STENCILED SALLY
Today a 100 years ago Samuel Beckett was born into Dublin, Ireland and he worked his life through to become one of avantgarde first and foremost authors. I have almost admired his sharp and wicked wit as much as his short and precise sentences. After reading his biography I felt strongly encouraged to never give up on believing in myself as an author. Beckett himself was discovered late in life. He had years of poverty, frustration and agony which furthered his style - and grace. It seems there was never the question of giving up. You may have heard his famous quote before: Ever try, ever fail, no matter. Try again, fail again, fail better. It´s not just a quote I love, it is also the essence of Beckett.
On a personal note: my graffiti group went well! Today we "bombed" a whole empty appartment. The girls did not stop spraying untill all the cans were gone. And what cool cans they were. There will be a short report of our workshop on this site later.
D°J°M - unbeatable in coolness :)
9 Kommentare:
Good to know you are back..I bet these girls had a lot of fun with you teaching...you are amazing.
I am "sort of" back.I am using dreamweaver for the layout of my blog...and..hum, argh...bit confusing..but getting used to.
*hug
Glad to hear the teeneagers didn't eat you. Actually it sounds like a lot of fun, looking forward to hearing about it.
Hi Marjorie, yes, please become a regular again!!
Thanks Flossy, I wasn´t so sure in the beginning, but then we had a lot of fun together indeed. Actually I suppose they had to put up with me as their access to spray-cans, haha :) I was surprised how well they managed to cut their stencils. Compared to their big ones my wee Sally looks rather shabby.
I will summarize the workshop over the long Easter weekend and hopefully post it at the beginning of next week.
Stay tuned if you are interested :)
wait a second...I thought you said you were teaching a 'stenciling' class? Now we see you are teaching societies youth to spray paint buildings?
WAY TO GO!!!!!
just joking...you are such a good person for mentoring:)
Oh you have to post more pics of this!!! My mind is going crazy wanting to know what they came up with.
Yes please, never give up becasue the world needs YOU, you are brilliant!
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I agree with Andrea, you are just brilliant, it´s true. We always hope to you.
I like you because always you make me "think on" about so many things!
Thanks to approach to me to Samuel Beckett, great man. Now I´m wishing to read his biography.
I would like your graffiti class for me!
Yes, Joy, I am trying to raise a new girl guerilla generation! Maybe that is my feminist streak :) . As to mentoring, I have to say it is hard to get across the graffiti ethics when there are spraycans waiting to be used, but I hope I made my point.
Andrea, the photos are to come! They may be a bit boring for outsiders though. Thank you for your words! I hope the world knows that it needs me! :)
Lu, thank you for saying that! This is really the biggest compliment that I make you think about things. And sure, I´ll give you a notice before my next graffiti class - I´d like to see the guerilla girl group expand over Europe! ;)
hi, I agree w' becket and you...i do the same and keep on trying my best with my (conceptual) art career, which is NOT illustrations (a means of living...among others).here is my serious art blog:
beyusboys.bitlosophy.org
I enjoy the girls at work pic...go head!
;)
Please, please keep writing! I implore you! You have a unique gift that only you can give! And what have you done with these poor innocent little girls! Prepared to launch an art attack!
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