My work will be displayed in an upcoming art show TBD
Song of the week: Pusha TSong of the feat. Ms. Lauryn Hill “Coming Home” I do not own the rights to this song.
Quote of the week: The world today doesn’t make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do? —Pablo Picasso
I’m a little late, I know. I try to meet my deadlines but, just because I’m doing time it doesn’t mean that I have a lot of it. My days can be hectic: Work, workout, appointments, paperwork, painting, and on top of all that, I still need to do those life sustaining things like eat and drink. I say that because, some days I don’t do neither. When I’m painting, the world around me doesn’t exist anymore. I sit for hours and never realize how much time has gone by.
Painting “Day-N-Nite”, I passed out from dehydration. My roommate, at the time, handed me a bottle of water every 3 hours and forced me to drink it after that episode. I hate leaving my work to go to the bathroom even. Covid lockdown was the most productive. For over a year I did nothing but paint. The only time we left our cells were to pick up our trays at the dining hall, so I had over 10+ hours a day to paint. I created; Emotive, Bloodlinez, American Stereotypez, Tranzending (donated to Let’s Get Free Org.), October Rain, Cozmoz, & some logo pieces.
Since we’ve been back to normal operations, I’m finding it difficult to emerse myself back into my art the way I used to. It’s kinda frustrating because its all I think about. From wake to sleep. It’s become my obsession. I think of; how to tweak this, or how to shade that. So, when I’m somewhere other than my easel I get a little anxiety because, I don’t want to forget anything.
I’ve been working on “Contraztz” for LGF for four months! I’m almost loosing my mind. I have a thousand ideas ready to be born onto a canvas and I can’t find enough time! I need 8 days and 25 hours a week. I can work on a few paintings at a time but, I really gotta finish this one. I’m already behind schedule.
Also, this may be my second to last post. My GoDaddy account is due and I don’t have the funds.
I still have my Facebook and Instagram. If it does go off, you can leave me an email. It’s hard to maintain a website from prison. My family have lives to tend to first. And GoDaddy is not cheap. So, hopefully it won’t be down for too long.
Now. Before I end this, let me say: Congratulations to India Spellman! Your home, finally! I’m sincerely happy for you fam. Don’t let anybody tell you different. India was another African American falsely accused of murder! She was acquitted last week after being incarcerated for over 10 years! Please follow her story. My advice to you Indy…. Get back everything they owe. Do Not Settle. They took half your life for political gain. They didn’t care about justice. They only cared about a conviction, no matter which African American they got for it.
I now this because, its part of my story. They don’t care about anything or anyone when it comes to getting their conviction.. They use innocent people to testify on innocent people by threatening to put them in jail also. Any human will think about their life first. Of course they will say, what ever you want the to say, in order to not receive the same fate. This is how they get a majority of their convictions. But, I digress. Sigh….
Z-Coded: Art by Kal-El Carey 