATER moving like it. Movement vs. moves. No one can move like you, people can imitate moves, but they cannot be you. what else..as soon as you begin to define what hip hop is, you are boxing yourself in, don't fall victim to that. Go for self, and do what feels natural. Flying Bears, angry snakes, majestics ASSteroids, and shoulder brushing handshakes.
"it's better to fail in originality, than succeed in imitation" - herman melville
and in other irrelevant news. I climbed onto a church roof today. Oh what fun
