Michelangelo teaches us that we have no excuses

Michelangelo had no desire to paint the Sistine chapel nor did he even consider himself a painter. If a man can accomplish such a feat with these feelings in his heart, what more can we do with our own desire and focus?

I've already grown a goiter from this torture,
hunched up here like a cat in Lombardy
(or anywhere else where the stagnant water's poison).
My stomach's squashed under my chin, my beard's
pointing at heaven, my brain's crushed in a casket,
my breast twists like a harpy's. My brush,
above me all the time, dribbles paint
so my face makes a fine floor for droppings!

My haunches are grinding into my guts,
my poor ass strains to work as a counterweight,
every gesture I make is blind and aimless.
My skin hangs loose below me, my spine's
all knotted from folding over itself.
I'm bent taut as a Syrian bow.

Because I'm stuck like this, my thoughts
are crazy, perfidious tripe:
anyone shoots badly through a crooked blowpipe.

My painting is dead.
Defend it for me, Giovanni, protect my honor.
I am not in the right place—I am not a painter.

-Michelangelo,1509-




badassed interactive Sistine chapel viewer

Kotobuki Shiro still says get off your ass!

A while back I wrote a post on a Japanese artist named Kotobuki Shiro, a person who clearly shows that the word can't doesn't exist in his vocabulary. However, Fuji Television network removed the video clip from youtube that accompanied my post, and no matter how charming I think my words are, you miss the lesson if you don't see the man in action. Luckily, the internet is awesome and I can once again present you with enough inspiration to shock those weary bones into moving that ass. Get that inspiration bitches : )

'Can't' does not exist to this woman...

...and it shouldn't exist to any of us either. It's too damn easy to get caught in the pointless daily grind of a societal role that we often forget just how powerful we really are. Get this inspiration b!znatch!

Kotobuki Shiro says get off your ass!

So for those of you that know me, you know that over the course of my life I have always done some form of art and to a degree I can't live without it or artsy people. That being said, when I tell people of my profession, so often I get "wow, I wish I could draw" or "damn, I don't have an artistic bone in body", to which I respond, anyone can do art, talent is simply a bloated word for passion. Of course they often laugh and continue in their self doubt while I try to change the subject out of annoyance for such attitudes.

Now, there are many examples of people overcoming their physical or mental blocks to achieve mastery of a certain craft regardless of age, but today, I bring you Kotobuki Shiro. Now as a heads up, it may not be your type of art, but trust me, I'm going somewhere with this so take the journey:

Immediately, it seems like the typical Japanese artist working out his sexual frustrations through "art" but the kicker is (insert drum roll) Kotobuki-san is a quadriplegic who draws with a wacom pen tied to a stick that he holds in his mouth. That's right, he draws with his mouth dammit! This man is so dedicated to the fine art of tits and arse that he will suffer a splintered facial orifice for what he wants to do because that's all he has. I'll give you a minute to take that in...........hmmmm no working limbs and he's drawing better than most people I know, yep, still amazing.

So the point, if your not doing what you want to do or you don't think your good enough to achieve your dream, think of a drool soaked piece of wood with a wacom pen attached and I promise, you'll somehow find the strength to blossom.

p.s. - there was a video link that showed him in his studio, but the good people at Fuji Television Network, Inc. felt the need to take it down, the bastards. Anyways, google his name, look at his art and realize that's a mouth drawing that

links:

Kotobuki Shiro's site