When I started my first website back in 2009 titled MyDefinitionOfCOOL, I had been a follower for so long that I had yet to discover who I really was. It was important to me at that time to define what I thought was cool because I had never trusted my own taste. If I’d have told that sad married lady that I’d have worked with half of the artists on the site in the decade to follow, I’d never have believed it. In 2012, I graduated from UW with a History degree and reclaimed myself as a Rowe… best moves ever. Circa 2016 I dreamed up the next phase but wasn’t ready to pull the metaphorical trigger on League Of Super Producers until now. It has been the name of my unlucrative-as-yet LLC for a few years but I’ve just fully evolved into LOSP mode with a line of TheRingOfDOOM Has A Posse tote bags (in my shop now). Now that I finally trust and love me more than anyone else, it’s time to take everything to the next level.
I have yet to create official logos for the multi-media roster that is League Of Super Producers but I have unofficially signed myself, TheRingOfDOOM, and my collage character Perstephony to my empire and am ready to keep moving toward my infinite multi-dimensional potential. On my best days I recognize that I am great at interviewing actual humans and that I should continue with the series I started in late 2019. I obviously lean toward projects I can do solo which is why I’ve become they type of artist who glues thousands of tiny pieces of paper alone in her apartment. Integrating humans into my life should be easier now that I’ve received some much overdue assistance with my mental health and that the force that must not be named is releasing its grasp on humanity.
MF DALÍ #46 … I tried to not overthink this one but overthinking is my shit.
The MF DALÍ project is still my main focus and I’ve been gathering the dream stories I’ve already written, creating new stories, and cutting up more Dalí images as I feel inspired. Yesterday I posted my longest one so far, SkyPuppy and the LongArm Twins, and I am looking forward to seeing what else I do with all this ambition. I’m still impressed with myself that I’ve run with this idea all the way to Spain and recognize that I MUST continue to assemble it into book form. I’ve only made 46 collages for the collection so far and am down to the images I’ve deemed too beautiful to cut and those consisting of colors that do not inspire me. Gonna keep cutting and pasting till there’s nothing left of my twelve Dalí books. I’ve been amazed to see how my collaging has leveled up after visiting the grave of the artist himself. Since I keep knocking on the virtual door of the Florida Dalí Museum in hopes I’ll be able to showcase my collages in their special collection room someday, I MUST keep stepping my game up and thinking bigger.
I’ve finally figured out that my style of collage is to turn almost everything into a landscape and am ready to run with it. Seeking out beautiful landscapes in real life is one of my happy places so it makes a lot of sense. My attempts at abstract collage have not impressed me but I’ll never stop trying to unlearn the methods I’ve taught myself and challenging me to try new things. My belief in myself comes in waves and I have realized that the one thing I fear the most is success. Once I’ve worked all my dreams into fruition, my life will be so much bigger that there will be nowhere for me to hide and relax. I’ll no longer be able to lay in my second cheapest IKEA couch bed thinking about how big my life will be someday. At the moment, I’m grateful for these moments of peace and media consumption that inspire me to take the next steps but I know I can make millions of people smile if I push through further into the light. It’s time yet again to quote the Mr. Kenny Beats who has a neon sign in his studio that says “Don’t Over Think Shit” and keep on swimming.
Thank you once again to the humans putting their bodies on the front line of the wave that has changed the tides of this planet to Good! I’d have never been inspired to create a website in the first place without the art of Black humans. I love you!
Song Of The Day
David Sabastian - “The Light” … Metaphorical hats off to all the artists using their craft to spread positive messages across our healing planet. Question everything.