Not hardly, But, Yo B, where’s the 51?

Everybody loves the sunshine. But lately all it seems to do is rain. And the wind has blown my umbrella to shreds. So what do you do? You search within for a basket of hope, and keep striving. You don’t allow the weather outside to determine the weather inside. Easier said than done, believe me I KNOW.

He’s DEFinitely somebody. Give up?

He’s Lyor Cohen. Yeah, he’s just the Vice-Chairman of Warner Music Group, and the dude who along with Russell Simmons launched some of the biggest careers in hip hop. This cat opens doors in the music world. So it came as no surprise to me, that while others were told to use the other door at the lecture/book signing of DEFinition

(A recently released book by Cey Adams and Bill Adler),

when this dude came to the LOCKED door, it was opened with the quickness. Lyor is da man. And I’m well, you know, nobody. - TMNK

Arising early each day, I reflect, and it all seems so clear. Can you read my mind? 

Black Super Hero - (Day 28 of 100) mixed media on masonite - (18″ x 24″)

Able to leap over bureaucratic red tape in a single bound. Look, up in the sky. It’s a bird? It’s a plane? It’s President Barack Obama, America’s first Black President. Intelligent, mild mannered , and articulate, Senator turned President Obama, is now what is commonly referred to as the most powerful man in the world. And if that doesn’t qualify him as a super hero, rescuing the American people from economic ruin certainly will, should he be successful.

I’m amongst the multitude that marvel at what this man of political steel has been able to accomplish thus far. And his character gives me hope that the evil deficit and arch enemy unemployment will soon be destroyed. As will injustice, having dispatched Eric Holder to the league of justice.

But his most amazing feat is that he was able to inspire a nation to look past the great racial devide, and to work together for change. ANd he filled their hearts with hope. And in my book that makes him a super, man.

Red Ink (Day 24 of 100) - mixed media on masonite (18″ x 24″)

Our president, always well-dressed and well-spoken, has inherited quite a mess. And as a result has found himself covered in quite a bit of red ink.

Mr. President, my what big ears you have. The better to listen to the cries of the people, its been said. Finally, a president who’s listening. Now lets just hope the “big bad economic wolf” doesn’t blow our house down.

Thinking of you - Liza Cowan

I’ve been so fortunate in my journey as an artist to have many of you thinking of me. Supporting me. So this morning I began my day thinking of YOU. One of you is a gallery owner in Vermont, who fell in love with my work, and has since promoted it as if it were her very own, Nobody Loves YOU Liza. Another of YOU is a teacher, in Canada, purchasing my work on a regular basis, and each purchase has helped me meet my family obligations, Thanks Barbara.  And some of you are my TWEETS, if I knew you personally you’d be my Peeps. But you encounterd my work rather randomly, through the wonders of the internet and social media, and chose to adopt and love a NOBODY like me. So T.KEYNE FYE, GUERILLAMILK, sablikatriumph,

Sadly, people kill people. So I’ve been expanding my creativity into the 3d realm. Hmmm, an army of robotic drones designed to eliminate hatred an senseless blood shed. 

Nah just more HE(ART) from a nobody, with a message for everybody.

American Dreamer - mixed media on masonite (18″ x 24″)

Call him a wide-eyd optimist, but our President is trying to reach across the aisles to help stop our nations economic hemorrhaging. During his first 100 Days he appointed a Republican as commerce secretary (only to have him resign). And he has begun to open a dialogue with Iran. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream, and so does our new President. And while we may not reach the proverbial mountaintop during his administration, at least we’re learning to climb together. - TMNK

Pusherman - mixed media  and collage on masonite - 18″ x 24″

 

“i’m your mamma, i’m your daddy i’m that nigga in the alley i’m your doctor, when in need want some coke, have some weed you know me, i’m your friend your main boy, thick and thin i’m your pusherman i’m your pusherman.”- Curtis Mayfield

These are the lyrics from Curtis Mayfield’s, 1972 hit Pusherman, from the Superfly soundtrack. It described an everyman, drug dealer, who understood what his people were craving and he, the pusherman was the dude with their fix.

Our nation is in a terrible recession, and our President says he has the fix for our economic woes. So he has moved with rapid speed during his first 100 days to push his stimulus package through to help the American people. And while I’m a big supporter of our President, quick fixes seldom do anything more than keep people strung out, more dependent on their pusher, man. Only time will tell if this was the right prescription. But even a nobody like me has to respect our President’s hustle. He got that package off with the quickness. - TMNK