Here, the Hype Dies

Success?

2009-09-06T20:39:00.000-07:00

I'm sure you've all heard successful by Drake.......if not then congratlations, you've successfully separated yourself from the mainstream.

But i digress.....

When i heard the chorus, it made an interesting thought pop up in my cranium.....

Why be successful?

Why let others tell you how much you're worth and and how much yo've accomplished?

Why live in the box, the cage, the illusion, the mirage of society?

Another glorious thought popped up in my head......

Why not DEFINE success?

Measure how much you've accomplished by YOUR standards...

I bet you didn't know that some people consider Bill Gates, yes, BILL GATES, a failure...simply because he left Harvard before they said he could go.

These same people express these opinions on computers that HIS corporation manufactures......purely circumstantial in their book. Irrelevant. To them, no fancy degree=failure

Education does take you places, but who says you want to go? sure it's nice to fall back on, but suppose you don't WANT to?

Society is based on the idea that without going to school, you're doomed to a life of labor and low wages. Or maybe no wages at all.

Some people might call this theory 'slackness' or laziness' or ignorance.....

but who defines THOSE terms? Definition.....such a relative yet concrete word...

So I'll go ahead, define my OWN version of success and go for it, if you don't mind......

I plan to go to college, but only because nobody wants a doctor who doesn't know how to help them get better

2009-09-06T10:33:00.001-07:00

Pain

And a woman spoke, saying, 'Tell us of Pain.'

And he said:

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.

And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy;

And you would accept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields.

And you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.

Much of your pain is self-chosen.

It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.

Therefore trust the physician, and drink his remedy in silence and tranquillity:

For his hand, though heavy and hard, is guided by the tender hand of the Unseen,

And the cup he brings, though it burn your lips, has been fashioned of the clay which the Potter has moistened with His own sacred tears.

Khalil Gibran

Afro Samurai AF-1's

2009-07-26T12:24:00.000-07:00

What's good. Like i mentioned before i currently have a pair of Air Forces in the works, fashioned after Afro Samurai, from Spike TV. One of the best shows i've ever seen. But anyways I've decided to give a play-by-play account. I'll show you how the shoes looked plain, and any progress I make from now will be added also....

here's how they look blank:

More to Come!

Stay tuned...

progress so far:

Well....the flaws are obvious.....but yea. More to come of course.

Almost done.....just some obvious flaws need to be edged out, then I need to come up with a good enough image for the antagonist, Justice

Self-Expression

2009-07-19T19:07:00.000-07:00

Well, Unfortunately, emotions and art are TOO much like each other........we try to harness them but its practically impossible.....they both come in random unexpected bursts......and both are sometimes controversial.......
Some are experts are expressing both their art and emotions, some only their art, or vice versa. You get the point. But I digress. Basically sometimes when we get all geared up to paint or draw or tag, WHATEVER we do to get off, nd when we sit down to it (or stand up, you guys get my point), we come up with............nothing. We draw a blank...... And sometimes our emotions pull the same stunt on us....some things are so routine, while others are routinely unpredictable.

Ever work up the nerve to speak to the person you like, or confront the person you have a problem with, or make an important decision, and lose your wits? To walk up to he/she and declare your feelings, whether they be good or bad? (most likely good though, usually beefs get started over text messages and emails, so it seems...) and when your best chance or simply an opening appears, you don't say anything? Sucks doesn't it? Really.............Sucks. I think we've all been there a few times......

Totally.

I don't think I need to say anything else for for you guys to get the point i'm trying to convey.

Sit on that for a while.....

Permit

2009-07-17T21:16:00.000-07:00

What's good. You guys all right? So this morning i went to a new high school orientation for my Junior year........ and I was hella impressed. Looked mad clean, and big would be an understatement. State-of-the-art all the way. I wouldnt mind going there. The main reason I might leave my current school is that my mom thinks it doesn't offer enough for college. I'm kinda ashamed to say she thinks about it a LOT more than i do. Sad, I know. Need to work on that......Enought about that.
After that, got my learner's permit, a year late but hey. Why cry over spilt milk? After some trouble and a lot of standing, i get my picture taken, but the lady got mad at me because i looked directly into the flash-bulb-thiggamajigger lol. And speaking of her, i felt bad because i was saying something to her and then she turned her head and i stopped mid-sentence, because she had large white scars and around three-fourths of her ear were missing. I was like o_O........completely unexpected. Registered to vote or whatever and old them they could give my body parts to whomever if i die......what good would it do ME in that situation? lol
After i got the actual card i treated my mom and dad to a Chinese buffet. It was worth it i guess. Got played by the waitress though. Definitely gonna watch out for her in the future. Came home, fooled around all day, slept, and now im blogging. A fairly uneventful day, but i'm still alive. Can i ask for anything else?

My Schizophrenic Brain

2009-07-15T09:21:00.000-07:00

Ok, so i'm online looking for some sidekick themes and i come across some NICE themes, and i say nice because the art was actually part of the M.S.B. series by Guilherme Marconi. I have no complaints about his work. The color combinations, the blending, the subjects themselves, the size......it all screams win to me. hope you guys like it. hey, maybe you can buy his art. support the guy [=. Btw sorry for the pic quality guys

Rob Roy

2009-07-14T21:23:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure if you know or not, but he's good.......really good. and what makes him so good? He's HIMSELF.......instant win in my book. Look him up. I would Hate for him to get slept on

here are some links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lww9Wqq_Cao

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw2RjPJ1r-s

First Post

2009-07-14T20:36:00.000-07:00

First Post......welcome to my blog........here, the hype dies......the name explains it all........this blog is for deep people, who appreciate deep things like, fashion, good music, etc. of course i will be updating as I see fit.......maybe daily, maybe not. Who Knows? I'm mad chill and hopefully you guys will think so too. It's all good here.

But here's the story.....

I'm Howard, a.k.a Out Loud, the second half of creative superduo Kosmik Kolours, along with Just Beast. I'm sixteen and reside down in South Florida. One day we decided to put our art on sneakers, got into it and BAM there it goes.......He's finished like a gazillion shoes while I struggle with one. He's the laid-back one with all the skills, while i'm the random, imaginative one, who struggles to channel my art....it's all in my head.....working on a very special pair right now that should be finished by the end of summer, i PROMISE......lolz anyways enough ranting. be easy people. peace