May 17, 2008
Only double D's I like
Dedication & discipline.
This video has 100% "cool" factor. Original. Genius, really. Art usually gets viewed without much thought to its execution. I surely don't. I see, I like, I opinionate, I move on.
But this piece really makes you appreciate the dedication and discipline of the artist (Blu). Sure, the idea must have struck him one day on the train- but he believed in it so much and saw the idea so clearly in his head. I'm not going to go into the technical aspects of the production (because I don't know anything about it), but trip off how he had to draw a mini-mural, erase it, and do it again at least a few hundred times (hence all the subjects having a white trail behind it- erasure marks).
Beautiful execution- like me on the court (video available, upon request).
UPDATE: Just wanted to let you guys know that I actually beat Kanye in posting this.