graffiti Bridge pt. 2

 

The art of culture of Graffiti had been seen in movies and documentaries worldwide. Being the backdrop to some of the most influential and iconic films. One of my favorite of all time, being a Prince fanatic is Graffiti Bridge. A rock doc where Prince meets Aura an angelic poet who loves writing poetry by the bridge. She is proceeded by a symbolic feather that follows her and suddenly

appears before she dies in a tragic car accident. The indie film unlike its predecessor, the iconic cult movie, PURPLE RAIN, was nominated for 5 Golden Rasberry awards including worst film, worst actor, and worst director ironically is one of my favorite roc docs. Maybe just because every female, not just Prince fans, only dreams of a guy who will spend the day with them listening to their love poems and sweet anecdotes right before they make love. The part where he comes saves you on his motorcycle is just an icing on the cake. Love inevitably should be like a fairy tale.

The Good girl meets bad boy scenario will akways be alluring. Thus is the story of my life. The moment where you know you long for the quiet happy ending is the same moment you realize you life is not a fairy tale. As a young woman who loves music, art, and poetry it seemed constant in my life that I was never content with the good guy who could save me, there was always the Morris Day character who was aggressive, arrogant and flamboyant that dated girls of the opposite lifestyle that I would run back to. It's true that life and love is very complicated. The good part is that before I turn 30 this year I have crashed many times, but I realized after years of life lessons, hurt, and pain my best moments were "Right Around the Corner."

Graffiti Bridge

Gone before your time Gone before your legend began. An artist of great caliber and talent will live on forever. In life we only hope for our legacies to be inspiring to others. As an artist, The ability to make Art imitate life is the ultimate self reward. Being a visionary and a revolutionist is only in your mind until you can provoke those ideas into the hearts and minds of the ordinary. Some may call him mysterious, while it cannot be denied his abstract behaviors make him taboo or even trivial. His legacy is almost somewhat myth. However, It's factual in order to be a pioneer of any sort, your greatest moments will never be publicized. The moment you finish a masterpiece, met the person who inspired you, and even the moment you were about to give up before the magic happened. As an intellectual I would only hope not to be martyred after my work was completed on this earth, before having seen my masterpieces devalued by the authorities that be that would later receive fortunes just to lend my art to museums where pieces of my imprint are so delicate they cannot even be openly photographed. We may not all be able to say we were mused by Madonna or had Blondie buy our first masterpiece, but as artists we have sat in our loneliness looking for inspiration and seeking piece of mind.

Without debate it is safe to say Madonna's sympathies are accurate, "He was too precious for this world." As one legend becomes Ash another will arise to bring balance to the universe. We are all models of excellence in some form at our greatest moments, but the difference in Kings and Queens remain evident. In order to be iconic excellence has to be standard. The streets of New York read "SAMO" ironically in a place where the same can never be the Superior. Havent we all felt like the world Was too perverse and that social norms were uncool. On the journey we all have to leave our imprint in this world, we must remember to reassure ourselves that anything authentic has to be recognized and respected.

I too have felt isolated by unintentional thoughts and premonitions. The idleness of the mind is something that creates beauty and inspiration. As a designer of beautiful things, my only objective is self fulfillment because in the end when you've reached nirvana within yourself and can transform interpretations into art the only thing that may be left to do is seek eternal salvation. The things you've left behind in the end are more valuable simply because it was not fabricated but rather touched by your eternal light. Guilty pleasures at that point could be eating $500 caviar then sleeping on the sidewalk to catch the sunset before grabbing cheese doodles for breakfast. No legendary individual in history or art lived a life that was not outside social norm, these legacies are consistently unconventional. In order to be great at whatever you do your mission must be one that does not conform. Then you have lived your lifetime while unintentionally transforming others.  The ultimate meaning of success remains obsolete until proven. Being exceptional as well as socially in tune has its own story in itself. The life of a artist must tell its story through masterpieces. In time the sun will shine just make sure your light is eternal.