30 foot time machine

I want to let you in on a little secret. I kinda hate doing collaborations with other artists. Yes, the guy who help start an art collective isn't too fond of working with other artists. Reason being is I've had some pretty bad experiences with collabing or watching others do it. Either the chemistry and timing isn't there or one person is doing all the heavy lifting while other use him or her as a crutch.  So now I'm pretty selective about who I choose to work with. I don't want to create some horrible decrepit monkey fetus and call it art ( Sadly a monkey fetus in a gallery would sell like crazy). So I'm always a little apprehensive when beginning to work with someone.  But this wasn't the case with the project below titled 'Here's Hoping it Rhymes for a Reason" which is now on view at the UNCC Center City Building until Oct. 11th.. I've know John since college and we've both wanted to do a project like this. Plus alot like me John worries about getting better with is work. In turn this forces him to push himself to new heights so I can respect that because I'm constantly trying to do the same. So the entire process was quite enjoyable, we painted, talked about life and art, made stupid jokes (really stupid jokes), all while listening to late nineties hip hop... just like in college when life made a lot more sense.  It felt good.