For many months she seemed to stay awake longer than I do. I'd start checking my mails in the morning and there would be a new mural, a video, an unedited poem waiting from Faith47. When it started, I figured South African must be in a different time zone. Today I know it isn't. Sharing bits of her daily life, Faith offered some glasses to check out the same same but different all around me.

Her messages always have a strong impact on my day, and now you can see if they smack you in the same tender way as Modart welcomes Faith47 as our latest online contributor.

Technical competence and strongly voiced social concerns, the languages Faith47 brings forward are telling and committed. She's been one of our favorite artists to watch and correspond with over the past few years and we hope this link brings more people to a space where they might be affected by her energy.

-H Beagle (tail wagging big time)

check: Faith47.com

aha....stormy wednesday evening greetings...
with a prayer to the good and a sacrifice for the bad.... and for all inbetween a picture from my heart land... a place where sacrifice and prayer get mixed up, blur and intertwine....
on the left is one of my most favorite people on the entire planet, tattoo artist mr tyler b. murphy who i will tell you more about later....
and to the right is my prayer for the sacrifice...

I love this image by Greg Marinovich. Painted by 54-year-old veteran activist, sam makgoka aka bra bricks mokolo. He was an activist in the ‘Eighties.
The Apartheid state rewarded him with two years in police detention and left him for dead in the veld at the side of the road. He now runs a self-help recycling project in Orange Farm and is still at the forefront of grassroots civic activism in the Vaal area.
there is an interesting article about him on gregs blog and theres also an article by Alec Russell worth checking out...

when i saw Araminta de Clermont's exhibition a while back at the Joao Ferreira Gallery in cape town it took away my breath....
growing up in cape town one learns to read gang tags and ive developed a dark fascination towards the tattoos that prisons nurture... with a built in fear but also a certain amount of sadness at the knowledge that people have to go through such hard experiences and wear them on the outside for all to see till the end of their days...
this bbc clip gives you a short glimpse into the work...

same day prophet...
please explain the lack of...
we rest
less
then we used to
ive lost hope but i have love
im not sure which means more...

south africans in london... escaping the dusty time that can slow you down if your not vigilant.... mr warren lewis is a super artist from cape town - now in london... his new blog
behind the scenes connects you to his exploration of london town.... i especially love this skateboard graveyard...