Beauties Of Life, Indeed ^-^

Im 17 years young and Counting ^-^.
I skate.
I Breathe.
I film.
I Smoke....abit.
I love art.
I love Women.
I need Music.
I see the light in the world.
I love Dr.Pepper.
I eat... ^-^.
I am JoSh :D

i’m not even gonna say rest in peace because it’s bigger than death. i never met the man (i was too nervous the one time i saw him) and i never saw him play live, regrettably. i only know the legends I’ve heard from folks and what i’ve heard and seen from his deep catalog of propellant, fearless, virtuosic work. my assessment is that he learned early on how little value to assign to someone else’s opinion of you.. an infectious sentiment that seemed soaked into his clothes, his hair, his walk, his guitar and his primal scream. he wrote my favorite song of all time, ‘when you were mine’. it’s a simple song with a simple melody that makes you wish you thought of it first, even though you never would have - a flirtatious brand of genius that feels approachable.  he was a straight black man who played his first televised set in bikini bottoms and knee high heeled boots, epic. he made me feel more comfortable with how i identify sexually simply by his display of freedom from and irreverence for obviously archaic ideas like gender conformity etc. he moved me to be more daring and intuitive with my own work by his demonstration - his denial of the prevailing model…his fight for his intellectual property - ‘slave’ written across the forehead, name changed to a symbol… an all out rebellion against exploitation. A vanguard and genius by every metric I know of who affected many in a way that will outrun oblivion for a long while. I’m proud to be a Prince fan(stan) for life.

betterskatethannever:

finally watched Substance (27th TWS vid) with the homie Whalins last night. Sick skating, of course. The filming is a bit crazy… You might love it! Feels like an indie vid (Chris Thiessen is part of the Threads/headcleaner/Threadcleaner crew), lotta VX & wild extreme close up angles. All of which I dig! There’s a bit too much camera movement to me tho, bit too Blair Witch

Whalins thought T-Funk shoulda had the curtains while I was really feelin Torgerson’s part

Agree with whalins T-Funks skating is so good its ahead of his age I went to the premiere and I thought for sure he was going pro that night, but Nguyen did which was cool too lol