#and i was just looking thru my gallery and found some images of her i saved

[diah-the-demon]

Sometimes i forget how pretty and hot my gf is

[freudsghost]

Your art is beautiful but you should credit the editor that did the photo edit you used as reference

you’re right, I should! (this is going to be a bit long into how i make art so prepare...)The drawing I really want to talk about is THIS because the process was pretty wild. My focus for this drawing was lady loki, and my goal for creating her how i wanted her to look was separate from the comics, i wanted to create a believable MCU lady loki, and to do that i didn’t want to just fan cast her, because this is art I can do whatever I want right? So as much as I don’t like him-- i watched about two hours (maybe more) of interviews, red carpet BS and combed thru scenes in Thor Ragnarok. I took multiple screen grabs of him thru-out the process and kind of “morphed” them mentally and then did like 200 sketches of what I thought Lady Loki might look like by feminizing Tom’s features. I really wish I still had all this on my tablet but because I need to preserve storage and I did that piece over a year ago, it’s been deleted. But for that one most of my ‘edits’ were my own screen grabs from interviews and T:R and then a process of drawing her over and over again until I was happy.

You can see part of the process and sketches here in a screen grab from my gallery! (i blocked out some other art and photos here for focus)

for THIS sketch I was sure I wanted to do some snake sketching (i really want to draw Craig too... might do that soon) so I combed thru the snake yoga video and I still have most of the screen grabs I used as seen here:

I circled the shots I used here and blacked out surrounding images for continuity again. I used the top images for an unfinished sketch I posted to my IG story.  

For THIS I did the same thing but I had to go thru multiple videos finding Chunk footage. And I used multiple images as reference and “edited” them all together.

for THIS I used four reference photos and interpreted them thru a “creative” lens, I was kinda going for a comic pop art feel for no reason at all. i just kinda like the way clean lines and bright colours look.

at this point you can kinda see how weird my tablet looks with 1000s of screencaps (this is why I have to delete after a while, it gets wild)

and finally! THIS one was harder because I found the source photo on pinterest... kind of a side note, but this was my first sketch after a year and a half of no art and I didn’t even know I was going to start drawing again. I usually get my own source images because it took me a while to reverse image search (why I hate pinterest-- don’t use pinterest as a source kids) but I think it’s an edit created by @atbackground and can be found here! (finding the source on this took over an hour this morning omg) whoever posted it to pinterest took off any credit as well which is shitty af, credit artists people!!

anyway, hope this helps! 

[sammydem0n64]

Too bad you’re getting it

-Y’know that thing parents do when you show them something in your image gallery and they start scrolling thru instead of just looking at what you wanted to show them? Yea.

-That scenario but on my drawing app

-When I was still in third grade(?) I had a tablet I would draw on (it stopped charging one day and the screen got cracked so I can’t show you my baby art 💔)

-This was also around the time cringe culture stopped me from being homophobic

-I really liked the potential pairing of Candy the Cat and Blank from Five Nights at Candy’s, sad that I couldn’t find any content of this rarepair with potential, I made lots of ship art (never posted) and after some time, a small comic

-The comic made no sense. Candy was neon blue. The story was that Blank was often left out so Candy wanted to go give him a letter saying that he’s epic or whatever.

-Followed by that anime trope of “Oh shit person A trips, lands on person B, and they kiss”, followed up the next day by them establishing a relationship because AYEEE

-I was also in it for some reason but shhh

-Some time later I made some ocs!! Real. Real beta ocs. Because my mom told me I had the potential to make some rad characters!

-Naturally I showed my mom these rad characters.

-She starts scrolling through my drawing app’s gallery.

-She finds the panels to the Candy/Blank comic.

-she’s homophobic at this time (She changed for the better).

-She doesn’t react to the comic itself negatively, and I really only think she went thru it cause I told her to stop once she found the ending panel, but she noticed a reference to that old “*Jumps off counter* I’m gay” meme since I put it in the background as a poster.

-She tells me I can’t say that stuff.

-I tell her my tablet is dying (it was) so I should charge it, and she reluctantly gives it back after a small bit of arguing.

-I was so embarrassed I deleted the panels to the comic. After that day I never showed my mom a piece of art again.

-This is probably why I never show my parents my art work to this day... um-

Who wants to hear another funny story from my youth that involves homosexual rights bc I have like, three in total

[lifeasaconsumerandarchivist]

what i saw in ebisu, roppongi, and ginza

As usual, I made a tentative plan earlier in the week for my gallery and museum hopping, but as always things change.  After seeing a number of posts on Thursday night about the 10th Yebisu International Festival for Art and Alternative Visions, I decided that would be my starting point since the theme was "Mapping the Invisible" where there could be some potential discoveries.  The main venue is the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum in Ebisu and I began to work my way through the works which were mostly video installations.  Given that I had arrived at the museum just shortly after opening, I had plenty of time and decided to try and give each work my fullest attention.  After almost two hours of wandering through the three floors of works, here are a handful that stick in my mind.

Gabriel Herrera Torres' "How to Reach God Thru Proper Exercise" single channel video offered a strange yet absorbing experience centered around a Polish recreation centre, dream transference, and color blindness.

The Cuttingly Fairy Photographs and Related Materials was by far the most fascinating work in the exhibition.  I had not known about these photographs and the story behind them.  From the Museum of Hoaxes website.

"In 1920 a series of photos of fairies captured the attention of the world. The photos had been taken by two young girls, the cousins Frances Griffith and Elsie Wright, while playing in the garden of Elsie's Cottingley village home. Photographic experts examined the pictures and declared them genuine. Spiritualists promoted them as proof of the existence of supernatural creatures, and despite criticism by skeptics, the pictures became among the most widely recognized photos in the world. It was only decades later, in the late 1970s, that the photos were definitively debunked."

The exhibition consisted of the five photographs along with various ephemera relating to those photographs, other fairy photographs, and research that debunked the authenticity of those photographs.  As it turns out, the Cottingley fairies in the photographs were cut outs from an illustration book.  Of the five photographs on exhibit, four of the photographs visibly included these cut outs.  But the fifth one "Fairies and Their Sun-bath" was much more intriguing and ambiguous and which Frances insisted as genuine.

This analogue photographic deception that took place almost 100 years ago resonates with me because of the fervour that it caused during that time and how the images were widely accepted as genuine and that it took decades to discover the true nature of the images.  Our current digital technologies offer the same dilemma in terms of trying determine what is genuine and what is altered.  A century from now, or sooner, will we see the images from this period more clearly for what is genuine and what is altered?

Mako Idemitsu's "At Yukigaya 2" single channel video was interesting for me in terms of materiality.  The work utilised high contrast film to provide stark contrast and abstraction to images from nature.

Natsumi Aoyagi's "Incubation Diary" installation gave me the opportunity to contemplate the  presentation of research-based work and documentation.

I have mixed feelings about the installation.  I do like the specimens or materials enclosed in an acrylic case, but I also find it inaccessible for the viewing audience.  The non-ordered display of the acrylic boxes felt like a good way to move the viewer around the space.  On the other hand, having the installation displayed with the back side of a constructed wall in all its unfinished glory was confusing to me.  Seeing this installation made me think that I have to look more at the display strategies that Mark Dion and Fred Wilson have employed in their work.

The final work from the 10th Yebisu International Festival for Art and Alternative Visions that I wanted to mention was a collaborative research project by Natacha Nisic and Ken Daimaru into "itako" who are blind women who became spiritual mediums through apprenticeship.  This video installation centres on the last itako, Take-san and her stories.  More of a documentary to me, I found it deeply fascinating to discover spiritual mediums in a Japanese context.  The works sits well next to my current fascination with the spirits and the after life.

From the 10th Yebisu International Festival for Art and Alternative Visions, I headed over to the National Art Centre Tokyo to see the 16th New Artist Unit exhibition and the DOMANI exhibition.  I headed into the 16th New Artist Unit (also known as NAU21) exhibition first and I was struck by the size of the exhibition space and the size of the works in this exhibition.  Over fifty artists displayed their works in this exhibition with most artists having a pair of works.  As with these larger exhibitions, there is a bit of something for everyone.  I found a handful of works to be interesting and lingered over those for a bit although most did not relate to my studio practice.  My favourite piece in that regards would be Satoko Shimokawara's paper dress which was pocked with seemingly thousands of holes obsessively made by burning through the material.

From the NAU21 exhibition, I headed over to the DOMANI exhibition which I have not seen for a couple of years.  Keith Mori's architectural drawings made by stretching thread and gluing them directly to paper, canvas, or the wall was the highlight of the exhibition for me.  I had a chance to take photographs, but it does not do the work justice.  The smaller works were what drew me in and here is one of the pieces that was in the exhibition.

Michiko Nakatani's negative relief plaster sculptures in the shape of "paintings" filled with layered images of crows or ravens that are brought to life by filling in the negative space with different transparencies of dyed resin were an absolute feast for the eyes.  Her work had me thinking about how one can and should continue to look for new ways to apply tried and true mediums.  

I spent a good amount of time taking in the work by both these artists because I realised that photographing them would not give me a sense of what these works transmitted.  If you are in Tokyo, I recommend stopping by to see the exhibition if only for these two artists.

From the National Art Centre Tokyo, I headed to another DOMANI-themed exhibition at the Hibiya Library & Museum entitles "Artists Meets Books" with another group of Japanese artists who have participated in the Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists.  It is always good to see the gorgeous works of Aiko Miyanaga.

Masahiro Hasunuma's multiple Kinora works were a pleasant discovery in terms of forms for an artist books.  The Kinora is an predecessor to the motion picture projector in which hundreds of pages are animated by turning them against small steel plate.  The best thing about it was discovering a Kinora about Ogijima which was the island in the Setouchi Inland Sea where I participated in the 2013 Setouchi Triennale.  In the image below, you can see a picture of the Meon ferry that takes you to and from the island and Takamatsu port.

I finished my long day of gallery and museum hopping in Ginza.  Tomo Hirai's "Pottery Fragments and Reminiscences" at the LIXIL Gallery had me thinking back to my Memory Walks eggshell drawings and thinking about future possibilities.

From a few other stops which included Gallery Natsuka and the Tokyo Institute of Photography 72Gallery, I finished up the day at the Okuno Buildings.  As the elevator was being used for a delivery, I ambled my way up the stairs and took a leisurely peek around each floor.  On the fourth floor, this postcard announcement lured me into Gallery 403.

In the gallery, I found a series of photographs by Jun Sato whom creates patterned and repeating models based on geometric forms and then photographs them to create works like you see in the above left.  As it turns out, the glass object on the right is by Yumiko Kimura who also uses numerical sequences like the Fibonacci sequence and other geometric and mathematic patterns to create her works.  They are a couple who are based in France and have been working for years in this field of geometric art.  I had a chance to speak with both of them and learn more about MADI community in Europe.  What is Madi art?  From Wikipedia,

"Madí (or MADI) is an international abstract (or concrete) art movement initiated in Buenos Aires in 1946 by the Hungarian-Argentinian artist and poet Gyula Kosice, and the Uruguayans Carmelo Arden Quin and Rhod Rothfuss.

The movement focuses on creating concrete art (i.e., non-representational geometric abstraction) and encompasses all branches of art (the plastic and pictorial arts, music, literature, theater, architecture, dance, etc.). The artists in the Madí movement consider the concrete, physical reality of the art medium and play with the traditional conventions of Western art (for instance, by creating works on irregularly-shaped canvases). Artwork of Madí movement appeared in eight issues of its magazine, Arte Madí Universal, published between 1947 and 1954."

There is currently an exhibition of Madi artists in Kanazawa and Yumiko Kimura had a copy of the catalog and the work in the exhibition was gorgeous.  I will not make it up to Kanazawa in time to see the exhibition, but I am hoping that Yumiko Kimura can find me a copy of the digital version and I will share some works at the time.  

My final stop was Gallery Camellia to see the abstract paintings by Satoshi Yoshida who was in the gallery and we had a good conversation about making daily drawings, John Zurier, Laura Owens, Ingrid Calame, and Thomas Nozkowski.  I am feeling a bit of an itch to getting back to painting or at least more brush-based work which might be evident in my current batch of Daily Drawings.  

A long but fruitful day of gallery and museum hopping in which I managed to cover quite a range of works and ideas.  My next planned day of gallery hopping is next Thursday although I do not expect it to be as intensive as this past Friday.  I am hoping to see one or two exhibitions here and there before next Thursday.

[meeshes-on-tour-blog]

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We landed in Peru at about 9am. The flight from Rio was approx 5 hours. Getting off the plane the drop in temperature was very noticeable, about 10 degrees. There was a bit of a mix up regarding our flight time and no one was there to collect us as expected, but it was no issue, and we got an Uber to the hotel. Yes Uber is officially everywhere, and was in Rio too! We switched currency from Rials to Sols, however, the exchange rate was roughly the same, approx 4 Sols to the pound, whereas there were 4.5 Rials to the pound. The boutique hotel we stayed at was very pretty, with pink flowers on vines climbing its walls. It was a colonial Spanish style building that had been disused for 50 years before the current owner bought it. It was decorated in a very eclectic fashion, with lots of paintings, antiques, and interesting objects, such as some old-fashioned copper jelly moulds I saw hung on the walls. It had the feel of a grand old chintzy mansion, with lots of oak wood, velvet, chandeliers, silver, gold, and lots gilt picture frames. We were greeted by the very eccentric owner in suit and tie, who gave us a lot of information about Lima and the hotel in a strong American accent. He looked like an old-fashioned American movie star. He had a thick-set build, with slicked-back wavy dark hair, piercing blue eyes, and high, chiselled cheekbones. He also had the largest gold watch you have ever seen, and it was hard to take your eyes off it as he gesticulated broadly. It looked like it weighed a ton! He had a crew of men working for him who looked like the cast of The Godfather. Jules and I agreed he and his cronies had a distinct mafioso air, and wanted to know more about these mysterious mobsters.

After breakfast at a nearby cafe, I was keen to explore the historical area of the city first, so we got a cab to the famous Convento de San Francisco, or Saint Francis monastery, where over 40 San Franciscan monks still live today. We took a group tour of the monastery including descending into the crypts to see the skeletons and bones of those buried there. It was lovely and cool down there and the tunnels and rooms have survived every earthquake that has affected the area, and have never collapsed, despite parts of the monastery being destroyed. The mortar-like substance holding the bricks together apparently includes crushed eggshells, amongst other things, not something you usually consider as strong! There was the most amazing library which was just like something out of Harry Potter, with winding wooden ladders disappearing into the rafters, and large tomes gathering dust stacked to the ceiling. The books were all religious ones, no longer readable, due to the decay of time. There was absolutely no lingering allowed on the tour, and when I went to the loo, I was as good as lost trying to find the group again. The tour was our kind of tour we agreed, as the tour guide pretty much sprinted around the monastery and we struggled to keep up at times. We joked that Mr Bob Barnes and Mrs Graz Gallagher would have had something to say about the speed of the tour, as they like to be very thorough when they sightsee, and this was more of a McDonald’s Drive-Thru experience.

After buying a few postcards for parents and a small woolly llama for our own collection of objects at home, we did a bit of present buying for friends and family. Inside a little arcade just by the monastery we tried out our haggling skills, but the female vendors were just so nice it made it very hard to be at all hard-nosed, and we gave up and just paid what they asked without any bad feelings. We then moved on to an art gallery where I handed the girl in the cloakroom the underwire of one of my bra cups as we checked our bags in, which had embarrassingly dislodged itself. The funny side of the situation translated well despite neither of us speaking the language of the other, thanks to the universal symbol of The Brassiere. She found it very amusing, as did we! After the museum and looking at some ancient Peruvian artefacts dating back to as long ago as 200 A.D. (!!!), we went in search of the Cathedral of Lima and the Government Palace. Sadly all the roads around these buildings were closed off and armed guards were policing the area. We couldn't work out why. Sadly we therefore only managed to look at these buildings from afar, walking around the edges of the Plaza Mayor or Plaza de Armas. They were vast and impressive buildings though, even from a distance, and the Spanish influence was clear to see. We also enjoyed the colourful buildings, and the flowers and trees lining the boulevards leading to the main square. Local people relaxed on benches, and it was a great spot for people-watching. The lovely thing about Peru is although there are lots of people trying to sell you things, they are all so friendly and gentle, making it a really pleasant experience. You can browse without buying and stop for a chat hassle-free.

After a cultured morning we set off for lunch, salivating at the prospect, having read at length on the plane about Lima as an up and coming, and very worthy, gastronomic destination. It is the home of ceviche, which we were extremely excited about! Lima is reportedly more trendy now than Rio and Buenos Aires, and travellers are stopping by much more frequently, and for longer, than they once did. Lima has shaken it’s dangerous reputation of times gone by, and we certainly found it to be a very safe place, full of very kind, generous people, and we didn’t feel worried at any point as we explored the city, both day and night. We decided to go for lunch at La Mar cevicheria, owned by Gaston Acurio a Peruvian celebrity TV chef, after our historical sightseeing. It was rumoured to be one of the best lunch spots in Lima for ceviche, and fully lived up to its name. There were lots of wealthy Peruvian families there, as well as some tourists like us, and we had to queue for a table due to its popularity. We had our first Pisco sour here, a traditional Peruvian drink made from Pisco, egg white, lemon juice and angostura bitters, which is absolutely delicious. We massively over-ordered on the food, and were totally stuffed by the time we left, and had to ask for a doggy bag.

Doggy bag in hand we went back to our hotel for a cat nap and a shower, and then decided to head out for the evening in our local area of Barranco. We decided Barranco is the Shoreditch of London. It has lots of small, independent cafes and bars, and some more traditional, but quirky places. If you’ve been to South America you can picture the peeling colours of the buildings, bright blue, yellow, and red, with beautiful wooden doors and shutters, and ornate metal gates. So many of the buildings look disused and dilapidated, but this gives them a charm and beauty that it’s hard to describe. The streets of Lima feel relaxed and very safe, and we were not warned about walking around the city at night, like we were in Rio. We noticed that despite Peru being a much less affluent nation than the UK, its streets are kept incredibly clean, as are its public bathrooms, many of which are spotless! It made me ashamed to be British thinking of London’s comparatively filthy streets and disgusting public toilets.

We walked down to the main square where a group of local boys were breakdancing to music. Jules enjoyed seeing that such a b-boy scene exists, and we were both impressed by their moves, as was the gathered crowd around them. The palm trees and church buildings in the square were lit up by the street lamps, and there was definitely a Mediterranean feel to the place. After our enormous lunch we agreed we did not need any dinner, so enjoyed going to a couple of bars before hearing back to the hotel. The first was a traditional Bodega. It had extremely high ceilings and all the panelling was dark wood, with only a handful of small round tables to sit out. We squeezed into a corner and ordered a couple more Pisco sours. We decided we needed to explore some more and wandered on, eventually stopping at a cute, more modern bar, for our third and final Pisco sour of the day. We both decided that the adjective for being drunk on these tasty liquid treats, was Pisscoed.

Rising with slightly fuzzy heads, we decided a slower start to the day, and breakfast in bed, was in order. Breakfast was served on large round silver trays with silver tea pots. We then went to look around Mario Testino’s gallery MATE, which showcased many photos of models and celebrities he has photographed over his career. Testino is Peruvian, from Lima, and surely one of Peru’s most notable living people. The gallery includes an exhibition dedicated to Princess Diana’s infamous photo shoot with Testino, which was sadly, and unbeknownst to them both, to be her last. The gallery also displays some of his amazing photos of people from the Cusco region wearing their traditional, festive dress. These clothes are incredibly colourful, vibrant and ornate, covered in beads and embellishments, and made for some truly incredible photos. This was Jules’s favourite part of the exhibition, whereas I loved looking at all the crazy celebs! Testino’s signature style must be the “artificial moment”, where the image looks as if he has just stumbled into the most glamorous and outrageous party. The extraordinary vitality, scandal, sensuality, and humour of his photos, is always captivating. I liked Testino’s quote: “My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities, and curiosity. I think if you are curious, you create opportunities, and then if you open the doors, you create possibilities”.

After this very interesting gallery, we decided it must be time to eat more food. We therefore tracked down Canta Ranita, a tiny outdoor restaurant, with the feel of a pop up or street food market stall. It was totally rammed with young Peruvian hipsters, and was clearly a trendy place to be. We had to queue for a while, but watching the good-looking owner running around in the hot sun, now and again pausing to wipe his beading brow with a tanned forearm, eased the hunger pangs slightly. The menu was very select with only a handful of dishes, so we asked for the waiter’s recommendations, had no idea what he said or was pointing to, and just said “si”. Our faith in the place paid off and we enjoyed an incredible take on a traditional Peruvian dish called causa, which is a tower of avocado, shrimp, mashed potato, and mayonnaise-y deliciousness, and the most amazing ceviche we have had to date on our travels, and probably ever! This came with THE tastiest barbecued octopus, and a lime bisque so divine I drank it from the plate. It was one of the meals where you experience sadness immediately following the last bite, as you know it will be a long time before encountering something so good again. However, Jules and I decided this culinary triumph would not dissuade us from at least trying!

Feeling very gluttonous we decided we needed a bit of physical activity to energise, and help us deal with our end of meal bereavement. Also, we had dinner already booked for us by Blind Experiences at Astrid y Gaston, also owned by Mr Gaston Acurio, we therefore decided to walk along the coastline all the way to Parque del Amor. It was a lovely, long stroll, and by the end our feet were aching, so we took a taxi back to the hotel to refresh. We downed a couple of Pisco sours in the hotel bar, and then headed to the restaurant. It was a very swanky establishment, the kind where someone places your napkin on your lap like a sacred ritual, and someone pulls your chair out for you, and a different person pushes it back in! All very nice, but a bit wanky nonetheless. We both shared that we preferred the informality and buzz of Canta Ranita, as opposed to the more formal fine-dining thing, but such contrasting experiences are always interesting. The decor is beautiful and contemporary though, with a large open kitchen showing the talented chefs hard at work, and the service is exceptional. Actually all the service in Peru is exceptional and so friendly, another not proud to be British moment. The 15 course tasting menu sounded a little ambitious, and we had to confess to the waiters we were not that hungry. It was clearly time to try guinea pig though, although I was a bit reluctant, but it is a typical Peruvian cuisine, and had to be done. It did not disappoint, and was absolutely delicious, however, it did feel quite strange eating something you consider to be a pet. I thought of my childhood guinea pig Flory (RIP), and was grateful she didn’t end her days on a dinner plate. The waiter was excited to spot our fourth envelope and it’s red wax seal, ready and waiting on the table to be opened during our dinner at 8pm. We opened it up and discovered our journey was to take us to Cuzco, Peru, a UNESCO world heritage site, and origins of the Inca Empire. The waiter approved and confirmed we would have a really interesting time. We were really excited! The journey home was a blur after more Pissed-co sours and bubbly, and a video Jules posted on our Instagram against my will, in which I refer to my “alcohol problem” and going to “the water shop”.

We had a lazy morning the next day with more breakfast in bed, packing, and the eccentric owner saw us off in a taxi to Lima international airport. I though he looked a bit sad as he lingered on the pavement waving as we pulled away. Maybe he doesn’t like goodbyes Jules suggested. I agreed it seemed that way, but mused he is probably not in the right job if so. There is some seriously bad traffic in Lima, and lots of pollution, and as we crawled towards the airport at a snail’s pace, my increasing need to wee made the journey pretty stressful. When we finally arrived, it was a huge relief in every way possible. Our flight to Cuzco was delayed, and there seemed to be a hundred flights to the same destination. The airport was pandemonium as the gates kept being changed and everyone stampeded to the newly announced gate, only to be told that the old gate was now the new gate. It was pretty funny. Eventually we boarded and were up, up, and away to Cuzco!....

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Gangster given life for murder

Killer pumped bullets into sufferer’s head in huge daylight hours

A suspected gangster who carried out a man in wide sunlight hours while citizens stood via helplessly become sentenced to existence in prison within the Port Elizabeth High Court yesterday.

The gang assignment team stuffed the general public gallery as Judge Glenn Goosen described the grave effect gangsterism had at the lives of residents in the town’s crime-ridden northern areas. He stated in most instances the perpetrators had been by no means caught or witnesses had been too afraid to testify.

“In this situation, the killer changed into apprehended because a patrol automobile passed off to be in the region.

“Had that no longer been so, the accused may never have been introduced to the courtroom,” Goosen said.

Peter Pietersen, a 36-yr-antique father of two, was arrested on March 18 last year, after he shot Randall Mabie at the corner of Friendship Street in Kleinskool.

Pandemonium erupted among bystanders and Pietersen attempted to escape. He becomes arrested nearby.

Police confiscated a fully loaded semi-computerized pistol.

To date, Goosen stated, Pietersen had proven no regret or obligation, and the reason for the murder – although it became certainly planned – turned into nevertheless unknown.

Mabie sustained three gunshots to the top. The final two pictures had been at close proximity, probably at the same time as he turned into already mendacity at the ground.

“[Pietersen’s] behavior, tantamount to a cold-blooded execution, indicated a right away aim to kill. Those established facts factor to a degree of planning.

“It was finished in a way without a different end result than death.”

The defense had submitted in mitigation of sentence that apart from a drug-associated conviction, Pietersen changed into a first culprit and should be treated as such.

His involvement in crime started pretty overdue in lifestyles, at the age of 34.

Goosen said even as Pietersen always denied being a gangster, his image formed part of a police profile of suspected gang buddies within the location.

“Shootings and killings of this nature are rife in the northern areas. It is an infamous reality that communities laid low with this stay in fear,” he stated.

Why Are Youth Attracted to the Gangster Image

Why do all people want to be a gangster? From gladiators to gangsters, all through history there has always been an appeal to being the hard man. Girls love them, mothers cry for them and anyone else fears them. In trendy society there appear to be 3 varieties of youths, difficult human beings, those imitated with the aid of them and those who emulate them.

Today’s youth uses the time period “gangsta” to intend gangster or hard character. A popular rap celebrity, Fifty-Cents recorded a tune known as “Wangsta.” Wangsta is a road slang that describes a person who is pretending to be a gangsta. The lyrics of this tune depict the artist tough a rival’s claim to be a gangster. He goes directly to criticize his rival for speak about being a gangsta and no longer absolutely shooting all of us. Why might a child rather fight than be referred to as a gangsta? Well, that is what we are able to discover in this section of this ebook. People are drawn to several features of a tough man. Let us take a near observe a number of them.

# 1 Fearlessness 

Tough men do now not appear to have a healthful fear that could normally limit the average character’s behavior or ability. Their unpredictable individual maintains their spectators guessing, friends entertained and

rivals in worry. Tough guys refuse to concentrate on everybody or anything, which include their judgment of right and wrong. The Gangsta Life is appealing to the youth that sits at domestic bored or the teens who feel like people do no longer admire her or him. Without a full understanding of appreciating, many teens intentionally initiate people to fear them. Fear is a mutated shape of recognize.

#2 Authority Figure

A gangsta can appeal to others by way of counterfeiting the position of a discern. The simple responsibility of a figure is to shield, provide and teach. The gangsta can create a feel of safety via violence and intimidation; they offer primary tangible gadgets mostly via the unlawful method. A gangsta teaches street understanding. Young girls often switch their allegiance from their dad and mom to the nearby gangsta hoping to break out accountability and parental guidance.

#3Control – Teens struggle with many issues.

They are searching for the stability amongst photograph, power, and self-preservation. New statistics and competencies are bombarding their minds normal. They want assistance to position it in right angle. They mask their feelings of insecurities by deciding on a photo to shield their smooth middle. If people are fearful of them, they may not bother them while they determine it all out. Again, Fear is frequently fallacious for admiring.

Trust Must Be Given To Your Inner Voice

Since my good ole pal Ron’s preliminary effort to reach out to me from his health facility mattress following predominant surgery, a few others had jumped in to do what they could. This spurred on another friend, William, to take fine action, who actually agreed I wanted to assist to undergo the harshest of situations, extra than any guy have to ever be expected to.

When I become first arrested, openly political over a misbegotten enterprise pastime as a financial adviser, and sentenced to ten years in prison, sure, a foolish securities violation, I actually started dropping the whole thing I had worked for.

Lost

I became lost, hopeless, and deserted, as human beings, such as some family individuals, grew to become their backs on me. The ones who stuck with me helped me to appearance and realize on the cracked-aside concrete of my mind that was in need of restoration.

With this reputation, or even a glimpse of the reputation of responsibility for your personal fake, or ego-primarily based ideas, permit’s continue thru the message of this text. This will permit you to start filling in the gaps of the concrete and to understand your very own restoration manner, to be able to lead you in your actual capability in accomplishing nonsecular freedom.

Miracles assist us to peer that the Holy Spirit

Your personal inner Guide and real internal Voice we all proportion, makes use of time to help our fantastic outlook think according to the legal guidelines that spirit obeys and consequently honors best the Laws of the One Thought of all eternity, which is God.

To your herbal spirit, getting is meaningless and giving is all there’s. With spirit already having everything, ceaselessly, It loses not anything through giving it, which permits us to create by way of extending, as our creator created us to do.

Acceptance

A unique friend out of my past stepped to the front–a surprise, without my asking–and has helped me to peer that my religion and my fate were right all alongside. He satisfied me to look that I had just slipped up alongside the manner and that it was not too past due to make complete of my errors.

Further, if the one to whom you give it accepts it or sees it, it reinforces the concept in your thoughts and increases it. What I imply is, if you could take delivery of the concept that the arena is one in every of ideas, you’re freed from the false association the ego makes between dropping and giving–a prescribing and adverse notion.

My right thoughts or positive outlook keeps filling the gaps that the ego dug deep. I’ve found out to peer no perimeters.

No limitations

You are analyzing this article now because of this man’s first rate increase in my life, and I cannot thank Ron loudly enough.

This sort of questioning is summary and is definitely alien to “getting” or “gaining” things–a senseless idea to the ego, wherein gaining is the whole thing. Ego-based thought, or thinking, does now not share ideas until it’s miles certain of its very own advantage; or it is able to sacrifice “now” for “destiny” benefit.

What To Do If Falsely Accused Of Attempted Murder

The most extreme crime that every body may be accused of is the homicide, and it’s miles one which cannot be taken lightly. Attempted homicide is described as a crime in which someone become attacked with the aim of their existence being taken, but the victim survived no matter it. This, too, is a totally serious fee, and if you accept as true with that you have been falsely accused of this type of heinous act, you then need to mount the high-quality protection viable to protect your personal existence in opposition to such charges. Your first step have to be to lease the best criminal attorney you may locate.

Degrees of Murder

In cases of attempted homicide, it is treated the same as if you truely did homicide someone, the most effective difference is the penalty concerned. If the victim dies due to their injuries at a later time, you can nevertheless be charged with criminal murder or manslaughter, unless you can prove you had genuinely not anything to do with the assault. Under the law, there are numerous tiers of homicide defined, and each one has their personal precise protection method to go along with them. This is why it’s miles essential that you hold the quality crook lawyer to defend your aspect.

First diploma homicide is described as being intentional and premeditated, that means that you deliberate to commit such an act.

Second-degree murder is considered to be unplanned and done in the warmness of ardor, or via an act wherein it can be established which you did no longer care approximately the lives of others involved.

Manslaughter is a lesser fee than a 2nd diploma, with the same situations, but can be decided to be both voluntary, because of this you knew the risk to another’s life or involuntary, this means that you had no control over the movements leading up to the alternative individual dying.

  Originally posted 2016-08-27 05:23:23.