Additional Writings

Mint Museum

Danny Lane

As I look at this piece Of artwork I see a long sheet of glass but behind it is different things rocks marbles different glasses shapes I feel like this means don’t judge a book by its cover because you never know what lies deep down inside a person I wonder why you chose to lay piece of glass over the work as I stand back and look at it more objects behind piece of glass become abstract and is really hard to see I walk over to the right and I see a wedding cake with a grenade on top when I think of this I think of marriage and the saying until death do us part I see a boat made entirely out of marble and glass I see a golden faced femalep with flowers on her face I see a woman monkey she’s holding a baby breast-feeding she’s very hairy she has chin hairs hair is near her vagina hairs on the legs hairs and arms the baby is wearing a human diaper that look like it wasn’t even invented in the time She was in she looks like a monkey like an actual monkey she’s very ugly I don’t really understand why she has expensive bags laying near her hand feet I see a large painting of Barack Obama that says vote vote vote this painting was done by Shepard Fairley

Observation Piece

On a Wednesday morning in Charlotte NC, I sit outside at the bank of america plaza. As I sit down I see men and women with suits and fancy dresses walking expeditiously to make it to work on time. I see luxurious furniture from the omni hotel and I over hear a conversation between a mother and father about their son scoring his first goal at his soccer game and how it was and I quote “one for the books”. The aroma from starbucks flutters in my nostrils with the smell of coffee and caramel. A lady just started cleaning next to me. All I hear is the sound of the vacuum cleaner and I can barely hear myself think. I feel these evenly spaced ridges from this table I am sitting at. I hear the blender making a double expresso with a shot of caramel for a “Jake.” A police officer just came and shook my hand and told me he was proud of me a black man doing his work and that you dont see that to often. I’m getting cold in here so I step outside and the humidity hits me like a freight train. I hear sirens from the ambulance passing by praying that God is with whoever is in it. A short guy comes racing down the sidewalk on a bird scooter swerving through people and not stopping for anything. A homeless guy was sitting on the bench eating a pack of bread. I decide to help him out and give him some money to get some real food. I start heading back to where my teacher tells us to meet and when I reach the crosswalk I have a nice conversation with a guy with a really expensive suit on. As I wait for the walk symbol this old lady starts poking me in the leg with her cane taunting me and telling me i’m walking to slow. In my head I laugh because it was just something I wasn’t expecting nevertheless was I okay with it. I immediately thought she just wasn’t all the way there in the head because there were cars still cruising down the road and she basically was telling me to walk in front of the cars. I turned around calmly and shoved her to the ground and told her to leave me alone. She went on about how that was rude of me but honestly everything went in one ear and out the other. I walked across the crosswalk while some gentlemen helped her up she eventually caught up and tried hitting me with her cane again so I grabbed her cane and snapped it and threw it in the road and told her go fetch. I walked off and she stood there and gave me the bird. I went on about my day like nothing ever happened. Once I git back with the team we walked back to campus in the summit of hell it felt like. I am not a city boy so all of this is new to me never in a million years would I have thought I would have to put a old woman on her ass. This is ridiculous I wouldn’t be surprise if I have warrant for my arrest. The city life is definitely different from life in Kannapolis there’s no big buildings or crazy elderly people I don’t have to worry about being hit by a bird scooter or hearing a curse word because somebody won’t turn fast enough. I will definitely have to get use to this but I am up for the challenge. 

Hoops God 9 Gym

I will not and cannot stop doing what I love the feeling that I get when I touch the court is like no other I am at peace with myself and everything feels right its nothing like hitting a big time shot or getting a defensive stop when its needed the most. I want kids to say ” mama there goes that man ” I want to be the best at what I do and I will not stop the grind until I am I have no other choice basketball is my ticket outta here there isn’t nothing in Kannapolis for me I have to do right and get things done so I can take care of my mom buy her that house she wants get my dad that 86′ chevy s10 and just have that feeling of not having to worry no more I wont stop hooping til im six feet under I had a friend ask me what is life and I told him ball is life that’s it nothing more nothing less ima dawg everytime I stepped on the court I intend to show you how great I am rankings and offers go out the window when we are on the court them offers cant save you then I had a old man come up to me after a great game and he told me I would be great someday and he always reminded me it takes 0 talent to work hard.