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Ink Pens & Spray Cans
The Graffiti Bridge Mixtape
Inspiration and Creation
Ink pens & Spray cans (the graffiti bridge mixtape) was inspired and created by Ink pens Kenny (Pens) and his younger brother Sayvion (Fede; shortened for graffiti). Kenny and Savion are kind of forced to live in their parents' broken down condo until their living/financial issues improve (broke struggling artist).
Living Arrangements and Struggles
To further complicate an already hostile and awkward living arrangement in the condo aka The Rhinestone Box, the brothers take in an almost complete stranger, struggling writer, journalist, and ex graffiti artist Nirvana Chancellor. The three don't get along very well early on and have some hostile differences in artistic merits and expressions.
Artistic Perspectives
Nirvana likes both poetry, short stories, photography, and a range of work, but believes Kenny to be more open to the world to share his heart. In the same vein, Nirvana believes Fede should graduate from amateur tag artist to a colossal figure. Kenny believes that graffiti is not necessarily criminal as his mother feels, but that Fede should move away from tagging their home and other people's property.
Conflicts and Beliefs
Sayvion's graffiti and tagging do not understand why he has to tag and express himself on buildings versus a piece of paper, etc. Savion believes poetry and short writing are cowardly and that a man should express himself directly through art.
Living Under One Roof
Now kind of forced to live under one roof (which they frequently refer to as The Rhinestone Box), the three create various forms of magic and learn that every human being has some form of artistry or inspiration that helps them to throb and create, which is documented and celebrated in the frequent visits from both parents, friends, and various girls.
Unity and Creation
The three (Fede, Pens & Nirvana) rise together to create Ink pens & spray cans; the graffiti bridge mixtape, the mixture of their work recorded. Ink-joy.
