contemplative graf ID

(from a post on www.templeofhiphop.org forum)...

it's important to contemplate through grafitti, who you are and why you do it. You tag is your aeresol projection of your intentional Self but if you really let go and fall into the creative process, an emergence of your deep subconsciousness will occur in your work. Embrace this and prepare to face shadows as well as immense light. Try to use the process as self-therapy as well as a bigger picture form of journalizm if you chose to take your message to the streets. Consider your environment and those who will view it, but don't compromise the premise of your intention to appease them. If it takes a visual assault on these sleepwalking mutherfuckers to insitgate change, then as a representative of the Kulture of freedom, bomb that shit sun!

I started bombing to represent my boy's brother who died falling on the third rail running from cops. It was ironic that the tag was serv, because I felt that I was serving a purpose at first. Then the ego kicked in as I got better and I developed my own tag and styles so I'll be the first to admit, biting was crucial to get started. Everyone bites at first, it's where you take it from there that defines you as an innovator.

Pardon self if I'm getting too philosophical, but the technique side of it is only one dimension. The difference between a toy and a true writer, to me, is the scope of vision applied through this artistic medium. Seriously, grafitti is the hardest element because it's still very illegal in most circumstances and therefore, the most powerful statement one can make as an act of defiance and revolutionary consciouness. Discipline and honor become the cornerstones of an art warrior, with technique and content as our weapons. One more thing, then I'll stop the sermon(hehe), all the elements of Hiphop are inter-related, interdependant even, so practicing b-boying is going to influence your stroke styles, freestyling is going to increase your ability to improvise on walls or canvas, and mixing records is going to help your ability to mix themes, styles, and colors... so engage in as many as interest and resonate with you and Hiphop will support your efforts. This is a blessing!
peace
Jæzi

thematic addict

1:59 AM and I"m just getting started. But as a devout artist of either bliss or painful catharsis, I toss myself into the crashing wave of extremes, surfing with every shred of awkward clamoring for the shores of calm redemption. Chain smoking and digging through muck media in search for meaningful intelligence. Highlights are meals, snacks, and warm cups of honey sweetened caffiene amidst attempts at entertainment and marketing directly to my now thoroughly embedded digital identity.

Art really drives me. Anything rendered of the human imagination presents itself to me in a supra-real glow of wonder and dazzle. These are my people. I am not a race, ethnicity, gender, class, nationality, academic or soldier for anything other than the creative force and those who wield it are my own. My enemy's enemy is my friend. It's probably a little narcissist to feel so strongly about all the creativity available directly to 'me' and therefore attach it's greatness to me in some way, but I humbly offer my intention to only glorify this force with itself, not my stamp of approval. I honestly just can't get enough of dope human ingenuity. I don't think I ever will.

Probobly because I know that I'm a never ending source of wackness (as well as dopeness), but more often than not I look for dopeness in others as inspiration to get over my wack slumps or see my wackness as kind of dope in way, anyways.

hence, my descent/ascent into www.deviantart.com under the guise of jæzthetics...more to follow