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The Block Party

Beginning to experiment a little bit with simple designs. This is one of the ones I will hopefully be adding to a new range of shirts/clothing for myself. Its a little hobby I'm going to start and we'll see if they come out well and who knows maybe I'll start making shit for other people. The theme is going to be North-Africa and the Sahara, but there will be some random designs/prints in there like this one. 

When you are feeling a bit overwhelmed and defeated about life, listen to this song and close your eyes. Then I want you to really picture your life as you want to be. Don't give up on that dream. By the end of the song you will feel like you can get there again. That is why music is great and Digitalism are the best xxxo

Some fashion inspiration for the summer SURF is BACK

Definitely looking to Jonathan Pierce from the Drums for some fashion inspiration this Spring/Summer. 
Basic white tucked in tee to a unique and cool pair of simple jeans and some white canvas shoes. Surf style is coming back in, no need for it to be daggy - just make it pretty fucking cool and you will be sweet.

Touching on break

The hill is nearly damp

the pinch is upon us

It's the perfect setting

I'll go back to earlier tonight

and remember recent frames

I read with interest

though its hard to stay there

But one comes along

that speaks to you

Now I'm back there

on my walks home alone

from the days events

Where I enter my own world

silent and free, thinking of it all

Who I am, who I want to be

These are the moments that

matter

They legitimise my being

my thoughts, my wonders

I've started to notice the

sky, again its awesome horizon

suburban street lights, dark eucalyptus trees

They'd look good on my chest

captivating across the darkening dome

Orange, pink, blue, black

sun and stars, moon and cloud

The roundness encloses me

how can there be more?

We always forget but we need to.

I look up, my old life!

Near my home, where I lived another life

I won't forget

but I'm somewhere else now

I need to be

Does anyone understand?

Yes and no, we are all different

but our fear widens that

I challenge the routine

even though it has its merits

Take away comfort

Take away content

you can leave out bliss

because were sure to have some

Because if there is one thing

you can't take, let that be feeling

It is my meaning,

my worth and my pride

If it is harsh

so shall my spirit fight

and make something special

from the most common struggle

I remember who I was

who I've been

what I've seen and

my area which tells me I belong

I see it everyday

but I don't always stop and look

when I do though

like I am now

I see my life

as it was as it is as it will be

When that makes me feel

I understand

And it is beautiful.

Ben Vozzo April 2010

This is the visual element that goes with my poem

I dreamt of this place

I dreamt of this place

It all started with a prophetic dream

Sand, ocean, struggle

Then from nowhere, the invitation

The desert earth and heavenly sky

A certain purpose is to be fulfilled

I accept without hesitation – certain as still.

Problems arise

what is True?

You push to turn to the spirits,

thats the insanity.

The land is pure,

diversity

Green trees battle rocky land

the mountains mediate the convulsing dream

I long for inspiration

push my desperation

into moving desire

Is this the key from the free

to tell me all that is

about me?

What is circumstance?

Only that which happens, reality is destiny

Possibility is nothing

if it does not happen.

Then the arid view of the desolate actuality

Brown earth, brown structure and palm tree
It sticks out of the emptiness

where I know I'd be free.

It reminds me of a dream,

a younger fantasy

An exotic place filled with familiarity,

completion – This is belonging.

Bursting restlessness to describe what this means to me

of place matching expectation

Of a life well lived

Glory

Different sights agree on my early spirituality

I'm urged to act

put my mind into full activity

The mountains become greater

fiercer

real

The place of rest is wedged between cliffs

grand and rugged

Blue sky

red rock

sombre pebble

Suddenly ENERGY!

I walk

I ponder

I explore

crossing rivers

climbing hills

I am one with the natural

the burst is what is True.

The feeling I strive for

coming back to me

See me as the earth

Rough, agile, capable and beautiful

Like the earth that made me born

I will inspire you

this is now your desire

Another invitation

to explore personal vision

I long for more proof

ready for outer earth precision.

My concentration is on the horizon

the most beautiful part of the open.

Sky blue,

burning orange.

This is life,

dreams,

struggles,

unknown,

limits

but mostly belonging.

At this point, everything happens.

Everything meets for the most piercing beliefs

I will stand with my back facing the dunes,

the glares I receive will thrive in between

they are now the daring souls

pondering their significance.

I answer the questions with all my perception,

this space is my greatest lesson

something more is the teacher

all I want is to be the example.

Run up the dune.

I rest

I look.

THEN I watch

Now I journey

Falling stars shatter my scars

They are up to my face

I understand the magic of place

when combined with the mind

only this I must never release.

A journey to greater knowledge,

take me back here one day

when I have achieved what I am called to

and I will live here for eternity

in and to be

the open and free

A new galaxy of pure peace

and ecstasy

I've dreamt of this place,

I've been in this space
Nothing is greater than when reality and dream unify

this is the soul achieving immortality.

I gaze at the stars, the sun and the sky in awe of what they have given me.

Ben Vozzo 04/01/2010

Welcome

This is my blog. It is about everything I see, do and feel. I'm just going to post here things that I think are cool and that will hopefully set off some interests for you all. Hope you like it. 
These are the things I like:
Freedom
Music
People who don't know they are cool but really are
Culture
Supra-Saharan Africa
Mediterranean
Tattoo
Numerology
Poetry
Writing
Living the way you were supposed to