How tobereal

Give yourself permission to be who you want to be.

A piece by Reinaldo entitled, "Give yourself permission to do what you want."

Reinaldo Cruz is an artist, spoon carver and permaculture designer.  He has been working with wood since the age of 10,  and has been making things ever since.  His fascination with trees and simple living fueled his passion to design and co-create an organic farm/edible forest in the mountains of Puerto Rico.  Mr Cruz has a bachelors in Interior Design and is a certified Permaculture Designer.

Mania in art

Jesse Black

Jesse Black is an artist living in Long Beach California. He is influenced and inspired by many different artists and musicians including David Choe, Banksy, Charles Bukowski and Tom Waits.  He uses multiple techniques and media to create art.  Sometimes he limits the pallet to one or two colors and uses a variety of canvasses including fences and discarded doors.  Other times he will paint larger than life painting using the entire spectrum of color.  His paintings are chaotic, busy, and undeniably beautiful.

This is a piece inspired by Jesse’s father and family who struggle with Bipolar Disorder.  It depicts the highs of manic behavior.

Here are more pictures of his most recent pieces: 

Jesse enjoys street art and any unusual, different approach to artistic expression whether in paint, music or written word. Check out more of Jesses work on his Website or on Facebook!

Suicide, Drugs, and Beauty in Photography

Wick Beavers

Wick Beavers is an award-winning photographer based out of New Mexico.  His work is a merger of photographic and personal experience.  He has had work featured in Newsweek, the Daily Best, Forbes, Architectural Digest, NY Magazine, Miami Herald Newspaper, El Heraldo, billboards on I-95 and many other places.  

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“My brother committed suicide by overdosing on heroin in a bath tub about 15 years ago. To beat the angst, I shot this picture of my girlfriend. Note, the letter on the floor is the exact one he wrote to me the night he killed himself. Might be a little racy but it’s truthful!”

— Wick Beavers

More of Wick's work.

Read more about Wick here.