Just driving around with my mom, kind of needed that reminder - “It’s okay.” Seriously though.

Some guy in class said this today, and it’s true. Art, any art (dance, photography, music) may have technical aspects, but all those specifics aren’t what’s most important. It’s about the art of it, changing things up, being creative, and having passion.
89.5 Ozcat Radio Occupy Vallejo Battle - December 16th, 2011
We got there way early, and ended up hanging out in this radio station watching people graffiti up the walls. The guys were telling us to go look inside the dj booths and inviting us to look around. It was pretty tight, they had couches and all this artwork covering everything. The guy even told us if we wanted to go get food to make we could cook for ourselves in the oven! The actual battle started like 4 hours after we got there, but everyone got to session for awhile. Then of course battles are always inspiring, seeing people from the bay and elsewhere coming together to do what they love.
But, this battle really showed me how hip-hop is positivity coming from the streets. I feel like I’ve seen so many people (and been around those people) that judge hip-hop as being negative/destructive. Last night we went into a bad neighborhood, but the battle and the people were nothing but positive. And frankly that place was like a little haven in what didn’t seem to be not that peaceful an area.
Whatever, whether you agree or not, I’m inspired. And that was fun.