Praise the lord, he has, once again, blessed me with his holy rays of inspiration!
Seriously, there is a lot I have to tell you about. This just may contain – 2 stencil ideas, 1 graffiti poem and a lot of personal crap. All in one little Boring Leaflet Of Graffiti post.
Seriously, there is a lot I have to tell you about. This just may contain – 2 stencil ideas, 1 graffiti poem and a lot of personal crap. All in one little Boring Leaflet Of Graffiti post.
If you follow me on twitter and flickr, you probably have already seen this. 2 completely new stencils, describing the modern world.
The first one was finished about a week ago, but sadly, there wasn’t any free time on my busy schedule to make a proper studio flick. I’m talking about my “Capital punishments for everybody” stencil.
There are so many things that are illegal, so many things that are considered evil and inappropriate. Everything has been put into stiff Law moulds, they prevent us from doing so much... But the human nature is a bit tricky. We all find the illegal stuff much more appealing than the crap that everybody does. We like everything that’s unusual, we try to stand out in the crowd by doing something “cool”... And here’s the perfect chance. All you have to do, is read this one line and instantly become a rebel, a fighter against corruption, warrior for freedom of thought and word.
[Any capital punishments done are none of [BLI:P]’s responsibility]
The second piece is a bit different from my usual crap. This time, more cynical than ever, I try to point out the depression and the loss of any enthusiasm in people’s minds. Everything has lost it’s true colours, everything is boring and each little problem has become so huge, that nobody has the will or the courage to do anything. The WHOLE thing is horrible. And there is completely nothing we can do about it.
Okay, those were my pieces, now comes the unusual content. I started trying out any poetry related stuff in October. I wrote a lot of stuff in Latvian, and surprisingly, I was delighted with most of it. A mate of mine encouraged me through the way, so I continued my journey through space and time. This is my first Graffiti poem of all time. In English. It's coming next Thursday, I don't have the required acetate right now.
And now, lets get a bit more personal. As you have read in my previous B.L.O.G. posts, last 3 weeks were really, really busy for me. It’s the end of the first semester, so I had a lot of studying to do. A lot of studying. I had to work ‘til eight o clock and then it was too dark to spray anything, so all Graffiti stuff was temporarily canceled.
Now, the problems are starting to unwrap themselves. I finally get my two weeks of complete nothingness, great 14 days to get away from it all with art. I’ll try to get a few cans of Mtn94 and a few sheets of acetate, so I could spend all of my free time on stencils.
Now, the problems are starting to unwrap themselves. I finally get my two weeks of complete nothingness, great 14 days to get away from it all with art. I’ll try to get a few cans of Mtn94 and a few sheets of acetate, so I could spend all of my free time on stencils.
The only problem might be the weather. Winters are considered to be cold in Latvia, the temperature often falls below zero and it’s completely normal. This year, we get -15 degrees (Celsius) every morning and about –10 degrees all day long. Not a good time to run around the city, trying to unclog your caps, that have frozen over by the time you have passed from one spot to another, so there probably wont be any city pieces this winter. It’s a bloody snowstorm and it’s freezing outside. All the time. So until February, I’ll base my work in my studio.
Ok, that’s it for today. I have to get back to my important last studies.
Farewell!
Sincerely yours,
[BLI:P]
