What I have endured since my return from Charleston, has been anything less than atrocious. The way certain groups are seem to be threaten by a creative mind that owns who he is. That insecurity has reared it's teeth in various different forms with jealously, hostility by many different groups. Them even trying to induce hostility with in me ( that another paper dealing with cooning, blackface and quarters) Yall have tried opposing me, an established artist/creative life that ultimately wants to contribute honestly to the wider artistic community. Right people are just that though, it saddens me.
I have been tortured and held captive in my parents home and have endured inhumane treatment. The individuals ( my clones) that have stolen my ideas intellectual property have prospered ( I'm currently in the process now of perusing legal matters), why the authentic ( me) have been fight for my soul. This is not just A. My parents and others have tried to kill more than just my artist spirit. Some of yall should be in jail for what yall have been doing here( in Jacksonville). Things that I develop they try and hold it for ransom. Though if it's mine I usually get it back.
They also refer to call trapping and hunting "school" and "sports". I have been caught up in a robin- hood system of sorts, but besides stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. They try stealing from the spiritually rich and the specials individuals that set out to change things positively in those environments and give to a select few that don't deserve it. I went to college, traveled abroad, I had the courage to walk away from the negative, challenged myself in different situations and scenarios all pushing myself to be an better individual. All the while some seemed to settle, my thing is if didn't work for it and make the sacrifices and take the risk to attain certain things others don't deserve the rewards. ( I'm not talking about football) That's a system where others organize under real team banners and do everything from stealing and killing ( which some term as hitting) and sex. There's tons to profit from the victors that's that loot and share the spoils. They steal identities, personal and private information. A pedestrian just riding the bus or going to library to check your emails, the unsuspecting victim or mark as there termed, can have there most private information stolen from them. Urban institutions are aligned with local government everybody seems to be involved. Kona Schooling is also set up as a way for all these groups to do this. They even get local government backing and support.
All this disappoints me here, while I was in Charleston I was able to contribute to the wider community and give back in very real and tangible ways. Like exhibiting my paintings in credible galleries and museum's exhibitions, also doing honorable things within the community from teaching art to kids in less fortunate areas to doing drawing workshops at the college there. Here all yall do is seem to erect barriers physically and emotionally to try and stop me from reaching the wider artistic base here and contributing in ways like I did in the past.
Just me,
The one and only Gary Grier 3.5.15
this was originally journal in Dec. 2014
ps. in the urban communities within hip hop culture there was a sayingthat went around during the late 90's and 2000's "Don't Snitch". The campaigns people in the wider urban community were influence by Rappers and other Right influences in there area. Everybody seemed to either quote the campaign and adorn "T - Shirts" and other garment with the slogan. These areas were the typically poor and impoverished, where drugs, gangs. lawlessness ran ramped on the left and right side. The people were and are bullied and scared to tell what about what truly happens with in those communities, creating catch 22 scenario's. If nobody speaks up nothing changes. Well I want to Start the opposite with "I Snitch" campaign. The people have the power to change things if they have the courage to speak up.
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