The Tree of My Past.

Sitting in this empty room swearing at my miss deeds, Trying to put it down in paper which takes a form of it own, Out of the blues it reminds me of something that was really close to my heart, Something I had seen before, I start to think, about all the things I have seen till now, This single image takes me way back to the place where it all began, So in my head I travel  back in time to that particular moment where it all began as a kid growing up in a small village, A normal kid growing up in a normal society filled with people with character and ones without it too.....A small village indeed........Forest at the back ground and paddy fields in the front, A village covered in a blanket of greens,  Where everyone knew everybody who was living there and they knew me too.

As I continue to  think along, going with the flow of my own thoughts....One picture keeps repeating again and again, A shape, A strange shape, A shape of a strange tree we used to play under, The tree which had a long history, The Tree that was there before the villager came, Before the first house came.

I like to think that the tree had a lot to say if he is given the power of speech, The tree had seen history when it was made, Thinking about the tree made me return to that place.
 To my village, Where the tree still stands as it used to, Everything has changed, Everything around.....even me. I have grown into a man but when I look at it the tree it looked the same, it had the same feel to it, After all this years that has passed along its path, The tree stands taller then ever, I sit where I sat as a kid, On its biggest root coming out of the ground and I start to put down my feelings in paper in a form of an image trying to capture my life in one simple image. Just then i think to myself "where do i start?". I was lost for a while but as i sat there in complete peace, Things start flowing out of my imagination, things that only I can see, All things that I have made it, The images that i have created in all the years I have lived in happiness and in sorrows the feelings that I had to endure to get to the place where i m now.
 Loss of Friends and the loss of my Love made a picture of its own, Thinking about the thing I have been blessed with and the second chance I have been given to lead a better life draws another picture of it s own, Looking back at my life I could only come up with one image that can sum up my life in a perfect picture, the image that was in my head all this time, the image that brought me back to this place, the perfect image is the TREE that stood the test of time and yet again stands tall.

Like the tree I have seen time pass me, Seen people come and go, some took refuge in my friendship but some left before the break of dawn, the love i had, like the water to the tree, Has nurtured me to be the person I am today, No matter what happened around I stood tall like the tree, Tall and strong filled with character and joy of being alive,i had seen my share of history thats been made, I had seen my life as the tree did but i never forgot where my root was founded on.

The tree tough me a lot about my life even if he haven't said a word, That was the power of an image, The power of a picture,The message in it.

That my friends is the power of a simple IMAGE, The only thing that can bring back all that you have lost, People may not be with me but i will always have their Picture or the image that i have drawn being with the ones that was close to my heart, That are the IMAGES that i will carry to the very end of my time,
Of  this life I  am wondering.

beauty of life.: What are my TATTOO to Me?????

beauty of life.: What are my TATTOO to Me?????

Live Now; Plan Later
Only "GAWD" knows if theres anymore tomorrow
Day are Numbered make the best use of it
While we still have Today

Finding his inner wings to free his feeling and his soul.
(Karma Dendrup tattooed by sonamd)

             Lifes beautiful
If you can find the balance between
                           Love and Hate
Peace and War
                     Good and Bad....
So on and so forth
                     Live it right
Treat it right
Life will be good to you too.
                " Peace Out "
    

iamDrukpa: To His Majesty the King – In Gratitude

iamDrukpa: To His Majesty the King – In Gratitude
article by : Tashi Pelyang Lhendrup. ( a.k.a-Kasha)

Live Now; Plan later
Only " GOD " knows if theres any more tomorrows!

iamDrukpa: Dudesim=Buddhism. Posted by Sam Mowe

iamDrukpa: Dudesim=Buddhism. Posted by Sam Mowe

Live Now; Plan Later
Only " GOD " knows if theres anymore tomorrows.
Days are numbered
Better make the best use of it
while we still have today.

What are my TATTOO to Me?????

Alone in my own room as I lay on my back  .......  Its Dark and Cold outside,  but inside its just me with my own thoughts,  Surrounded by the memories of my Past that has been edged under my skin  (Tattoo)  with the color as dark as a night without a moon,  I take a closer look at my hands and at that moment the line of my own tattoo starts to show,  Even in such darkness I can see the Ink under my skin.  So I get out of my bed and turn on the lights,  As I turn around,  I look at my TATTOOs in the mirror  ....  All the memories just comes flashing,   As if it happened just a moment ago, 

And my thought takes me way back to the place where my life and everything started,  As I turn my back I see the tattoo of Stars pinched under my skin,  which I did it as a Tribute to my long lost friend all who passed away before their time,  The cost I had to pay for using Drugs and Misdeeds of my past,  The weight of all that lost in my life is getting very heavy deep in my heart,  And I say to myself  ....  " I did the crime,  Now I must do the time"   As i look at the tattoos  and  say this to myself  .....  Soon  .....  Sonam  ...  Soon  ...  My time will also come to get me too,  The time will come for me to Rejoin with my old Friends on the other side,  But till  the day comes  .....  The TATTOOS I have will give me strength to make my way through thick and thin,  I know as long as I live and have the TATTOOS I know I am never alone,  They are my friends looking down upon me or who knows they may be partying down in Hell with the Devil  himself ,
      
But until then my friends  .... 

***Rest in Peace***

* star of eight for my long lost friends waiting on the other side *

     As I continue gazing  upon my other Tattoo  .......  I can see a  " PEACE "  sign  (also tattooed by JURMI .  P) and right below it is a calligraphic symbol which stands for  " LOVE "  which we did it in the good memory of that particular time and moment in my life,  but nothing in this world goes according to what we think  .... like it has been said  " All good Thing must come to an end "  ...  i take this as how its meant to be  .......

* love *
* far but never alone, always here  *

 Months,  Days,  Time,  People,  Dreams and the World may have passed me by but the tattoos still remains along with it the memories  ...  Two life long friend I am sure I will never loose (tattoo and memories).

Sometimes my tattoos help me to move on and brings out the best in me,  But at times it acts like the Catalyst fueling up my Anger and Rage  But
mostly reminds me of who I am  ......

tattoo by : Jurmi . P (* Peace * )

This is  where I Am Now....
 This is who I Am  .... 

This is what I Am
And this is what I do best

I am  sonam dorji  ( a . k . a  :  Brother John )

   ** PEACE OUT **

                                                    

                                                                                                   

iambrotherjohn

i am Brother John

http://iambrotherjohn.blogspot.com

This is What I Love  ........

Live now ......
Plan Later ....
Only GOD Knows Werther Theres  Any More Tomorrows   .....

iambrotherjohn: My Thought about Drawing Cartoons.... :)

iambrotherjohn: My Thought about Drawing Cartoons.... :)

Live Now; Plan Later

My Thought about Drawing Cartoons.... :)

Back in the old days when we used to be kids, I clearly remember the first cartoon I ever watched was TOM n JERRY and it was back in late 1980`s, During those old days our house was the only house that had television. Everyone of my friends used to gather and watch the series together and used to have a blast hanging out but  those days are long gone now just like that .......in a flash, And now cartoons are everywhere on tv,on the internet and also in news papers, comics and of course in the minds of every human being in this world.

Cartoon has come a long way from what it used to be in Bhutan compared to those old days, It has taken a very important place in the present news papers, It became a medium from where we can convey some form of  messages which can built a strong government but some times to break one down at time, and also to send out messages to the public about whats happening in and around their environment and to create awareness.

                Now we can see a lot of different types cartoon and different subjects of drawing a cartoon, for eg; Gothic, Emo, and so on.......but the most powerful cartoons can be seen on news papers which when you look at it has a certain message to it and most of the time it means business(eg: the cartoon above that illustrates on war).

But looking at the brighter side of cartoon, It can also bring smiles on the faces of millions and also can some times help someone in the own personal way, like....... to get someone to like you or to say i m sorry, but in  my own personal way...i use cartoon to show a my sisters how much i care for them and to let them know that i ll always be here when ever they r in need of someone....

(eg:-,......)

this is the cartoon that i ve send out my two loving sisters to show them that i ll always make them smile as much and as long as i can.

people grow up but the concept of cartoons will never leave us in this life time nor will we forget that we have something that can bring smiles on others faces, let it be a complex mix media or a simple line drawing of a figure cartoon. 

Art in any form was and will always be around us now and forever.....so next time when you are somewhere....anywhere just take a closer look and pay attention to the surrounding you ll always come across a cartoon or some form of art, And who knows someone must be drawing some form of cartoon to express what you really mean to him/her....so watch out...you might be next to get or to draw a cartoon. :)

The Old That Became The New

The old form of Art that our fathers before us learned from their fathers before them too, that has shape the New Generation Art,which has a very unique style that have been developing throughout the country starting from the far east  to the modernized west of this present  Bhutan,old form of art sounders the walls and the items thats has been used in our day to day life, you name any item that we use, if you take few seconds and look at whats in your hand or in front of you, you will defiantly come across some art work, the buildings around us is a old style of art that was passed down and stood the test of time, 

and now finally the new era of the young artist has struck like lightning to take over the present time, in the country we like to call Bhutan, we are all human being  and we always believed in taking things to the "NEXT LEVEL" and now since the starting of art has already started long before we were born but now since we are the ones that have to take up where our fathers left out and to fuse it with the new way of  reception of art to the old skool art, where its a long process but the fruits that at the end of this long journey theres always a reward of your hard work in the form of better understanding of our roots and the changes that you alone can bring to the improvement and bringing a new dynamic to his art of ours and of course and the knowledge of knowing  what few get to know art and see the  things few can only  only dream about. 

The picture in this article shows the long way we have came to get where art stand in this present time, the uniqueness of the panting and old traditional images that have stood the test of and still standing strong .....continue learning for the Masters of old skool, so that we can continue doing it with our concept and also to leave our mark on the vast subjects of Art and to start a NEw GENERATION OF CREATOR  and New batch of ARTIST in this 21st century.

art by Criss....

Criss a good friend of mine who likes to travel and to learn different ways of  art and likes to experiment with his imagination and always pushing the boundaries of his creativity and imagination.....the blend of modern art to a traditional art the fusion of this comes up with a whole new ways of looking at art in this age....where everyones is discovering new ideas and new concepts of art at its purest form.....to blend the old with the new and to come up with some form of art that has never been seen before in this country of ours.....this form of art is known as "STREET ART"......and there in the street, it was created by the creator himself......known as the "STREET ARTIST"

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The Satisfaction After The Pain

The concept of me having tattoos on my body is like a mark that have been left behind by someone i loved or dedicated to the friends that have passed away before their time or the ones that are still doing the walk of life with me that made a big difference in this life of mine and helped me to become who i m today,some reflects pain and hardship in my life but some just pure joy of my past .....many people in this country of ours  think a tattoo is something  Gang related  or a sign of being bad,....but for me... 

(criss getting tattooed by sonam d)


Tattooing myself is like process of getting over something  or to make a moment a life long memory so that i ll never forget where my root remain and the friends i once had,Tattoo is how i like to express my own believes and also serves as a mark of my own identity. no matter what people think or say i m proud to say and to  expose my tattoos to all, so that they know what kind of a charactered man  i m in this present life of mine......i love my tattoos and ll keep on doing it till the end of my time on this earth or till i run out of skin...this who i m an what i like to do....i say....."you may loose everything in life but one thing that remains is the inks that that are under your skin"...this is who i m and what i m....

Who is Hunter Stockton Thompson ?????

Hunter Stockton Thompson

 (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author who wrote Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas(1971) and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 (1973).

He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become central figures of their stories. He is known also for his unrepentant lifelong use of alcohol, LSD, mescaline, and cocaine (among other substances); his love of firearms; his inveterate hatred of Richard Nixon; and his iconoclastic contempt for authoritarianism. 

In 1965, Carey McWilliams, editor of The Nation, offered Thompson the opportunity to write a story based on his experience with the California-based Hells Angels motorcycle club. After The Nation published the article (May 17, 1965), Thompson received several book offers and spent the next year living and riding with the Hell's Angels. The relationship broke down when the bikers concluded that Thompson was exploiting them for his personal gain. The gang demanded a share of the profits from his writings and after an argument at a party Thompson ended up with a savage beating, or " stomping " as the Angels referred to it. Random House published the hard cover Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs in 1966. Followed by 

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas(1971) and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 (1973).

illustrations done by Ralph Steadman.

       

Birth of Gonzo

Gonzo journalism

In 1970, Thompson wrote an article entitled The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved for the short-lived new journalism magazine Scanlan's Monthly. Although it was not widely read at the time, the article is the first of Thompson's to use techniques of Gonzo journalism, a style he would later employ in almost every literary endeavor. The manic first-person subjectivity of the story was reportedly the result of sheer desperation; he was facing a looming deadline and started sending the magazine pages ripped out of his notebook. Ralph Steadman, who would later collaborate with Thompson on several projects, contributed expressionist pen-and-ink illustrations.

Death Of Hunter S. Thompson

Thompson died at his self-described "fortified compound" known as "Owl Farm" in Woody Creek, Colorado, at 5:42 p.m. on February 20, 2005, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Thompson's son (Juan), daughter-in-law (Jennifer Winkel Thompson) and grandson (Will Thompson) were visiting for the weekend at the time of his suicide. Will and Jennifer were in the adjacent room when they heard the gunshot. Mistaking the shot for the sound of a book falling, they continued with their activities for a few minutes before checking on him. The police report concerning his death stated that in a typewriter in front of Thompson, they found "a piece of paper carrying the date 'Feb 22 '05' and the single word 'counselor'

They reported to the press that they do not believe his suicide was out of desperation, but was a well-thought out act resulting from Thompson's many painful and chronic medical conditions. Thompson's wife, Anita, who was at a gym at the time of her husband's death, was on the phone with him when he ended his life.

What family and police describe as a suicide note was written by Thompson four days before his death, and left for his wife. It was later published by Rolling Stone in the September issue #983.

 Titled

 "Football Season Is Over", it read"

"No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun — for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax — This won't hurt."

and that was the last of Dr.Hunter S.Thompson and his last word.

My Concept of Tattooing.

Tattoo by Sonam Dorji

A tattoo is a marking made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment for artistic, ritualistic or other reasons. Tattoos on humans are a type of decorative body modification, while tattoos on animals are most commonly used for identification or branding. The first written reference to the word, "tattoo" (or Samoan "Tatau") appears in the journal of Joseph Banks, the naturalist aboard Captain Cook's ship the HMS Endeavour in 1769: "I shall now mention the way they mark themselves indelibly, each of them is so marked by their humor or disposition".

Tattooing has been practiced for centuries worldwide. The Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan, traditionally wore facial tattoos. Today one can find Berbers of Tamazgha (North Africa), Māori of New Zealand, Hausa people of Northern Nigeria, Arabic people in East-Turkey and Atayal of Taiwan with facial tattoos. Tattooing was widespread among Polynesian peoples and among certain tribal groups in the Taiwan, Philippines, Borneo, Mentawai Islands, Africa, North America, South America, Mesoamerica, Europe, Japan, Cambodia, New Zealand and Micronesia. Despite some taboos surrounding tattooing, the art continues to be popular in many parts of the world.

History

Tattooing has been a Eurasian practice at least since around Neolithic times. Ötzi the Iceman, dating from the fourth to fifth millennium BC, was found in the Ötz valley in the Alps and had approximately 57 carbon tattoos consisting of simple dots and lines on his lower spine, behind his left knee, and on his right ankle. These tattoos were thought to be a form of healing because of their placement which resembles acupuncture. Other mummies bearing tattoos and dating from the end of the second millennium BC have been discovered, such as the Mummy of Amunet from Ancient Egypt .

Pre-Christian Germanic, Celtic and other central and northern European tribes were often heavily tattooed, according to surviving accounts. The Picts were famously tattooed (or scarified) with elaborate dark blue woad (or possibly copper for the blue tone) designs. Julius Caesar described these tattoos in Book V of his Gallic Wars (54 BC).

Tattooing in Japan is thought to go back to the Paleolithic era, some ten thousand years ago.^.Various other cultures have had their own tattoo traditions, ranging from rubbing cuts and other wounds with ashes, to hand-pricking the skin to insert dyes.

Tattooing in the Western world today has its origins in Polynesia, and in the discovery of tatau by eighteenth century explorers. The Polynesian practice became popular among European sailors, before spreading to Western societies generally.

Modern graffiti

 Graffiti is often seen as having become intertwined with hip hop culture and the myriad international styles derived from New York City Subway graffiti . However, there are many other instances of notable graffiti this century. Graffiti has long appeared on railroad boxcars and subways. The one with the longest history, dating back to the 1920s and continuing into the present day, is Texino.During World War II and for decades after, the phrase "Kilroy was here" with accompanying illustration was widespread throughout the world, due to its use by American troops and its filtering into American popular culture. Shortly after the death of Charlie Parker (nicknamed "Yardbird" or "Bird"), graffiti began appearing around New York with the words "Bird Lives". The student protests and general strike of May 1968saw Paris bedecked in revolutionary, anarchist, and situationist slogans such as L'ennui est contre-révolutionnaire ("Boredom is counterrevolutionary") expressed in painted graffiti, poster art, and stencil art. In the U.S. at the time other political phrases (such as "Free Huey" about Black Panther Huey Newton) became briefly popular as graffiti in limited areas, only to be forgotten. A popular graffito of the 1970s was the legend "Dick Nixon Before He Dicks You", reflecting the hostility of the youth culture to that U.S. president. Engraving of Kilroy on the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.. Rock and roll graffiti is a significant sub genre. A famous graffito of the 20th century was the inscription in the London subway reading "Clapton is God". The phrase was spray-painted by an admirer on a wall in an Islington Underground station in the autumn of 1967. The graffiti was captured in a photograph, in which a dog is urinating on the wall. Graffiti also became associated with the anti-establishment punk rock movement beginning in the 1970s. Bands such as Black Flag and Crass(and their followers) widely stenciled their names and logos, while many punk night clubs, squats and hangouts are famous for their graffiti. In the late 1980s the upside down Martini glass that was the tag for punk band Missing Foundation was the most ubiquitous graffito in lower Manhattan, and copied by hard core punk fans throughout the U.S. and West Germany.

Temporary tattoos

 Temporary tattoos are popular with models and children as they involve no permanent alteration of the skin but produce a similar appearance that can last anywhere from a few days to several weeks. The most common style is a type of body sticker similar to a decal, which is typically transferred to the skin using water. Although the design is waterproof, it can be removed easily with oil-based creams. Originally inserted as a prize in bubble gum packages, they consisted of a poor quality ink transfer that would easily come off with water or rubbing. Today's vegetable dye temporaries can look extremely realistic and adhere up to 3 weeks due to a layer of glue similar to that found on an adhesive bandage. Henna tattoos (Mehndi) and silver nitrate stains that appear when exposed to ultraviolet light can take up to two weeks to fade from the skin. Silver nitrate is, however, a toxic substance and should not be used on skin. Temporary airbrush tattoos (TATs) are applied by covering the skin with a stencil and spraying the skin with ink. In the past, this form of tattoo only lasted about a week. With the newest inks, tattoos can reasonably last for up to two weeks. Airbrush Tattoos are mostly all sprayed with cosmetic paints now. They are getting to be more popular because of the ease in removing them. Unlike henna tattoos, the cosmetic paints can be rubbed off with isopropyl alcohol.