Thursday!

So, by now I should have realized that when I tell a story I tend to jump around  from thing to thing, usually out of order, but most times people eventually figure out what it is that the story is about. I only have a couple of pictures to share but here they are!

I forgot to get a view of the stage floor and stage left, which was a bummer because of all the effort that everyone went to who was involved in this.

SO, the story behind this was that SCC was involved in producing a musical play about rival gangs and they were in need of artists to create graffiti in their space, we worked alongside real graffiti artists and just plain silly folk, like my friend Milo and Magi. Whenever you get artists together with a sense of humor you end up with some great-looking work, and they usually contain a great deal of hidden jokes.

I know for certain that among some of the things spraypainted there were:

"Frodo Lives"

"Dumpster Diver"

"Codfish"

"Anarchy Symbol"

"Short People Of The World Unite Or Buy Stilts"

"Smash The State"

"exit" above the exit sign

"I Didn't Do It"

"Milo"

An anchor

"RIP Kim Jon Il"

"This Banana Is Magical"

Along with various other symbols that are quite recognizable! The night before I was going to help paint, Milo called me and asked me to help, that's why I went. I had nearly gotten hit by a car that day so I was dealing with the severe stress that accompanied it, and it was a good exercise to help me calm down to develop my own "tags" for the stage, and I painted two out of the three of them that I had created on the walls and on a panel.

Of the three sketches that I had drawn were a UFO, "THIS WAY" written on top of two arrows pointing in opposing directions (an homage to alice in wonderland), and a heavy-metal-looking symbol that kind of resembles the letters RAR only the first R is reversed and the letters are all highly stylized.

When I got there immediately I saw Milo and about two seconds later I saw my dearest friend Magi who was painting a panel and then eventually painted all over! This was the best surprise! Two of my very dear friends with very good senses of design and humor! Milo I should say made most of the "silly" tags, which were so much fun to see!

I had help painting my work-pants, which were lacking paint on them, now, they're too colorful to wear without someone (on a scooter driving by) commenting on them!

I have to say it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience throughout, except for the migraine afterwards.

Even that went away after a long night's rest.