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Take my advice…I don’t use it anyway Part quatre-vingt-cing




BACK UP AND DOUBLE CHECK


I'm talking about insurance here people. This 'ere blog was deleted by a little SPAM 'c' word and I nearly had a heart attack. Not because of it disappearing, I mean, I can always start again, but more so because nothing I have ever written on here had been saved. God I'm a knob end. ANYWAY it' back now and I'm backing up. But the theme continues...ensure your expensive possessions, lock up your bike, lock your front door and take out private health. I'm not saying become a neurotic control freak, I'm just saying that storms are inevitable, and you should always be prepared.

 

IF YOUR FRIEND MAKES NO COMMENT ON YOUR OUTFIT, IT PROBABLY MEANS YOU LOOK BANGING 


Insecurity in females will be the death of us. We have our own to deal with and to keep in line so it doesn't turn us into spiteful little bitches...you can't be worrying about others.

 

GET OFF YOUR PHONE !!!


Or at least pretend to be offline and give the illusion that you have a life.

 

IT'S KIND TO NOT MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF HIM FAILING TO GET A HARD ON


Fuck man. They have it tough. They've been drinking and doing God knows what else and that really does affect their ability to become Iron Man.  Just be understanding and don't make a big deal about it. Give him a massage, touch yourself in front of him, get him to talk filth while you do it...help him to forget about it. It's the only way old mate Woody is gonna make an appearance. Failing that, maybe tie it to a stick like some people do to wilting plants? Just a suggestion.

 

RED WINE AFTER DRINKING SPIRITS AND/OR BEER WILL MAKE YOU THROW YOUR GUTS UP 


FACT. I don't need to say much more on the subject.

 

THE MINUTE YOU FIND YOURSELF BECOMING THE PERSON YOU HATE AROUND SOMEBODY, GET RID


Do you usually have your shit together but around certain boys you feel needy and anxious? He ain't good for you honey.  Do you leave the company of some girls feeling like a dirty gossip mouth and on a one way ticket no stop over to Hell? Pick a new crowd.

Some well known advice…I think Gandhi said most of these hey


 

'A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS'


My Dad LOVES throwing this pearl of wisdom my way because of my incessant travelling and relocating.  Thing is though, this could be one of two meanings...I know he is tryna say that if I keep moving around and starting fresh then I will struggle to acquire 'stuff', and I think by 'stuff' he means a mortgage and a husband.  Where as I like the saying, because I see 'moss' as 'baggage'.  I like to roll through life and not get stuck in one position, with one group of friends and limited adventure and experiences.  So sorry pops.  Cue Limp Bizkit 'keep rollin rollin rollin ....'

 

'NEVER MAKE SOMEBODY A PRIORITY WHO ONLY EVER MAKES YOU AN OPTION'


We walk around feeling so fucking hard done to and unappreciated and quite frankly, it's our own fault.  But then if you just go around doing stuff for people who only do things for you then you are a bit of a wanker.  So I reckon it's all about balance.  So what if you are always getting a round in, and others never reach for their wallet...that shit is trivial.  I just think that if friends/boyfriends/girlfriends/ never call when they say they will, or leave you hanging when you could be out in the world hanging with non-cunty folk then you should really just kick them to the curb.  Emotional users better recognize.

 

'BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD'


I am South African.  And like the Germans, South Africans carry a stigma.  There is nothing we can do about that.  You can't get into constant arguments about how you aren't racist and be angry about things that happened in your history...you can only be the best person you can be.  Think about how you would like to be perceived and help people to understand you by just basically not being a dickhead.  If one person leaves your company with a little bit of faith in humanity, then you are doing good things.

 

'AN EYE FOR AN EYE ENDS UP MAKING THE WHOLE WORLD BLIND'



He cheats on you so you give his best friend a wristie?  Wow, that showed him alright!  Showed him you're a whore that is.  She posts a passive aggressive tweet/blog post/FB update so you counter it with an even bitchier one? Yeah so everyone just thinks you are BOTH lame.  There is no better revenge than the revenge of a zero reaction.  Just fighting fire with fire puts you on the same level, and that level is low...in case you were wondering

Be yourself xx

Take my advice…I don’t use it anyway SPECIAL EDITION: Facebook Ettiquette


We lead double lives now.  One real one.  One internet one.  Some of us have the hang of keeping the balance.  Others...not so much.  The difference between the two, is that you have more control over the one that is on the net.

PHOTOGRAPHS


oh dear.  Until Facebook sorts it out that we have to approve before people get tag happy, you might need to reel it in a little.  It's pretty fucked that someone can just take a shit photo of you then plaster it on the net for all and sundry.  It's almost better that shit gets tagged, otherwise its just out there...in the interweb wilderness...and you will have no idea.  So...


  • Avoid the fucking camera when you are wasted/high

  • Stop taking photographs of your wasted/high friends

  • Having a baby?  Cool! Post pics post birth, when your little bundle has been cleaned and Mama has had an opportunity to sort herself out.  Pictures of baba covered in blood and mucus, and Mummy's bleeding inner thighs are best kept in the family vault thanks.

  • Naked shots...do I really have to say anything?

  • Photos of you and your other half sucking each others face off ... yeah, and why do you think this interests anybody?

  • Be a doll, and don't knowingly post unflattering photographs of your friends.  Unflattering = just as they put a massive forkful of food in their mouths, when they are pulling a weird dance face etc etc - you know the drill.  You might think it's hilarious and clever, but if there ever was such a thing as karma, it exists in the tag button mother fucker.

  • If you see the camera coming and you are gurning your face off, or you know you look a little worse for wear...turn your head, get away, slap the bitch in the face...just don't say cheese whatever you do.



STATUS UPDATES


People judge you by your status update ...

  • FB is not the place for airing your dirty laundry.  Cat fights, family dramas, partners cheating ways, beef with someone...leave it out.  Don't get me wrong...it's wildly entertaining for the reader but it makes you look like a joke, tacky and one always feels embarrassed on your behalf.  Haha, its just so funny!  Like some people have like 800 friends...if all those 800 stood in front of you in real life, would you say half the things you put in your little status box?  Exactly.  Now WHY is it OK on the internet?

  • Boring updates are to be avoided.  i.e. 'Just had bacon for breakfast' 'Been to the gym' 'I am boring' etc etc - nobody cares about your beige life thanks.

  • Emo updates!  Oh dear God.  Cry me a fucking river will ya.  'My life is fucked' yes. yes it is.



 

IN A RELATIONSHIP?


Soooooooooooo you live together and you post a million 'I love you's' on one anothers walls.....hmmmm.  Didn't you see each other like an hour ago?  Who are you trying to convince?  It just makes people wonder how exactly smooth paradise is going.

 

DON'T SLAG OFF PEOPLE, UNLESS THEY ARE CELEBRITIES...THAT'S FINE


It's even worse when it's done passive aggressively.  Like writing something to insinuate that you are talking about someone just to make them wonder if it is them that you are talking about blah blah. Oh God.  I can't actually believe grown adults do that shit.

'IM DOING A FRIEND CULL'


Thanks for the announcement.  You are probs deleting people you never talk to which means they won't even notice.  Go you!  If it's someone you hate, then please read above re: passive aggressive.

 

SPAM MY INBOX ONE MORE TIME AND I'LL TAG YOUR ASS LIKE A MOTHER FUCKER


I said yes I'll attend, now quit bugging me.  FUCK.

 

'WE MUST CATCH UP SOON, I MISS YOUR FACE'


You have no intention of catching up and you hate her face.

Basically, your Facebook wall is like a big room full of people who include colleagues/family/friends (close and distant) and acquaintances.  Would you have a cat fight in front of all these people while you are high as a kite, naked and then afterwards get fresh with some dude?  You would?  You have issues.  It is a place to network, stay in touch, get your message across, be creative.  It shouldn't be used as some kind of adult playground to bully (yes bully) other adults or to tell all your 'friends' how 'SOOOO TOTALLY HAPPY YOU ARE!!!'  Yeah right sunshine.

That's just my opinion.  I have alot of those.

Keep it tight people x

The Obnoxious Owl Experience – A Blur of Weeks


I say it's a blur because there are a combo of London and recent pics here from my dog and bone. I KNOW I'm still banging on about my trip...this will be the last I speak of it. I will keep the memories for myself whilst I cry myself to sleep every night. I mean FUCK, I lived there for 7 years you know?! Go easy on a girl....plus they have poppy's just growing randomly all over the place...



Does Perth have poppy's? I don't think they do. Does Perth have Chocolate Fudge Brownie FRIJJ milkshakes?



I don't think they do. Plus my new friend Mark aka 'poppet' is in the smoke. And I miss him...


He also wears Jumanji tshirts...and I ain't seen no fucker in Perth wear a Jumanji tshirt. Nor do we have strawberry cider ...which, by the way, is as sparkly and delicious as it sounds. It also gets you blind wasted.



This is me taking a photo of my Glastonbury arm band thingo on the tube...I only removed it about a week ago...OK an hour ago. I'm having detachment issues. Can you tell?



This is my little friend Asha (she really is little, like she could probs be fixed to the wall with those dolls and not look out of place)








I wasn't sure where this cat had come from when I made my way to bed one morning after a particularly large night out. The sudden appearance of a feline has the tendency to make a person feel very vulnerable...not to mention confused.





This cat has mad shit all over the Smoke. Stay tuned for the chat I had with INKFETISH
It wasn't all about London, I headed north for a bit too and took this quite wonderful photograph of my best mate Dave at a restaurant in Liverpool...



How indie of me. Correction: it would be way more indie if I polarised this shit.




The Alibi is a club in Dalston where I did some of my best work...'work' being: Dance moves. Hilarious Banter. Obnoxious Owl sticker placement. The infliction of general charm and it is also where I had the pleasure of the company of the most wonderful gentleman...he really was the proverbial cherry on my London Sponge Cake.







Look carefully and you will see a butterfly scoping out the bling...it was in fact 'fantastic value'

Speaking of value, meet my buddy Luke...








Bloody hell, that table could do with a bit of a dust innit?!





I KNEW IT!!






This wouldn't be a real blog without a hint of narcissism. I thought I'd share this outfit with you because I was quite proud of it. I love clashing prints at the moment and that denim jacket I bought from French Connection about 7 years ago. I also appear to have no neck. The skateboard was not strategically placed there for an urban feel...I'm just urban naturally. Take these Air Max 90s for example ...



I have many pairs in a rainbow of colours, but these 'Fruit Tingle' 90's I got in 08 are my staple. I've been rocking the shit out of them of late, I don't even check where I'm walking anymore. I used to try and keep them well clean and squeaky, but now I kinda like that they're lookin a bit ratty round the edges. It sorta goes with my new steeze I'm tryna channel for the summer. Pink nineties hair, white trainers, washed out shirts and fanny packs...aka 'vadge bags'.


I took this pic in a nail salon while I was waiting for my appointment, for 2 reasons...1) I love that Sonia Rykiel has a fragrance out, but I'm kinda sick of the 'indie skinny girl with her top off' thing that seems to be the new black and; 2) my thighs look a bit hot encased in these fishnets, and hopefully some potential sex of a boy will notice and fill my inbox with love. That wasn't a metaphor.

Just look at this vintage nightie I copped at Camden market for a tenner...this little number is gonna get a hammering this summer. Micky has mad wheels, no wonder Minnie taps that.

See what I did there? Well gangsta.
XXXO

Take my advice…I don’t use it anyway. Part soixante-trois


PAY YOUR BILLS ON TIME - For many reasons, but mainly because the anxiety of them hanging over your head is way stressful. Plus a clean credit rating is a fun thing to have.

KEEP UP THE DIRTY TALK - It's hot. And it will keep him rock hard.

SWALLOW - It's hella less messy and it doesn't taste THAT bad. Don't be such a fucking girl about it! Plus if you do it right it can totally miss your tongue i.e. your taste buds, and hit the back of your throat. Keep a glass of something nearby either way.

I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE, PLEASE IGNORE THE DO'S AND DON'TS IN THOSE FUCKING SO CALLED 'FASHION MAGAZINES' - Double denim is fine. Horizontal stripes are fine. Who the fuck are they?

THERE IS A 6 MONTH RULE WITH REGARDS TO GETTING WITH A GUY YOUR FRIEND GOT WITH - I don't mean ex boyfriends of friends...that is a different matter entirely. I mean the dude who your friend was kinda seeing like for 2 weeks or some shit. Don't just be hopping on that conveyor belt. Sure, she doesn't own him, but let's be honest...there is defs a certain amount of territorial shit going on. I'm sure you can understand? Haven't we all been on both sides of the fence at some stage? Don't scrimp on sensitivity.

DON'T BE A BITCH FOR THE SAKE OF BEING A BITCH - Otherwise it's fine. Like if someone is tryna take the piss, or if the situation calls for it.

Yeah yeah, I know I'm one to talk...that's why I say I don't use it anyway. Innit. x

OWL’S SOFA: ‘Do we screw the crew?’


"Dear Owl,

I am interested to hear your thoughts on the “Don't Screw The Crew”* principle...

Forgive me if this is a topic you have already covered! Was just pondering it on the walk to work, and realised of late I have been in situations where I have either found the friend of a dude I’ve been banging quite hot, or a dude Ive been banging has obviously found a friend of mine hot. Thoughts?

For many of my friends its a golden rule that they refuse to break . Personally, I wouldn’t hook up with a guy who had been seeing a good friend of mine, but I’m not sure how many practise this guide?

*Crew = good friends, not acquaintances "


OK. Straight to the chase. There is no black and white rule as far as this is concerned. For many reasons, but mainly these...
  • How much is your friend actually into the dude? - If she is majorly gaga over homeboy, then leave well alone. There is plenty other penis's attached to fine body's we can devour. It's a pretty cunty thing to make eyes at a good friends 'sorta boyfriend but things haven't been confirmed yet'. However, if you think that she isn't that keen on him, then you could carefully manipulate the sitch. It will all fall out of bed eventually, and when it does, you can sneak up like a lioness on a wounded zebra. They do it on Gossip Girl like all the time.
  • How good is your friend and how keen are you on fella? - Secret time. I have a friend. Who has a SMOKING hot ex. Not only is he easy on the eye, he has brains, braun and if rumours are correcto...he has been um, blessed. Now the friend...hmm, I suppose we're good friends. But if she weren't in my life, I probs would not notice. (sheesh I sound like a proper biatch) but anyway, all I'm saying is...you gotta weigh up the pro's and con's. It's slim pickings out there as far as men go who tick the boxes, sometimes you gotta make sacrifices. That being said, I would only probably risk a friendship over someone I would actually like to pursue...not just for some genital stimulation. It's not worth the gamble.
  • Don't get sucked in - Usually hot guys come with hot friends. Unlike chicks who enjoy having a few fuglys hanging about to make ourselves look better...God we're cows. Anyway. If you are being hammered by some cutie and it's early days, you will always be wondering if there may be someone better, and then you hang with their mates and someone catches your eye. It's like a box of chocolates being offered around...you like them all, but you are only allowed to take one so you go for the truffle...'cause hey, you enjoy a good truffle and you know what you're getting, and once you have eaten it, you can honestly say you enjoyed it but maybe you shoulda gone for a caramel 'cause that might have been more fun! So you take the caramel when no one is looking...and then you look like a little chocolate whore when you get caught out. Ya get me?
  • Guys talk - Chances are, all of old mates friends would and have thought about banging you. But then you become the trick amongst the group and you can land up with no man, a vagina that has been the penis tour bus stop, and a bad reputation.

I think it boils down to what our intentions are. Is it because we actually fancy the guy, or because our hormones are livin la vida loca? Make sure that when one makes this decision, we use our brains and not our clits to do the thinking.

God speed...

Love Owl xoxo

Take my advice…I don’t use it anyway. Part quarante-huit



THE CORRECT PRONUNCIATION OF 'CROISSANT'- This is a tricky one. Because if you pronounce it as it's spelt when you're in Europe, you seem like an uneducated pleb. Pronounce it correctly here in Aus and you sound kinda wanky. I think it's a French word and should be pronounced as such...if you know how. 'cause if you KNOW how to say it, you should, but if others don't and you correct them, you sound like a wanker. Do I make the sense?
JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A PIXIE HAIRCUT ALA TEAGAN AND SARA, DOES NOT MEAN SHE IS A LEZZA - It just means she looks like one.

DO NOT SQUEEZE YOUR SPOTS WITH DIRTY HANDS - Geez louise. It's your fucking face dude! Go easy on it! I asked my friend over the weekend what she would rather have, a pretty face or a banging bod? Without hesitation she said, 'A pretty face for sure! What would you rather wake up to?!' - nuff said.

IF YOU ARE FEELING LIKE SHIT AND LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SEE A MONSTER STARING BACK, TAKE A WALK OUTSIDE... - And have a look around you. Yup. There are millions who are way uglier than you are. Take strength in that.

THERE IS NO SHAME IN EATING HUMMUS AND CRACKERS FOR DINNER - Throw in a glass of red and you are positively chic.

IF YOU MUST STARE, THEN HAVE THE DECENCY TO LOOK AWAY WHEN THEY CATCH YOU - Unless it's a boy and he is hot...just give a coy smile and THEN look away. But for the love of God, don't just keep on dead pan staring you fucking weirdo. Also, if you are sitting in your friends room while she gets dressed, read a magazine or something, just don't bloody stare like a freakazoid. Same goes for watching people eat. Talk about social retardation.

ALL YOUR FRIENDS AT SOME POINT HAVE SAID SOMETHING UNFLATTERING ABOUT YOU - Don't ask me how I know, I just do.

God, we're all slightly fucked up innit? Where do you think I get my material from?! xx


Take my advice…I don’t use it anyway SPECIAL EDITION: A FEW HOME TRUTHS

SOMETIMES, YOU MIGHT MEET YOUR GREATEST FRIENDS LATER ON IN LIFE - I have met the best friend I have ever had at the age of 28. He is male and he is only 21. Hollywood and the norm tells us that your greatest friends are usually your friends you've known the longest...I don't think this is the case. Often, the best friends we have are the ones we meet during the time we are most comfortable with ourselves - thus meaning that the person you have befriended knows the real you. Some of us may have found our mates at a younger age...well, you are bloody lucky.

NOT EVERYONE IS DESTINED TO GET MARRIED AND BREED - Geez and you ain't a failure if you don't do those things either. If you meet someone super fantastic and you know it's gonna be mega awesome then get married and have a ball - but life isn't necessarily about finding that one true mate and living happily ever after...God it's so frikkin dangerous to think like that! What if you never meet them? You die alone and unfulfilled? What a load of God damn rubbish. I reckon learn to be alone, and learn to be happy on your own. Then if you do manage to find some dreamy individual ... then you have managed to find someone worth witnessing the event that is your life...but the overall trick is to have a life worth witnessing.

DOGGY STYLE IS THE BEST POSITION - Sorry. But it is.

EVERYONE NEEDS A PURPOSE IN LIFE - Whether it's waking up to look after your offspring, your job, your long term goals, or writing your ultra chic blog - it will keep that hamster wheel turning in your head. Waking up to finish those beers in the fridge, getting stoned and doing a job that neither enhances nor makes use of your immense capabilities (and they ARE immense by the way) is just a waste of a perfectly good life and nothing but a mediocre existence. Your wheel may still be turning...but the hamster is dead.

BARBIE DOLL BROADS AND OVERLY GROOMED DUDES CAN GET FUCKED - Eat a burger once in a while and come down to earth from your overly tanned cloud and party with us. Those that are less 'each to their own' and more 'each to their clone' make the world a beige place to live in. And we all know how I feel about beige.

IF YOU CAN'T TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT YOUR THRUSH SITUATION, PERIOD PAINS OR HOW YOUR BOYFRIEND FAILS TO MAKE YOU CUM THEN SERIOUSLY, WHO ELSE CAN YOU TELL? - Let's get out of the dark ages please and talk about things that are fucked. It's a calming realisation that we are not alone in our turmoils.

IF YOU CHECK YOUR PARTNERS PHONE AND EMAILS - YOU WILL GET UPSET - Quite frankly if you find something you don't like, it's your own bloody fault. Keep your nose out of their business you crazy bitch. The fact that you are tempted shows a crack in the 'ol refuckinglationship so don't dig your hole even deeper with being a dirty snoop a loop. We all have a bit of banter and harmless flirting going on with someone, whether we are in relationships or not and I do mean ALL OF US. We are human beings and we like to be admired and to know that we 'still have it'. It's whether we act on it or not that makes us the dickhead. So you reckon that it's a good thing that he isn't cheating on you just because he doesn't have a chance because you are like a private detective? Sweety, you are just gonna make him want to lash out and do something silly, just to prove that he can. Let's not be silly now and put down the mobile phone...it doesn't belong to you.

'OMG...HOW DO YOU THINK THAT TATTOO IS GONNA LOOK ON YOUR WEDDING DAY/WHEN YOU'RE OLD/WHEN YOU HAVE TO PICK UP YOUR KIDS FROM SCHOOL?' - I reckon it will still look dope thanks.

Why don't you cry about it x

THE LADY BEHIND OBNOXIOUS OWL’S NEW BANNER DESIGN – MOTEL7



Motel7 better known to me as Toyah is talent incarnate. We met 3 years ago in Cape Town, subsequently because she read one of my blogs where I was ignorantly bitching and whining about the lack of fashion sense in the Mother City and she jokingly reprimanded me and offered to take me to a new club where all the then 'cool kids' collected. I hadn't lived in South Africa for 6 years so in fact this magnificent 19 year old kid was reintroducing me to my home, and she didn't even know it. We've been tight ever since. I haven't seen her for the last two years but there has been no losing touch. Especially as she is now one of the freshest, abundantly talented and coolest fucking graffiti and fine artist that has left Africa. Rarely do you find such a humble soul underneath all this madness. Motel is young, beautiful and obviously gifted but along comes with it is a perseverance and maturity that makes her work just that much more intriguing.

I am honoured and fucking STOKED that she has taken time out between painting and preparing for a new exhibition to design my new banner for Obnoxious Owl.

OK, enough kissing her ass and let's ask this broad some questions.....

Q: SO TELL US WHERE YOU ARE CURRENTLY RESIDING AND WHY?
A: I am currently living in Oslo, Norway. Out of convenience more than anything else I guess. I have family here, and starting to get to know the people, so every day it becomes easier to live here. Next stop, Japan! (no family there mind you!)

Q: SO HOW DOES THE 'SCENE' DIFFER IN NORWAY COMPARED TO HOME?

A: The graffiti scene here in Norway is different for many reasons: Firstly, Oslo has a much older, developed understanding of graffiti. South Africa is still very divided and people struggle to get out of their bubble. Here in Oslo I can paint any style I want, and I don't get hate for it. In South Africa every piece someone does gets scrutinized on the web. I don't think they are painting enough that might be the problem....




Q: DO YOU FIND IT MORE DIFFICULT TO GET THE KIND OF RESPECT GUYS DO IN THE GRAFFITI WORLD?

A: In many ways, it doesn't matter how good a girl gets, she will still be the token female writer. Of course there is a different type of respect. I was recently in New York, and I was finishing a piece when some guy came up to me dressed like 50 cent and said 'Hey you're pretty brave to be painting graffiti' ' 'Err what do you mean?' 'Well you're a girl!' I was like, 'OK! Girls can paint too!' - its not like putting on make up, or dressing in sexy clothes...you have to be ready to roll with the guys, walk through shitty areas, sweat in the sun, carry heavy paint, run when needed.....and don't complain about being a girl!

Q: YOU'VE HAD SUCCESS WITH YOUR FINE ART EXHIBITIONS OF LATE...WHEN YOU GET AN IDEA DO YOU AUTOMATICALLY JUST KNOW WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER ON A WALL OR ON A CANVAS?

A: Canvasses are more difficult for me, as I am still learning, but if i am painting on a wall, its easy. I have that freedom to do whatever i want, so there is no procrastination. I struggle with canvasses a lot, and always dread the next one. Its like my fear of eating apples... as soon as I start eating one its fine, but to take the first bite is hard. Wine helps.




 

Q: I HAVE OFTEN THOUGHT THAT COMING FROM A PLACE LIKE SOUTH AFRICA IT WOULD STIR A LOT MORE VISION AND INSPIRATION THAN SAY SOMWHERE WITH LESS COLOURFUL HISTORY AND POLITICS - HOW MUCH HAS WHERE YOU COME FROM INFLUENCED YOU?

A: Norway has a very rich interesting history, with many traditions. I recently researched a lot of the history for my upcoming show here in Oslo. In a way, I am more interested by what was going on HERE 600 years ago, what they ate for breakfast, how the slept, what they did. I find all this fascinating. Of course South Africa automatically influences my work in some way, but I don't feel the same connection that I feel here. I think eventually I would like to find a nice medium between the two. Politics has never been a huge comment in my work, and I think I can admit my work is more about aesthetics than a political message.



 

Q: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE COLOURS?

A: Well I am always drawn to pink and light blue! But right now I am really into purple. Everything has to be purple, even my knickers!

 

Q: THERE SEEMS TO BE ALOT OF HYPE AROUND STREET ART AND SUCH, WITH IT FINDING ITSELF ON COMMERCIAL CLOTHING AND EVERYONE'S MYSPACE PAGES, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

A: There is tasteful hype, and distasteful hype, and I think we will find most of it is the latter. We are living in a distasteful era of bad choices and tacky ideas. Graffiti unfortunately has been victim to this. People have a bad understanding of graffiti, and in a way, I hope it will stay like this (in particular, advertising agencies) it gives us more room to do our own thing. Then we are looking at the other side of it, which is the graffiti art/street art/commercial connection that some artists are making - such as 123klan, fafi, miss van etc They are making extremely successful careers from graffiti/street art, and doing a mighty fine job at it!

 

Q: DO YOU GET INTO THE 'ZONE' BEFORE YOU START CREATING?

A: Yes. And if you ask me a question while I am painting a wall, i will sucker punch you! (Most asked questions -'What are you painting?', or 'What does it say'. Nothing quite grinds my gears than these questions!)

 

Q: WHAT IS YOUR MOST FAVOURITE THING TO DO, EAT AND LISTEN TO?

A: Favourite thing to do is drink heavily, paint a wall, or eat junk food whilst watching stand up comedy. To eat...well I am a bit of a food addict, so every day is my favourite thing to eat! Strangely I love French food, they manage to throw romance even into their food! And of course Japanese food - but this goes far beyond just the food. I spent 2 days in Chinatown whilst in New York and bubble tea is the business! Right now I am listening to a lot of swing and country music. But i will have days where I will just play municipal waste and sneer at people a lot with a bottle of red wine in my hand. Music should change daily.... depending on your current mood. Today it is a AC/DC, Black Sabbath and Motorhead kind of day.



Q: WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE OBNOXIOUS OWL? :)

A: Well where do I begin? An incredibly talented clever woman with a great attitude! Watch out boys... this girl is one helluva sexy thing with enough quip to keep you on your toes! Keep them coming!!!

http://www.motelseven.com/ - check it

OWL LOVES MOTEL


XXX