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I was out and about today…
Connect the dots! Passed by this old office building on Maraval Road, Port of Spain.
I ran into an artist painting...
She was painting a coconut carriage around the Savannah...
...and attracted a fair amount of curiosity and attention.
She was doing an oil painting for a friend's new art gallery. She uses a plastic bag as a palette. I thought it looked pretty.
While I was there watching her work, I noticed some interesting sights…
Pretty Tree Cathedral
Ackee flowers (?) in coconut shell.
Stag... a man's beer.
I was hungry, so I told my new artist friend “goodbye” and travelled somewhere for lunch.
Lunch was part-Latin, but lunch was all good!
Here are the condiments. Clockwise from upper left: Hot pepper sauce, Tamarind sauce, Garlic sauce and Shadon Beni sauce.
Lunch was polenta, stewed chicken, with a side salad of stir-fried seasoned broccoli and cauliflower florets. Washed down with Pommecythere (golden apple) juice.
Did I mention that lunch was good?
I decided to have a slice of heaven for dessert. Oops... I meant carrot cake...
After I'd paid for lunch, I looked around and saw some interesting pictures hanging on a nearby wall.
They were rare pictures of popular calypsonians (some of whom are deceased). I took pictures of them. The owner objected though. I deleted them out of respect for his collection. He promised me that we could meet to chat after Carnival was over and he’d let me see the others.
Today was a good day…
Peace and Rice,
jw
I like graffiti. Always have. I guess it has a lot to do with the freeform expression… the ability to rush a beautiful piece of rebellion onto a surface without getting caught. At school, I used to express myself quite liberally in wood carvings on my desks.
Anyway, over the last few years, graffiti artists have been making Port of Spain their canvas of choice. I’ve chronicled some of their exploits in the public space before (some examples here, here and here).
I’ve been noticing a new artist on the scene these days… artistes, probably. An artist or a collective going by the name of “HOWOK”…
Click the pix to see more of what they’ve been up to…
Peace and Rice,
jw
More “mistakes” that came out pretty cool looking… at least, I think so!
This is the Port of Spain downtown skyline as seen from the Queen’s Park Savannah at night.
Peace and Rice,
jw
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One night, I went for a stroll around the Queen’s Park Savannah with my girlfriend. It the night with the biggest full moon for 2009, and everything shone so brightly.
Here are some of the things that had me spellbound.
Peace and Rice,
jw
The “Twin Towers” in the distance, while the man in the foreground walks in front of two churches.
Coconut trees sway in the breeze.
Peace and Rice,
jw
Artists leaving messages for each other on the wall.
One didn’t sign his work, and the other was impressed enough to advise that the work should be signed.
The reply?
“Nuf Respect“ … although, in this context, he’s really saying “Thanks for the heads up”. Then you see the word “Jumbie” written twice…
This is all assuming that both artists are male to begin with, of course.
Peace and Rice,
jw
“When you fall, you’ll fall alone
But in your gett’n up, pick someone up with U.”
“U”
It looks like the artist has the beginnings of a lit deya (in brown), behind the words in blue. I wonder if its finished now.
*makes mental note to check*
Peace and Rice,
jw
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