A new friend from London introduced me to this guy's work.  He's "mates" with Banksy.  Skore is UK street artist who has worked with Adidas and Foot Locker.  I especially love the lipstick cam on the spray can.

Anyone who's been on here a while knows I love me some grafitti and so I couldn't help myself.  This is downright clever.  Click the image for larger viewing.

via LittleTinyCowboy

Two Banksy Pieces showed up in London again the other day.  Love the Beatbox Boy especially since he incorporated the wall grate into the piece.

I've been a big fan of Supreme ever since my good friend Tyler introduced me to them.  With only two stores in the US (NYC/LA) and five in Japan, their stuff can be hard to come by.  But, their gear is always top-shelf and wearing it, you look like you know something.  Do yourself a favor and check out the interview with the founder, James Jebbia.

I love graffiti.  I don't know why.  I just do.  Maybe it's because we're forced to look at "graffiti" all the time in the form of billboards and ads all over the place that clutter the city's skyline.  Graffiti is the ultimate hitting back.  We don't have a choice when it comes to those ads and just because ads generate money, then that makes it "ok".  I'd have to agree with Banksy... "The people who run our cities don't understand graffiti because they think nothing has the right to exist unless it makes a profit, which makes their opinion worthless."

Knit graffiti... yarn bombing... cotton tagging...  All of these apply to the newest form of street art that hit Houston, TX and is spreading.  Knitta, a self-proclaimed yarn vandal "makes the world more beautiful", not by using aerosol but rather dressing up lampposts, street signs, trees and other objects with colorful knitting.  Weird... quirky... unique... whatever word you use to describe it, it's like putting a flower in a gun barrel instead of throwing rocks or screaming.  It's probably more of an anti-establisment statement than a lot of graffiti we find out there.  

Check out these stats that float around on the internet: 

1500 pastors leave the ministry every month due to moral failure, spiritual burnout or contention in their churches.

80% of pastors feel unqualified and discouraged in their role as pastors.

70% of pastors constantly fight depression.

80% of pastor’s spouses feel their spouse is overworked.

The majority of pastor’s spouses surveyed said that the most destructive event that has occurred in their family was the day they entered the ministry.

These are backed up to some degree by different books like “Pastors at Greater Risk,” by H. B. London.

Do you think these stats are true? If so, do you have thoughts on why is this the case?

Now that The Cans Fesitval is over, tons of vids and pics are floating around the blogosphere.  "Anonymous graffiti artist Banksy and 29 other street artists have taken over a dingy tunnel in South London, but the elusive artist kept the location of the half-mile long space secret until the last minute."  Check it out...