My friend Yue Wu.
Talented, creative, and cool people are all fine & great but when a simple virtue like kindness outshines them all…well then it seems as though all the others are uniquely enhanced. If I had to imagine or describe one characteristic that makes my friend Yue of the coolest people to be around, I would have to choose kindness. The reason why I’m writing about this is because some of you may or may not have seen his work function as part of the recent Wham Bam Thank You M’amm art show in Hong Kong & when you saw it you may have realized how ridiculously ill this kid is. So now I am simply providing an outlet to inform you how great it feels to see another person that is the real deal, continue to succeed at doing what they love. Yue did my first original Maestro Knows logo which is at the top of this screen right now and I also have a more in depth look into his life that I shot in Paris and am in the process of cutting up right now! See you soon.
My “wanna be like Mike” shoes.
I haven’t always been into tennis shoes. When I was young all I use to think about was how great Mike was, I never even really knew he had his own shoes until he stopped playing ball, I was always more interested in him and Pippen…man I thought Scottie Pippen was the coolest name, he had 33, Mike had 23, those were the days! I wonder if in 20 years they will remake Lebron’s and people will line up for them? Regardless, I think it’s pretty cool that aside from these shoes just looking really dope, they make me reminisce back to being a lil guy.
Defining inspiration.
I don’t like when people overuse words because to me they lose the essence of their true meaning. The word inspiration is one example that falls victim to this problem. I first met this kid Hassan through the internet, I believe it was on Skype, he showed me these sample tennis shoes he was making and I thought “oh, that’s pretty neat”. Read More
Patrick Martinez is Los Angeles art.
I love Los Angeles, that’s one of the main reasons why I started my show. Every time I meet someone who’s living & working in LA that’s talented & represents the city well, it’s really refreshing and really exciting. I titled this post Patrick Martinez is Los Angeles art because when I look at his work it feels exactly like a certain perspective of our city. Get ready for some further documentation coming up soon! Read More