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"... i would trade it all back for perfect health. every drop of glory, every drop of fame, every magazine i was ever in, every movie i was ever in. i would give it all back in a heartbeat---to have my health...." KING IZ.
quite the powerful statement from the most powerful of painters.
more important than all of the unbelievable pieces, bombs, tags, and stories such an epic individual can leave us with, are the lessons they never stopped trying to teach us.
RIP.
so very true, and profound. but to play the devils advocate, IZ painted much of the graffiti he is known for in tunnels with led based rustoleum. I dont think they removed lead from the formula until the early 1980s. and even than it was still pretty bad if you were in a tunnel that was not designed to exhaust paint fumes and other toxins. so that in addition to concrete dust, rail/brake dust, asbestos etc. made a deadly cocktail of shit to inhale as regularly as he did, as he readily admits. i dont wear a mask when painting outdoors, but then again I paint MAYBE 3 times a year. in total, i havent done even a fraction of the bombing IZ did. Either way the lesson is what im sure he would want all of us to take from his life as pointed out above. WEAR YOUR MASK!
Re: IZ THE WIZ: THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME!! -
06-23-2009, 07:23 AM
Thank you to everyone posting flicks and giving up Love for IZ, it means a lot to myself and the family!!! If anyone has tributes they have done can you please email the photos to [email protected] I am in the process of writing his book and we are doing a documentary film on his life as well. Unfortunately IZ passed before we could get these projects done but we will be finishing them for sure and I'd like to use some of the tribute flicks in both projects so if you have done a tribute or are going to do one PLEASE take photos and email them to me.... Thank you so much!!!!
Ed
\"You say I\'m not the \"E\"...You wanna make a bet???\"
"... i would trade it all back for perfect health. every drop of glory, every drop of fame, every magazine i was ever in, every movie i was ever in. i would give it all back in a heartbeat---to have my health...." KING IZ.
quite the powerful statement from the most powerful of painters.
more important than all of the unbelievable pieces, bombs, tags, and stories such an epic individual can leave us with, are the lessons they never stopped trying to teach us.
RIP.
Very well put.
"Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but nobody wants to life any heavy fu*&in weight!" - Former MR. Universe Ronnie Coleman.
Re: IZ THE WIZ: THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME!! -
06-24-2009, 01:48 AM
Iz the Wiz is to the graffiti universe what Biggie was to the rap game
what Elvis was to rock & roll, what Babe Ruth was to baseball,
What Jordan was to the bball, what Walter Peyton was to the running game.
this guys was a 1 million times gold glover with a trillion trips to the all star game.
he set the standard and raised the bar.
While every single one of us was home hugging our collective pillows
this guy was being all about it.
i cant wait to see the film and read the book because i thought i knew him pretty well.
but i'm finding out things now that are blowing my mind. trust me when i tell you
King is too small a word to describe Iz The Wiz (the man, the myth, the legend.)
Re: IZ THE WIZ: THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME!! -
06-22-2009, 07:45 PM
