The Outer Box

"You need a mint, trick."

Let me just put this out there: I don’t like soccer or dubstep.  Why these two things exist is beyond me!

With that being said, let me introduce you to the Love Letters Crew:

LOVE LETTERS CREW IN KOBLENZ

Love Letters consists of Does, Nash, Tumki, Chas, Rusl, Dater, Ozer, Biser, Sean2, and Dare.  Here’s an interview with Does:

http://www.graffiticreator.net/htm/articles/does/does.htm

Nashes dramatic character wrapped around Does’s plastic-like letters that almost pop out of the wall.
When I study the artworks I can’t pinpoint a single mistake and it’s even more astounding when I learned that most pieces are done without a reference sketch.

Born in 1982 in Sittard, a small city south of the Netherlands comes one of the most interesting artists of today. Does from the LoveLetters crew brings graffiti pieces of a whole new level to the table.How old are you and where are you from?
My birth year is 1982. I live in Sittard, a small city in the south of the Netherlands (Europe)
near the German and Belgian border.

What attracted you to the art of graffiti? Why did you start writing?
When I was about 14 years old I started to notice graffiti in my city. At that time everything about it fascinated me. I used to bike around the city to see tags and pieces. We didn’t have Internet yet so getting around was the only way to get an idea of the different styles etc.
However, I had no idea about what was going down on the global graffiti scene.

When I was in primary school I was always drawing and playing with letters. In 1997 I did my first illegal piece, but at that time I really had no idea about the scene in my city. I began to notice that there were quite a few active graffiti artists in my neighbourhood, then I started to get really
interested in graffiti. The Hall of Fame in Geleen was an especially big source of inspiration to me. The Hall of Fame was a desolate place under the railway, overgrown with plants and trees and long walls decorated with interesting pieces.
This place gave me an exciting feeling, a feeling that I’ve never lost.

You can read the rest of the article here.

Here’s a good short for all you “happiness machines” out there:

WE DON’T KNOW WHAT MAKES US HAPPY (BUT WE THINK WE DO)

If you ask me, there is no objective idea of happiness.  But, let the clones tell it and it’s all the same answer; usually something supernatural, superficial, or transient.  Kinda like putting a band-aid on a gunshot wound and smiling about it.  You’re probably wondering at this point, “Damn, Crusher!  Why you so negative?”  Because it makes me happy!  No, I kid.  I do find it funny, though.  But, this shouldn’t bring you down.  There’s always reality TV!

-Crusher