NEW WORK ::: behind the scenes of BLING THY INNER WEALTH

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">::: my sanctuary :::</span><br />the alchemical process begins<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"Manifesting Gold"</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Lichiban & </span><a href="lichiban.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-homies-rule-too-livingroom-johnston.html" style="font-style: italic;">Livingroom Johnston</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> 24"x48"</span><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/lichibanBLINGTHYIW1-room.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Bust It Out!"</span> Lichiban x Upendo collabo (detail)</span> 24"x48"<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/lichibanBLINGTHYIW1-k.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Bust It Out!"</span> Lichiban x <a href="http://www.blogger.com/lichiban.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-homies-rule-too-upendo.html">Upendo</a> collabo. Pen is dope! This one is really funny, every time I look at it, it makes me crack up...it has a sense of a breakthrough and victory.</span><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/6upendolichiban.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"Manifesting Gold"</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Lichiban & </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/lichiban.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-homies-rule-too-livingroom-johnston.html" style="font-style: italic;">Livingroom Johnston</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> 24"x48"</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">this one has a whole alchemical meaning...a topic we've been both exploring, so we were able to communicate concepts through the language of making inner gold</span><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/lichibanlivingroomjohnstonBLING.jpg" /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">These ones are solo pieces</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, part of a Scorpio Vision series</span><br />Clockwise from top left :</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> "I Win"</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Lichiban 12"x24" ::</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> " Scorpio Bite Revelation"</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Lichiban 12"x24"</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> ::</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> "Love Rules"</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Lichiban 12"x24" </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Gimme the fire! </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Lichiban 12"x24" :: </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">STAY TUNED PRINTS ARE COMING!!</span><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/4lichibanScorpioseries.jpg" /><br />Quan Luv, Paridee & Upendo<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/3lichibanBLINGTHYIW2-d.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Manifesting Gold" </span>Lichiban & Livingroom Johnston (detail) ::: <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Heartattack"</span> Lichiban 12"x24"<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/8lichibanBLINGTHYIW1-e.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"Scorpio Brings Light"</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Lichiban x <a href="http://lichiban.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-girlfriends-rule-paridee.html">Paridee Kositchiranant</a> 12"x24" ::: </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"Chains"</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Lichiban x Paridee K. 12"x24"</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">working with Paridee was amazing in so many ways..we connected not only as artists, but also as fellow humanitarians. Spending the day with her painting was sharing on many levels.</span><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/2lichibanparidee.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"Living Proof"</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Lichiban x Quan Luv 24"x48"</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">this was a second times for me to do a collabo with Quan (the piece on the wall in the background is our first collabo). He is not only an amazing artist and good friend, but he also understands the creative spiritual power of the artist. </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Both of us had sketched this piece in our own way, way before this manifested..in a way we manifested ourselves collabing through them.</span><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/5lichibanBLINGTHYIW1-quanluv.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/lichibanlivingroomjhall.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Re:Define"</span> Lichiban x <a href="http://www.blogger.com/lichiban.blogspot.com/2009/03/meaning-of-re-interview-with-rodney.html">Rodney White</a> "12"x24" (right)<br />Rodney's piece on the left side is so ill...his textures and typography are super slick. My power animal, the leopard, represents among else new beginning and guidance for me, which is why I put it on Rodney's piece that is part of his <span style="font-weight: bold;">re: </span>series signifying rebirth.<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/10lichibanrodneywhitecollab1.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/lichibanBLINGTHYIW1-o.jpg" /><br />I realize that I love collabos and have done quite a number of them already with my friends -- Jelsen Jargon, Concep, Diamond Girl, Livingroom Johnston, Upendo, Quan Luv, Paridee, Fly Lady Di, Ibrahim Yaqut, Rodney White, Pesu, Riz22-- all amazing talents. I love the challenge of inhabiting someone elses' visionary world with my characters in a way that is still recognizably my work, yet still working with the other's vision harmoniously. I've been working hard and don't have much time to hang these days, so getting together and painting allows me to catch up with them and share on a deeper level. Each piece has its own existence and sometimes we paint a story we already figured out, sometimes we paint the future. Doing art with other artists who are willing to share is one of the most rewarding experience for me. More on the way!<br /></div>

NEW WORK ::: behind the scenes of BLING THY INNER WEALTH

::: my sanctuary ::: the alchemical process begins "Manifesting Gold" Lichiban & Livingroom Johnston 24"x48" ...

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BROOKLYN DIARIES :: BLING THY INNER WEALTH :: my show opening

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKhdh84nlH56sATS_VXofBPE4sqBvBDxO2MYevI4D40qTxVs7smOa3ZQvboVJ8fG9gOca0bMS-3MGcaBf0Uf4_9ee-Q1lx-Flboqo4ExK_67vTcY6OVREs9rXXOlN20RljBwMOUfpNn08/s1600-h/lichibanraye6BLINGTHYIW2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327063565655870354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKhdh84nlH56sATS_VXofBPE4sqBvBDxO2MYevI4D40qTxVs7smOa3ZQvboVJ8fG9gOca0bMS-3MGcaBf0Uf4_9ee-Q1lx-Flboqo4ExK_67vTcY6OVREs9rXXOlN20RljBwMOUfpNn08/s400/lichibanraye6BLINGTHYIW2.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px;" /></a>Here are finally some of the photos from my recent show opening, BLING THY INNER WEALTH. Most of these folks are artists themselves--painters, fashion designers, musicians, film makers, writers, designers, educators, djs, producers, or activists and the freshest looking cats around...This is the core of my Brooklyn fam: some of New York City's finest renaissance visionaries I feel blessed to be around them, have their support and love and to be able to circulate inspiration and my creative energy with them. I sometimes realize that I take BK for granted until I go out of town and suddenly start to feel the difference...<br /><br />Between trying to talk to everybody and sipping on a few lychee martinis specially made for the night (which was btw a big success, I heard Red Bamboo might put it on their menu), I tried to capture everyone, but inevidebly some peeps didn't make it onto my camera:( [Amir Ebrahimi, Carla & Mike Schreiber, Gigi Bio, Marthalicia, See1, Dynasty & Soul, Herve, Kim...I saw u!!] I'll try to link everyone so you can peep their work.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://wronglips.blogspot.com/2008/10/hey-ladies-raye-6.html">Raye 6</a> & Li :: cat power!</span> to have a taste of the Raye 6 experience, download her free mixtape <a href="http://lichiban.blogspot.com/2009/03/free-download-raye-6-lips-love-is.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">My beautiful friend Suzy, founder of <a href="http://vonyspeaks.blogspot.com/">VONY</a> and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/bilaloliver">Bilal</a> ::: w one of my collabo partners-in-crime/ <a href="http://www.blogger.com/lichiban.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-homies-rule-too-livingroom-johnston.html">Livingroom Johnston</a>, the living manifestation of gold!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BLINGTHYIWlichibanshow20lrbilal.jpg" /><br />BlackFruitPunch of the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ahficionados">Ahficionados</a> aka my man, Deffrei was manning the wheels...As always killer set. ::: Livingroom & Daoud Abeid of <a href="http://www.cdtbk.com/">Coup d'Etat BK</a> and <a href="http://www.sunshowah.com/">Sunshowah films</a><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BLINGTHYIWlichibanshow7.jpg" /><br />w/ Deffrei and the lovely <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/betta/broad">Betta Broad</a>, who organized the exhibit and is the person to go to about sales inquiries ::: my <a href="http://www.thegalaxyriders.com/">galaxy rider</a> fam, Bentley, MEGA of Audio Aesthetic & curatedbymega and my collaborator Quan Luv...ill talents<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BLINGTHYIWlichibanshow22.jpg" /><br />The one and only <a href="http://www.myspace.com/sarahwhitesol">Sarah White</a> (also my blog partner on <a href="http://wronglips.blogspot.com/">WRONGLIPS</a>) and <a href="http://wronglips.blogspot.com/2009/02/hey-ladies-cecilia-stalin.html">Cecilia Stalin</a> (visiting the US from Sweden). ::: Iza (Sarah's daughter), i love her so much.<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BLINGTHYIWlichibanshow1.jpg" /><br /> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/lichiban.blogspot.com/2009/02/my-homies-rule-too-concep.html">Concep</a> mad painting/designer/dancer skills (who also tuned into the adidas theme) and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/nacinimod">Nacinimod </a>(he hand-made that dope jacket! check the<a href="http://cocolah.storesecured.com/items/house-of-nassat/list.htm"> crop</a>) ::: the one and only <a href="http://lichiban.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-homies-rule-too.html">Jelsen Jargon</a> graphic designer extraordinaire & <a href="http://www.blogger.com/lichiban.blogspot.com/2009/03/meaning-of-re-interview-with-rodney.html">Rodney White</a>, ill painter & my collaborator at the show.<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BLINGTHYIWlichibanshow11.jpg" /><br />the ladies of <a href="http://www.younity.com/">YOUNITY</a>:: these beautiful mamas are phenomenal artists. <a href="http://www.stephanie-land.com/">Stephanie Land</a>, L, <a href="http://www.dianamcclure.com/">Diana McClure</a>, <a href="http://www.toofly.com/">Toofly</a> & <a href="http://www.am-files.com/">Alice Mizrahi</a>..we are going to be doing big things this year<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BLINGTHYIWlichibanshow7younity.jpg" /><br />Two of my favorites: <a href="http://wronglips.blogspot.com/2009/04/hey-ladies-nikki-ntu.html">Nikki Ntu</a>, super talented MC/writer and my multitalented collaborator, the lovely <a href="http://www.blogger.com/lichiban.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-girlfriends-rule-paridee.html">Paridee Kositchiranant.</a><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BLINGTHYIWlichibanshow4.jpg" /><br />My homie, drummer/producer/dj <a href="http://www.myspace.com/djdoncuco">Don Cuco</a>, expert in latin flava, with daughter Iza :: Cuco, Sarah White and LaMae Lamazing, amazing dancer and first lady of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/tastenyc">Taste</a>.<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BLINGTHYIWlichibanshow3.jpg" /><br />My homie DJ/producer <a href="http://www.myspace.com/dhundee">Dhundee </a>(Brooklyn Bounce, Sugarcuts Inc) w/ Sima ::<a href="http://www.myspace.com/erikricomusic"> singer Eric Rico</a> im the house! [right]<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BLINGTHYIWlichibanshow12.jpg" /><br />My lovely art pimp, Betta :: and super talented photographer/painter <a href="http://cespedestudios.blogspot.com/">Alexandra Cespedes</a><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BLINGTHYIWlichibanshow5.jpg" /><br />my sexy divas! <a href="http://www.myspace.com/rayesheen">Raye 6</a>,<a href="http://www.myspace.com/lauradeesuzyo"> Suzy-O & Laura Dee</a>!! yes yes all my girlfriends are HOT!<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BLINGTHYIWlichibanshow17raye6ld.jpg" /><br />Two of the illest Brooklyn bloggers, Al of <a href="http://theminorityreportnyc.blogspot.com/">Minority Report</a> and Chuck of <a href="http://www.neverleavebrooklyn.com/">NeverLeaveBrooklyn</a>. If you want to be in the know, make sure to follow their sites. :: w/ the sexy Ashley! i love this girl.<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BLINGTHYIWlichibanshow21.jpg" /><br />Simi and Nikki ::: that's my man, Claude! (Melo's manager)<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BLINGTHYIWlichibanshow6.jpg" /><br />Nikki Ntu & Soul...Dynasty Fresh, one of my fav clothing designers is there in spirit (thanks for the<a href="http://dweebzrkewlaid.blogspot.com/2009/04/lichiban-experience_17.html"> love</a>!) ::: my collaborators-in-crime, super dope painter/designer <a href="http://lichiban.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-homies-rule-too-upendo.html">Upendo</a> (Leroy Jenkins), Quan Luv (A.L.I.E.N) and Bentley<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BLINGTHYIWlichibanshow13.jpg" /><br />Movers and shakers, Clarence Jay Foster, Cee the photographer (<a href="http://boysandclothes.blogspot.com/">Boys and Clothes</a>), Rasu of <a href="http://www.cdtbk.com/">Coup D'etat BK </a><br />::: Nikki and King Texas (!). check her <a href="http://www.kingtexas.net/">new photo site</a>..freakin amazing!<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BLINGTHYIWlichibanshow17.jpg" /><br />Betta and activist/ film producer Joel Mejia of <a href="http://daretodream.ning.com/">Dare To Dream</a> ::: Leah and my girl, dope painter Gabrielle Wattson<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BLINGTHYIWlichibanshow14.jpg" /><br />Raye :: Rasu and Mike July, dope BK photographer<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BLINGTHYIWlichibanshow16.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BLINGTHYIWlichibanshow18.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BLINGTHYIWlichibanshow9.jpg" /><br />Stephanie & Sima ::: Mama <a href="http://wronglips.blogspot.com/2009/02/mama-wantsdutty-geisha.html">DuttyGeisha</a>, the lovely Sakir (DJ and jewelry designer) repping adidas as well!<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BLINGTHYIWlichibanshow10.jpg" /><br />Fellow artist Richard "Earthman" Laurent...thanks for the convo ::: dopest finale!<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BLINGTHYIWlichibanshow19.jpg" /><br />thank you!!<br /></div>

BROOKLYN DIARIES :: BLING THY INNER WEALTH :: my show opening

Here are finally some of the photos from my recent show opening, BLING THY INNER WEALTH. Most of these folks are artists themselves--painte...

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Imagine.....

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguS14eKPIfkAV1UAIDayJZHye4pMYWRZKp7aUYeU9u24umCFF0mUlppNlRCacSOPnwVQ79nBBfAzSw_LtJLOi0so13Za9yB7P5XzSwpx3JBwRPEuf-WYbh9PPzL-CRYJC7RicfDHR9mHM/s1600-h/lichibanIMAGINEkat.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324837732525787970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguS14eKPIfkAV1UAIDayJZHye4pMYWRZKp7aUYeU9u24umCFF0mUlppNlRCacSOPnwVQ79nBBfAzSw_LtJLOi0so13Za9yB7P5XzSwpx3JBwRPEuf-WYbh9PPzL-CRYJC7RicfDHR9mHM/s400/lichibanIMAGINEkat.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Imagine</span></span><br />a <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">you</span> that you always wanted to be. a <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">you</span> that you were or perhaps still are afraid to become. a you that is in touch with your TRUTH that is always, at every moment connected to the source of truth. a <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">you</span> that embodies the light and is like the sun becomes the source of it (we are all light beings and we become that to the degree to which we recognize and embrace it). a <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">you </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">that is not afraid, not self-judging. </span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">a you </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">who lives in the state of abundance where all your needs met. a</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> you</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> that is powerful and yet stays humble because you realize that the only true power comes from a higher source and you are just a vessel for it (all other power is illusonary--it quickly reveals itself in power games and it comes from hidden insecurities due to lack of self-love). </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">the moment you truly learn to love yourself, you can liberate yourself and can become capable of giving and receiving true love...and you will allow others around you to do the same (envy and the hater mentality comes from self-doubt and from our own fear of success). </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">a</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> you </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">whose power is generosity. </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">a you who is the best possible manifestation of you in this life.</span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span>a<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> you</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span> that is the <span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-weight: bold;">TRUE DIAMOND</span>. that is what your life is for. to believe and manifest the best YOU.<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">the secret is that if you can imagine it and believe in it, you can become it. </span>imagine a you that is a winner of your life story instead of a victim. as long as you see yourself as a victim you will keep on hurting others because you feel justified (hence the never ending cycle of human violence and heartbreak). if you populate your mental body with negative self-images, you become those images and will attract scenarios, people and energies that will reinforce them. so imagine YOU.<br /><br />i painted this face with the mental beamer because i was looking for ways to remind myself of these thoughts that i have gathered through the years of self-searching and yet haven't been able to hold onto them enough to keep me on the bright side these last few months. it is part of a series i call <span style="font-style: italic;">spirit-transformers.</span> i wrote them down to help myself reconnect with these ideas and to share my journey to self-discovery...i guess art (i mean all arts, music, writing etc..) is a form of self-discovery, and when you allow yourself to share your self, including the highs and the lows, you give a gift to the world. this is the hardest thought to embrace as an artist, because you might ask yourself, "who cares what i'm going through" (here is where the self-doubt comes from and why many artists are thought to be narcissistic or actually why they might become narcissitic when they overcompensate for the self-doubt)...but then when i think of how much listening to songs like my friend <a href="http://www.myspace.com/sarahwhitesol">Sarah White</a>'s <span style="font-style: italic;">C-Train</span> makes me feel better as I am riding the damn thing every day, i have to remind myself of how much healing, relief and fun music brings to me every day and i have to realize that it is partially the reason why we have to share our art. when i connect to another person's creation, i allow that piece to be <span style="font-style: italic;">my</span> self-expression as well and let that song, poem, film or painting to help me to relive that experience, let out agression and built-up frustration, heal through it or make me feel sexy or divine. they remind me that i am not alone...that we are not alone..that we are all connected through our life-experiences. life gets rough sometimes and we get lost in the labyrinth within, but we always have the power of choice to change our mental state and use our imagination to visualize our true self which is the key to become it. so i made this image and wrote these thoughts down to help me imagine <span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-style: italic;">me</span> so i can become my truth. a way to go and a lot to work on but i am moving ahead and that makes me feel good. sometimes the best things are born out of the most desperate moments when you finally realize that certain trials are there to make you stronger and to reconnect you to whom you truly are...many of us feel the pressure, the hardship, the fear of the unknown as the economy is getting tougher, and it can manifest itself as self-doubt. i feel this is the time to awaken our inner lion..i think that the cosmic spiritual transformation that is taking place is really about this process of finding the divinity within. i hold this face in my imagination every day and turn on the mental beamer and tell myself these lines to imagine a better me.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-size: 11px;"><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?track=c-train&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=00f8ff"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?track=c-train&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=00f8ff" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="81" width="100%"></embed> </object> <div style="padding-top: 5px;"><a href="http://soundcloud.com/sarah-white/c-train"> C train</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/sarah-white">Sarah White</a></div></div><br /></div>

Imagine.....

Imagine a you that you always wanted to be. a you that you were or perhaps still are afraid to become. a you that is in touch with your TR...

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BLING THY INNER SELF -Nikki Ntu is gold

<div style="text-align: center;">Big shout out to <a href="http://nikkintu.blogspot.com/">Nikki Ntu</a>, amazing MC/poet/badass woman for the love and support (I recently <a href="http://www.blogger.com/lichiban.blogspot.com/2009/03/free-download-nikki-ntu-history-of.html">featured a little taste of her upcoming EP,</a> <span style="font-style: italic;">The History of Dreams, </span>her debut album which I am excited to work on as her art director)...check more of her photos of the opening <a href="http://nikkintu.blogspot.com/2009/04/bling-thy-inner-self.html" style="font-weight: bold;">here</a>. Thank you!<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/nikki_ntu_lichiban.jpg" /><br />I love these beautiful mamas!!! The one and only Sarah White and her daughter, Iza. This was a big day for Sarah, as her new EP I Wanna Be With You feat. Rucyl's Bass Mix dropped on this very day..congrats!! check it <a href="http://www.blogger.com/lichiban.blogspot.com/2009/04/irecommend-sarah-white-i-wanna-be-with.html">here</a>.<br /><a href="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c227/NikkiNu123/DSCN6496.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c227/NikkiNu123/DSCN6496.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 450px;" /></a>Bilal & my favorite Cee the Photographer<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/nikintu_lichiban.jpg" /><br /></div><a href="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c227/NikkiNu123/DSCN6539.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a>

BLING THY INNER SELF -Nikki Ntu is gold

Big shout out to Nikki Ntu , amazing MC/poet/badass woman for the love and support (I recently featured a little taste of her upcoming EP, ...

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My new show "BLING THY INNER WEALTH" with collaborators, opening Thursday April 9th

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0V4ziXXlqKwl7b7S1NriHKBsXWj0AAg0gS1HV68905PLHoorkFsR3eXHaAbHh08odvg4dbqFK1TM-DNEgFn2uPeBQVRXd-xBRQeAMluk_5RqAKuU2OvIiTKpY6fvCvfs3GDU1i-e8ziU/s1600-h/toad3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319668912289560066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0V4ziXXlqKwl7b7S1NriHKBsXWj0AAg0gS1HV68905PLHoorkFsR3eXHaAbHh08odvg4dbqFK1TM-DNEgFn2uPeBQVRXd-xBRQeAMluk_5RqAKuU2OvIiTKpY6fvCvfs3GDU1i-e8ziU/s400/toad3.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px;" /></a>I've been working hard on my new show "BLING THY INNER WEALTH: The Hermetic Test", opening next Thursday, April 9 in Fort Greene, BK's favorite spot, Red Bamboo. As the title suggests, the show is about my take on what makes you truly rich and how money can give you an illusionary sense of power if you don't have the integrity to handle your wealth. Being rich starts within. I was reminded of this recently with a sobering life lesson, hence I called it <span style="font-style: italic;">The Hermetic Test, </span>referencing my interest in alchemy, which is all about the pursuit of making gold from base metals by making oneself <span style="font-style: italic;">gold within</span> through the process of purifying one's soul from baseness (such as negativity, greed, etc).<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />I am very exited to share some new collaborations with my super talented artist friends <a href="http://thablackrayon.blogspot.com/">Upendo (one half of Leroy Jenkins)</a>, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/lichiban.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-homies-rule-too-livingroom-johnston.html">Livingroom Johnston</a>, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/lichiban.blogspot.com/2009/03/meaning-of-re-interview-with-rodney.html">Rodney White</a>, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/lichiban.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-homies-rule-too-prince-quan-luv.html">Quan Luv</a> and <a href="http://parideearts.blogspot.com/">Paridee Kositchiranant</a><a href="http://www.gabriellewatson.com/"></a>. I will post more info about them and the project soon, hope you'll come tru if you're in NYC. The flyer features my new coat of arm -an elaboration on my logo with the heart- I drew recently!<br /></div><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/lichibanHERMETICTESTFLYER600-1.jpg" /><br /></div>

My new show "BLING THY INNER WEALTH" with collaborators, opening Thursday April 9th

I've been working hard on my new show "BLING THY INNER WEALTH: The Hermetic Test", opening next Thursday, April 9 in Fort Gree...

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