About to sleep.
It's really cold.
Still not a lotta rain.
Just saw one of my favorite people.
Hours felt like minutes.
I am blessed.
Confused and foolish.
Thankful nonetheless.
-ABC
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" ever feel like Noah on an overcast day? David take down your harp and sing"
-mewithoutyou
xxno
Freedom's just another word for no more fucks to give.
These are a few of my favorite things
Smoggie Catt and cartoons.
not shown:
Smoggie Catt trying to grab the cartoons.
what happens next
my friend Steve gave me a desktop computer and i recently got a new phone. with their powers combined i am able to interweb from something more than my phone.
which means i’ll be writing more. it’s an important piece of me I tend to put off for the sake of drawing. All voodoo must be properly practiced to pursue full potential.
Feeling it all, friends. It’s been a strange fall in Portland, Oregon.
Full moon last weekend.
Smoggie Catt is resting on the couch beside me.
She’s my greatest companion.
Well now I know the laptop/phone connection works so I’m going to sign off here.
-ABC
October
October has been full of moments.
Here and there.
Looking out.
Letting go.
Holding on.
Wandering in new neighborhoods.
Drinking less as frequent.
Starting a new job in a coffee shop.
A birthday.
Winding down job at the sandwich shop.
New art display.
Still working on publishing book.
Making more music.
Drawings more intense.
Still trying to find home in a building of nouns.
I love Smoggie Catt.
Virginia and Stuff
I made it to Virginia on Saturday morning. I’m leaving tomorrow evening.
It’s been nice to sit and talk with family. I got a couple new tattoos, too.
I don’t have the attention span to type right now.
-abc
Nike and Colin
I've been watching all the words on social media about Nike siding with Colin Kaepernick for a few days.
I've been slow to say words because there is a lot to absorb.
A friend called me last night and I think she said it best so I'm going to paraphrase her words.
Also before I do that I want to quote Kaepernick:
"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick told NFL Media in an exclusive interview after the game. "To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."
We have to support people who make a stand and deliver awareness in any way possible.
Yes, Nike has done and is doing horrible things including sweat shops.
That is not a reason back up that has been under the rule of white supremacy for as long as it's existence and continues to try to just that.
A young African American chose to lay down his career and make a stand for something for greater than himself.
Now Nike has taken his side and it is opportunity to expose more inconvenient truths.
Corporations can't hide from there wrong doings anymore. No one can. A great awakening is/has been happening.
All lives will not matter until all lives matter. As a white male it would be complete ignorance for me to even pretend I know the life of a African American.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts Fawn Shilow and helping talk that out.
Long live liberty.
-ABC
New Opportunity
I moved from my beloved NE neighborhood of Elliot to the Hawthorne District in SE Portland.
I now live across the street from a grocery, my chosen bank, and a dispensary.
Walk a little further and there are more coffee shops than I currently can count, food, hippies, hipsters, music venues, vintage clothing shops, and so on.
More exciting is I'm moving into a house with much more space. I'm going from one bedroom to two.
Now I have one room to sleep/meditate and another room I can create art, music, whatever i want.
I just walked over to 7 Virtues for some coffee. Gotta wake and focus on getting the last things from Graham House.
More Typing later.
Be Free Fellow Earthlings,
-ABC
A-->Z
August 21 2018 pdx, or
08.26.18 zzzz
Full Moon Fever in every vein.
Today / Tuesday
Almost full moon
1211
Adrenaline rush junkie
Oh the people you'll meet
And the places we can go
New Book
I have the first printing of my new book! I can't wait to share with everyone. "Fragmented Realities (Rambles of a Madman)"
Holy Shiza
These last couple weeks have been busy busy. More updates soonly.
I just ate a Peruvian burger and a Peruvian beer. I visited Las Primes on N Williams. I needed to eat something different and wander a different route.
Tomorrow is laundry day and I get a new backpack coming in the mail! Much needed.
Also hoping to go to the eye doctor tomorrow. It's been too long. I need some new contacts.
Smiles and Opportunities
Opportunities are a lot like smiles. They're both abound if you're willing to look around.
Yes. I'm Still Here.
I'd rather live happily ever after than be be content with the sweet hereafter.
-ABC
Live Art Jam
Hello Friends!
This is a semi last minute post, I've been working at the day job more than I normally do this week so my routines are a bit shuffled at the moment.
This Saturday I am participating in a live art jam at PDXchnge on Mississippi Avenue from 1-4pm.
I will be creating art live alongside some other artists I will link to below.
Come check it out, hang out, ask anything you wanna know about the art process.
I have a huge inventory of pieces that haven't sold yet that will be available at discounted prices.
Help me clean out the inventory to make room for new stuff.
Also for one day only I will be selling my coffee cup art. A lot of people have been asking for them, but they've literally been the cups I drink from.
Saturday I am doing a limited run of 25 coffee cups for $5 each.
I will also have a limited number of my "character guide" to hand out for those interested.
I hope to see you there.
-ABC
Other artists participating in Live Art Jam.
