Passion for the Christ
Well back in two thousand three my friend Shepard Fairey (obeygiant.com) and I both got head hunted to do graphics for Mel Gibson's theatrical depiction of the last twelve hours of the life of Jesus before His death. Anyhow, because of a movie marketing fubar... our art projects never surfaced the big screen. they did however sit in our hard drives for years with a good chance of going with us to the grave... anyhow, i will not let that happen and this season as a novice artist I kindly asked Shepard for the rights to represent this project again.. with that said, here are some screenshots of one of the styles in which will soon be a silk screened poster... be on the look out..
ever since first seeing Shepards' radicals portraits in his San Diego BLK/MRKT office... i have always wanted to get him to do a picture of my favorite radical.. Jesus.. well, thanks to Mr. Mel Gibson - it finally got done..
chapter + Verse
well for the past five years now i've been going to a weekly bible study by Mike MacIntosh called Chapter & Verse...aka C+V. It's been a great study in the building of my foundation in the word of God.. anyhow, can't wait to go again tonight.. if you wanna watch online; just log onto horizonsd.org at seven pm and click on the live webcast.. it'll change your life.. or at least it should as God's Word is supposed to... also, usually a friend named Evan Wickham leads worship.. look him or his brother Phil up if you want to hear someone sing songs of solace.
yesterday baseball season started
this view was from a potential wedding spot atop the diamond view towers in the east village. anyhow, padres played yesterday... got free tickets to last fridays game but gave them away freely as well.. as the word says in the JK paraphrase.. what was freely given to you - freely give.
salvation is free.. Godspeed
found this from when my boy danny and Will played at my art show last last december. invisible God we trust
two years ago.. a bit old but classic.. A great night with live screen printing from yours truly, dirty drums all night from mike and danny, and massive inspiration via screen prints and paintings for our friends and family.
keep posted as we're past due for another show. Godspeed. Danny Barragan is beating a vintage rogers set / custom with invisible God logo and willow aka the Gaslamp killer is spinning some rare beats in the back.... Will has always DJ'd my fashion and art shows from the past when i had my store and Danny I met way back through mike russell aka MHE / MRR / dirtydrums.com
twenty nine
well i used to write every year on
my myspace.com/joekraft about my birthdays and the turning of the ages.. but i forgot at 28 - although it was great and filled with powerful emotions i never got around to it.. and five months ago at 29 i didn't write anything either.. but i wont let that happen again.. so if it's not too late here it goes.. actually i'll just post what my girlfriend wrote me.. and maybe i'll write something later.. but the day was great.. Amy picked me up at about 6am and took me to my favorite surf spot so that i could body board - windansea.. then we went and had breakfast at hash house a go go in hillcrest.. then shopped at buffalo exchange for what, i don't know - .. afterwards went to my home, washed out the wetsuits and read the Word.. then went to ride our bikes to the bus (which i have never really taken - except to bboy summit but i was like 14 then..) to downtown to visit friends shops and hang out.. however i missed the bus by a traffic light because i had to turn back to fix my fixed gear saddle.. ugh.. we were a bit upset to see that there was already another bike on the next bus we we couldn't put both bikes on... we we rode away, got an avocado shake in the mecca... then attemted to go to this random chinese restaurant that i have always wanted to eat at.. they were closed.. but as for the "5 for 10" tshirt store which was open -- i bought amy this amazing levis type 1 jacket.. which i love and had but never wore.. but now i live vicariouslly as she wears hers.. oh she's so cute in it and yes she does double denim well.. which is hard to do... ok.. after that we rode to home depot so that i can buy her some paint to recolor her bike..she picked an electric blue and moca brownthen went home, and to another chinese mira mesa staple to eat.. mandarin gardens..which is located across from willy's workshop in my old home town mira mesa mall.
after dinner we went to my home, then she gave me this letter which was in a journal for my clothing sketches and inside the journal was eight random coupons to use later... from sushi dinners to swap meets to massages and movies... later that week we went to an australian restaurant called Bondi - in the Gaslamp and that was great as around 20 or so friends came by to eat dinner and say hello; including both my brother and sister.. yay..
anyhow, here was her God inspired letter to me: - hope she doesn't mind..
and with his strength/there was healing in time/cleansing my body/renewing my mind/and there was this point that I was awakened to you/someone I’d known/but never thought to pursue/and then was the moment where you entered my heart/it was quite subtle/at least from the start/after all that travel/down those multiple paths/God brought me to the one intended/the one that would last/he brought me to someone that would light my soul/that would encourage my passions/and force me to grow/that would love me despite the steps I had taken/and there were no pieces to pick up this time/this misshapen heart had healed just fine/and allowed it a chance to love not jaded/to love supernaturally/love that was fated/
And I want to Thank You for all that was given/without expectation/without reservation/that you can love me with wholeness/and voice/with beauty/and passion/all in a choice/and the blessing from God/a reminder from him/that I am worth the deletion of all of my sins/and this message is also spoken to you/that you are loved despite what you do/and God holds you close/protecting his treasure/this love that we have goes beyond measure/and do not be deceived/for challenges are a part of this imperfect state/mistakes and confusion are part of the race/and I need you to know how special you are/I need you to know so that we can go far/and I pray that your efforts will find you some fruit/I pray that you live not like others do/and that path you have chosen/I will walk too/it is where these steps have led me/directly to you.
officially engaged.
well it's official- after nine (other) weddings, and 408 days of dating, courting, whatever you want to call it. Amy and I are now engaged to be married sometime in october.. The third of october would make it a solid seven month engagement, however working with venues and chef's and all that can be a bit tricky.
Anyhow, since it didn't quite happen on our one year anniversary picnic on the cliffs over looking la jolla beach and God's sky scrapper paintings -- with cheese, crackers, and the ninja squirrel and my first draft engagement sweater that we used as a blanket...
and it didn't work the week prior with our mammoth mountain trip with fifteen of her friends and a few days of snowboarding.. that was actually her birthday weekend in which i thought the greatest gift to give her was the gift of becoming a wife.. it's kind of neat to think that I am the only one in a position to give her that gift... instead i gave her some new DC boots, burton bindings and a wool sweater.. along with other nick nacks like long arm glove warmers and a handful of my favorite shirts... from mickey made in Japan (printed live on my first outreach in tokyo), to maps of the world (in which i want to travel - bought at uniqlo), to vintage church graphics.. bought at my great friend taku's vintage clothing store in which i helped him open.
all this to say that i gave her all those gifts then said in the enormous hallmark card that i had twenty nine more gifts waiting at home.
So we got home monday night.. then tuesday we had cancelled our bible study and went to the Chris Tomlin concert together at the Rock Church in Point Loma. We had about eight people from our bible study go and another dozen or so friends sitting all with us in the same section..
Originally i had some graphics that were going to go up on the screen however the tour manager had their guys do the audio visual for the concert and my friends couldn't pull those stings.. needless to say after a night of worship i thought.. what can be more romantic than worshipping God together.. that's really the first benefit i felt from having her in my life as my girlfriend.. in fact it was so cool to stand next to one another and sing to God in unison at our church's chapter and verse weekly study..
After singing the medley started with Amazing Grace i realized just how amazing God's grace is.. to spare each of us from our past lifestyles and put us together as broken individuals only to find a completed heart between the three of us.. God, Amy, and I...
then we sang this song singing "i love you Lord, and i lift my voice, to worship you, Oh my soul- rejoice.. take joy my King in what you hear... may it be a sweet sweet song in your ear..." and then it goes "i love you Lord and i lift my hands..).. and as she lifted her right hand I was holding down her left and as we held hands singing to our king; I slipped her last 29 gifts on her finger... twenty eight diamonds which made up the ring represented the 28 years of my life without her and the 29th diamond represented the last year of my life with her..
so that's our story in a nutshell. hope you enjoy and i look forward to sharing more stories from a dual perspective.. peace + Godspeed.
seek first the Kingdom of God and He will give you the desires of your Heart.
wedding planning
well today, this last month - amy and i have been wedding planning.. it's a constant reminder to me of how two can't be together unless they are agreed. Anyhow, i have take joy in that i would love to do more for the wedding so that she doesn't have too.. here are a couple pics of places, things, etc. that we are trying to negotiate for our most memorable day together...
these photos were taken at the new childrens museum downtown.. as so far that is the top pick of all the places we have in mind.. so save the date so far.. 10-17-2009..thinkplaycreate.org
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