Thailand

well, its been a while since i had a suitably admirable adventure... so i went to Thailand for 20 days training at The South-East Asian International School of Martial Arts. (check the link).

I also checked out a few temples...

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here's the 8 Immortals of Taoist legend:

me with Lu Don Bin:

 Giant Gold Buddha on cliff:

 Pattaya Beach, where i was staying:

 Dizzying view from temple atop Koh Larn Island:

 Thai linesman at work, wtf

I have never done so much physical activity before, and i've have returned with power levels at an all time high :)

Auckland 3012

this is a canvas for a friend... what i imagine the city would look maybe 100 years after desertion... pretty!
I don't see being a negative suggestion either, like it doesn't necessarily mean a human catastrophe has taken place... maybe people will one day just move away from living in cities?

Pacific state

 Back from a return to Rarotonga... if you get what I'm sayin.  Instead of a stream of this-is-me-on-holiday photos, here's only one, followed by photos I've taken of ancient stoneworks on the island.


 

The island has an inner and an outer ring road, the inner being over 1,000 years old and the largest ancient stone structure in the pacific.  Built from coral by a chief of uncertain former inhabitants, it had been tar sealed so looks completely unremarkable.

along this road are a few surviving "Maraes", ceremonial stone platforms once used for public meetings and rituals by the Cook Island Maori tribes.

 The most impressive one is up in hills on the west side of the island, in a whole ancient village site which dates back 700 years.

 further up in the village was the chief's house and a meeting place, the rock on the left tis the Chief's seat:

Cobblestone pathway:

 this rock was used for human sacrifices:

 and this one points to Aotearoa!  It looks like a hand pointing too.

so i found my way home easy as.

finished it! :)

day 5?

I'm sure I been out there more than 5 times but not they're not all full days so um... anyway here's also a deck mural at Crossfit gym Newmarket that i done in between time



but yeah the Ponsonby beast is very close to slayed

day 4

i have been delayed with bad weather, and another mural job... anyway, getting there

day 3

getting into the foreground at last...

Ponsonby mural day 2

deep in the detail...

Ponsonby mural day1

I've started my section of the big mural in Ponsonby, on the fence around the infamous "SoHole".

Gonna blog up progress shots, here's the first day. . rough outlines, some distant hills, sky and sea. typical 19th century NZ landscape watercolour! that's real hardcore graffiti for ya

out of the rubble

just got back from dear old Christchurch. First, a couple of latest pieces:



that first one is from a classic CHCH graf spot (which i was the first to paint, in 1998) the sheep sheds:


meanwhile, the central city is in stages of post-quake destruction. These are some places i used to frequently frequent, now scarcely recognisable...

Fracking hell

FYI:"fracking - pounding streams of high pressure water and chemicals into rock formations to loosen gas deposits", or in other words, fucking the earth for corporate profit.

check out this article the other day about how it CAUSES EARTHQUAKES...

I'm in Christchurch (aka Quake City) this week, and coincidently, just saw an interesting post on Facebook, behold:

..did a quick search and found this article about it, with CHCH's slimy mayor uncharacteristicly questioning government greed.. This is actually only a chunk of all the "exploration" permits our capitalist government is currently handing out to offshore companies without public knowledge. :(

2012: the end is nigh!

11 more months til the planets in our solar system align with the sun and the centre of the galaxy... as foretold by the ancients and acknlowledged by modern science. Does this mean anything for us or is it just a galactic date mrker of the beginning of a new 5,000 year cycle? probably the latter. But unfortunately, the "powers that be", or the western capitalist empire, seem determined to unleash (holy) war on Babylon (Iran) this year.
Another war in the middle east ay, so what? say the majority of people. What with Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan etc we've been living with these wars for so long they're now the norm. The mainstream media recently (falsly) reported the end of the war in Iraq, so i guess its time for the next one.
I brought up the topic recently with the in-laws, who said, "arent Iran the bad guys?" so the papers and TV would have you believe, they are a "nuclear threat". so time to invade, just like Iraq with its WMDs (which it turned out never existed), Afghanistan with AL-Qaeda (who were never formally charged with 911 and who's leader was murdered in violation of international law in Pakistan, without facing trial.)
The murderous Zionist regime of Israel has never declared its nuclear weapons, yet wants to invade Iran on suspicion they have them. Problem is, Russia, and probably China, are ready to help defend Iran if its invaded. Which means WWIII. Seriously!
IF invaded, Iran will block the oil exports from the region, causing the price of oil to skyrocket worldwide, followed by further economic collapse, which will lead to civil disobiedience on scale that will make the Arab Spring and Occupy protests of last year seem minor in comparison.
This is not my doomsday prophecy, rather just a collaboration of the info i've been noting from the news lately. War with Iran must be avoided, it is truely the Crusade foretold in prophecy which will spell doom for modern society. Pay attention, and please, give a damn