#GlobalArtTour

[metropolitant]

THE M-CITY X DICTADOR GOLDEN EDITION: AN EXCLUSIVE ARTISTIC EXTRAVAGANZA UNVEILED AT SINGAPORE'S ART PORTERS GALLERY

[alphamamatribe]

Alpha and Bravo! #girlplusboyequalsart #globalarttour in #southafrica @bravochild

[atlastalisman]

An explanation of our lifestyle and approach to 'family'.

I am quite astounded by some of the negative responses to a post my partner ALPHAMAMA made, explaining our Global Art Tour and our approach to parenting and moving our exchange system away from being money-centric. I respect Alpha's ability to articulate her own stance, so am not trying to defend any stance, nor am I interested in arguing when I see most people agree on 2 points:1) It is important to exchange fairly and not be a 'drain'.2) It is important to give children love, support and connection to people who hold the parental role.AGREED. Now it comes down to each person's opinion, which is based on their personal perspective on what information is available to them. I am only interested in continuing this adventure and improving the conditions of each area I enter through Art and creative problem solving.What I would like to add here is simply how I am approaching achieving point 1 & 2 above, which we ALL agree are important.1) Fair exchange: A case in point is the work I have done this week. I built a website for a business and consulted with the owner on how to start using social media in his business, (which also included creating a Facebook page for him and his business). I did two days of work to achieve this. In exchange he gave me a place to stay, refilled my phone credit and gave me some food for the road. Was I a drain? There definitely was energy exchange: He gave and I received, I gave and he received. Exchange. But to give is not to be 'drained', it is a natural part of the cyclic nature of exchange. Were this related back to money it could look like this, (dollar figures used as a rough approximation):What I gave:Website design and development = $450.Social media consultation and implementation = $200.What I received, (actual figures):Hotel room = $75Phone refill = $60Food for the road = $25Lunch while I worked = $24 ($12 x 2 days).Thus I gave $650 and received $184.No I was not a drain in money terms.I am currently spending a week, (7 days), in Cleveland doing creative consulting for a fashion boutique including interior design of their store which includes:-Branding, (how to embody the brand through spaces and events). -Performance workshops, (as one of the owners is an actor too). -3D modeling for the design wing of their company, currently working on a commissioned job, designing an expo stall for another company. -Helping design their garden and a few days of landscape gardening.-Performing as part of a window display for their store, (7 hours).- We are also in continual discussion about how to realise their vision for the growth of their business so I can only imagine more exchanges will occur during this coming week.In exchange for the above I am staying in their spare room. Eating with them and being flown to LA at a ticket price of $216.You do the math, I don't like to bring everything down to a dollar unit, but I wanted to put it in terms that money-centric analysis can work with.Once again, I DO NOT intend to be a drain. I receive and I give back in abundance.2) Child raising: I too have raised my child as a single parent. 'Single parent' however doesn't acknowledge the 'village', which is unfair. I grew up in South Africa. It is common there for children to remain in their home township with their grandparents, with their FAMILY, while parents must brave the greater beyond to build a life to support both the grandparents and children. They send money back home, they bring their children to visit. They pay for their education. They teach their children skills which they can then use in the world. In such a tumultuous world, adults sometimes need to navigate areas that are not always safe nor pleasant for children. True care is putting children where they are safe and nurtured. It is also very important not to generalise! We have not 'abandoned' our children. We took them on a world trip and home schooled them for 4 months. They saw new continents, heard new languages, tasted new foods, learned about money exchange rates, saw some holiday sites, helped us clean the house, met children of different cultural backgrounds... and, and, and... THEN we sent them back to their family homes to stay with their grandparents while we really tried to expand as artists and develop our creative process on how to improve our own and other people's lives. We have also taken the time to enhance our relationship as a couple and our children now have a very stable pair of parents living and working as a team. We will now be returning home next month, to reconnect as inspired, loving parents. We are building lives, big ones, which will benefit our children and parents alike for years to come. Our children have parents, (us), who are living their truth, who are attempting to apply a positive frame of mind on a daily basis, who passionately support their children's goals and who are very much in love in their own partnership. THIS I believe is 'good parenting'. Perhaps if we had have stayed at home people would not question what we were doing. No objections raised if we just sat at home watching TV while our kids played video games. No objections if we went to work, returned home exhausted, spent an hour or two with our kids before they went to bed. No one would challenge that. Not to say this is the pattern of all parenting, I'm just saying that is one of the many possible forms of 'at home' parenting which would not be socially acceptable to decry and defame. What we are doing resides outside this protected domain and thus we are open to attack. I, however, love giving my son such a worldview. I passionately work, day in and day out to inspire each person I meet. I talk to my son and others about how they would like to shape their own lives. My son just sent me the following message in talking about exchanging the resources people have, instead of being limited by if they have financial reserves:------------My son:"Ah i see. Exchange. A clever alternative to money. The best thing about that is you don't have to be a millionaire. You just need to be a kind and helpful human being. Which is what you are!"Me:"Thanks lovely boy, I'm glad you see me so "My son:"I've always seen you so. You are tolerant, creative, kind, helpful, optimistic, interested and a bit of a thrill seeker. These are all things that make up a great person. I really believe you can improve the world in more ways than one. So keep doing it and I hope for the best on your journey to self and worldly improvement."---------------He is 11 years old.I am proud of my family, of my partner, of our children, of our parents and the village who assembles, not around us, but WITH us, to mutually enable each other to live our Truths.This is my family. I ask you not approach us to harm us. I wish you appreciation and connection in your own families.Big Love, Bravo.

[girlplusboyequalsart]

'KTHXBAI' was our farewell gig as GirlPlusBoyEqualsArt collected up the family and headed out on our Global Art Tour to meet artists, collaborate across genres, mediums and cultures and get a first-hand experience of the current state of the international art scene. We held the event at an amazing warehouse space in Marrickville, Sydney. Our road map set for Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Germany, America and South Africa...  

[halffacemonologues]

Sometimes the road wears you down. You travel and bump elbows. You find respite in a lone corridor where none can hem you in at the sides... but then you have the space to remember the joy of turning to another to pass a juicy piece of orange or watch their face as they see the view too... You reunite, a little frayed by the pulling of the seasons, but warmed by the place you've come back to, right next to a love who sees you, for the thousand eyes who gazed, merely grazed by without acknowledging they knew... and how could they ever? For they're not 'Me & You'. #PhotoBooth #Berlin

[atlastalisman]

Hello World

This year has been quite extraordinary; I have partnered in life with a wonderful woman who ignites me mentally, spiritually, sexually, creatively ... revolutionary! She calmly tells me to DO. She excitedly applauds when I do. Translating the flurry of ideas into something tangible for others to share in, has been a task I have failed at for years; leaving a trail of half-finished projects scattered across my hard drives and various nooks of the internet. Now however, as we take a step out, to break free from the circuits of habit and comfort, I will attempt to prune this tangle of a mindjungle, giving shape to this blog as the proud shrub to front the garden ALPHAMAMA , ( alphamamatribe ) and I now seed together.

Within days I will join my queen on a Global Art Tour; a self funded adventure out into life, love and art. Follow here as we earnestly attempt to turn this poetry into LIVINGNESS.