Levitate. Levitate. Levitate.

Art is created to make us feel. Feeling helps us cope, heal, protect, grieve, accept, and love. So when a pure artist transforms to just consciousness and memories of ours, it hits us hard. 

I've seen several people say "yall act like Prince was a family member..." My response to that is..for lack of better words/phrases.. Fuck you.. 

Art may have helped someone through a struggle that family couldn't or didn't care to help with.

Art is Omnipotent. Artist are sometimes your help. So when your help leaves the physical form, yes.. As a human you mourn in some form, hopefully it's in a loving, appreciative manner. Let people have their moment in love. 

So yeah..

Therapy.

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As artist we sometimes lock ourselves away and work, losing track or the world outside of the workspace.  Personally I cram everything into the figurative box, that space gets stuffy. The one place I can go to empty the clutter is the museum. 

The DMA is perfect. It's filled with everything I love, it's clean, spacious, and free. It's literally the place I can go exhale.  

Here's my two favorite pieces from toasts quick therapy visit.

 'Hanging Neon'. Stephen Antonakos. neon & black paint on metal .

 'Hanging Neon'. Stephen Antonakos. neon & black paint on metal .

Paraj, 1965. Victor Vasarely- tempera on panel.

Paraj, 1965. Victor Vasarely- tempera on panel.

Just realized they're both green and red. Hmmmmm.. Inspiration maybe.

Vantablaq - The Darkest Material ever created.

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Scientist have found a way to make black even blacker. This carbon nano material is being called Vantablack. It absorbs 99.9% of all light, which to the human eye is like 103.67% I guess. Especially my eyes because I am legally blind, I cannot see. The company created it to coat/calibrate imaging telescopes but now her come government war machines wanting it for weapons. Assholes.

I'd love to do a painting on a vantablack canvas. Colors would be so much brighter over it. I bet it would give the illusion of colors floating toward you. 

Check out the website for it here.

Also, use the discount code 'SPRNGCLN' to save 30%  on everything I craft with my two hands.

Kaws. The millennial's pop art icon.

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aws is hands down one of my favorite artist. He's an artist who's work gets everywhere, FAST. No matter what he releases, the masses flock to buy it up. Many were introduced to Kaws from his album cover work on the Kanye West's 808 and Heartbreak album. For others it was the remix of the Simpson's character with the signature cross bone skull heads.

No matter how you got your first dose of the artist, nothing was bigger than The Macy's day parade Companion and The MTV Awards Kaws Moonman. Artist born Brian Donnelly start his art career on the streets of New York in the graffiti world. After some schooling he went on to coloring in cartoon animation. During this time he would unlock advertising displays and paint his crossbones over ads from huge companies. Well some of those companies took notice and begin hiring the artist to make their shit cooler. This was what lit the fuse. These opportunities created a pop culture icon out of Kaws. Clothing, toys, pillows, rugs, collectible key chains, paintings, prints, figurines, album covers, bigger ad collaborations, books, and knock offs flooded the art market. 

Kaws is one of the examples of the art grind paying off big time. The most remarkable thing is. Mr. Donnelly remains this quiet power house that loves his work to be enjoyed. No ego, no flashy life, just work. So artist, Just keep fucking creating!

The NFL x Twitter collab.

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Today the NFL and Twitter announced that Twitter now has rights to Thursday Night Football! Everyone watched TV as a big Twitter family anyway, the move only made sense to grow the NFL viewership while also bringing more users to the Twitter platform. Twitter's lack of growth has been a topic that needed to be addressed, streaming TV only makes sense. Hopefully we see more events streamed live via the app.

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