THE SECRET LIVES OF SAMURAIS ::: ninjas

<div style="text-align: center;"><object height="374" width="448"><param name="movie" value="http://videos.onsmash.com/e/8tIN3jGHG9DZBvpA"><param name="allowFullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"><embed src="http://videos.onsmash.com/e/8tIN3jGHG9DZBvpA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allownetworking="all" allowscriptaccess="always" height="374" width="448"></embed></object><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">NINJAH JAM</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">THE OFFICIAL AFTERPARTY!<br /></span></span><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/ninjaJAMN.jpg" style="width: 549px; height: 913px;" /></span><br /></div>

THE SECRET LIVES OF SAMURAIS ::: ninjas

NINJAH JAM THE OFFICIAL AFTERPARTY!

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THE SECRET LIVES OF SAMURAIS ::: ninjas 2

<div style="text-align: center;">one of the DJs of the night, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/MeloXtra">Melo-X</a>. only one week left until the release of his new album, Mustafa's Renaissance. check his <a href="http://www.melo-x.blogspot.com/">blog</a> for more<br /><object height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Lf8QRJUec9c&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Lf8QRJUec9c&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="295" width="480"></embed></object></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">come listen to the new album at his listening party<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/MuFlyer.jpg" style="width: 312px; height: 846px;" /></div>

THE SECRET LIVES OF SAMURAIS ::: ninjas 2

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THE SECRET LIVES OF SAMURAIS::Inspirations [preview 3]

<div style="text-align: center;">feline :: flame :: master :: knowledge :: gold :: eat :: fire :: teach :: lineage :: now :: future :: arrived :: breath :: now<br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/secretlifesoflichibanfliercopy.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 472px;" /><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/leopard650.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/lichibansamuraishowgroup.jpg" style="width: 651px; height: 954px;" /><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/samuconlotninj1650.jpg" /><br /></div><br /><object height="110" width="300"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/rU_cUYvQSX/aus=false/"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/rU_cUYvQSX/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="110" wmode="transparent"></embed><a href="http://www.imeem.com/b0ardzz/music/3CdP5JbZ/theophilus_london_tnt/">TNT - Theophilus London</a></object>

THE SECRET LIVES OF SAMURAIS::Inspirations [preview 3]

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THE SECRET LIVES OF SAMURAIS::Inspirations [preview 2]

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">ascent ::: eternal ::: coiled ::: root ::: awakening ::: crown ::: your ::: inner ::: vision ::: love ::: rise ::: solar ::: serpent</span><br /></div><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/samuraishowbanner4blog.jpg" style="width: 647px; height: 408px;" /><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/samu5crazy670.jpg" style="width: 648px; height: 428px;" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">INSPIRATIONS</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" > “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">from Marianne Williamson: A Return to Love<span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"Bright but hidden, the Self dwells in the heart.<br />Everything that moves, breathes, opens, and closes<br />Lives in the Self. He is the source of love<br />And may be known through love but not through thought.<br />He is the goal of life. Attain this goal!</span></span><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size:100%;"> The shining Self dwells hidden in the heart.<br />Everything in the cosmos, great and small,<br />Lives in the Self. He is the source of life,<br />Truth beyond the transience of this world.<br />He is the goal of life. Attain this goal!"</span></p><center><i>Mundaka Upanishad 2.2.1-2</i></center><br /><a href="http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=3462481">Bruce Lee- the lost interview</a><br /><embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=3462481&v=2&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="346" width="430"></embed><br /><a href="http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.addToProfileConfirm&videoid=3462481&title=Bruce%20Lee-%20the%20lost%20interview">Add to My Profile</a> | <a href="http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.home">More Videos</a><br /></div>

THE SECRET LIVES OF SAMURAIS::Inspirations [preview 2]

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MY HOMIES RULE TOO: Prince QUAN LUV

<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-xZrAFSJr91zv3UnJFxGmY8WkXoVBK5WIYSy5E4XwsaNXlfXLCq5a9ZK0Gwz1-cUFyogXoJ80GWxM90s6GoJBZ4FPbJo-6rf9iIqLgoz7dk3cacf6-CTUk6vY5XnSlyNnl3muZZXGNU/s1600-h/bigroyalcrown.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247258604536680978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-xZrAFSJr91zv3UnJFxGmY8WkXoVBK5WIYSy5E4XwsaNXlfXLCq5a9ZK0Gwz1-cUFyogXoJ80GWxM90s6GoJBZ4FPbJo-6rf9iIqLgoz7dk3cacf6-CTUk6vY5XnSlyNnl3muZZXGNU/s400/bigroyalcrown.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Blessed is the way you feel when some of your favorite artists happened to be your good friends who are also on the same spiritual journey. Intergalactic wayfarer/design wizard/brother from the secret tribe, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/riptfuel">Quan Luv</a> has got magic pencil skillz and has been secretly working on introducing his big projects to the world soon (one being Harakiti)...to be sure, a future classic-collector's item-visionary work I'm already a fan of. I had a chance to collaborate with Quan for my upcoming show THE SECRET LIVES OF SAMURAIS (Lotusheart meets Harakiti)...an eye-opening experience, no doubt and the beginning of more joint projects. When he's not dreaming up new pieces for the canvas, he is the man-in-charge and designer for <a href="http://www.thegalaxyriders.com/">A.L.I.E.N</a>, the prototype of a new movement from outtaspace-Brooklyn. Stay tuned for more news (an A.L.I.E.N x Lichiban collab is in the plans) and make sure to get linked with Harakiti on his<a href="http://www.myspace.com/harakiti"> new myspace page</a>.<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">PRINCE QUAN LUV</span></span> ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZgk7CzyPSEzNt1bi2U18C12lh8LEnk9sP1Ze2sxBD9Cw86PlI3NPD_r6_v-SwbZ_W6n14zwZa6tygBhcLUD5eT3teprxPhzDFS6jVadz2dc6i-QJkXfjGchSVI6hU2y-VqDwf9o3lE4/s1600-h/l_e6f90fee4cf5455e1ae6590538bc06f5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275494696248070226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZgk7CzyPSEzNt1bi2U18C12lh8LEnk9sP1Ze2sxBD9Cw86PlI3NPD_r6_v-SwbZ_W6n14zwZa6tygBhcLUD5eT3teprxPhzDFS6jVadz2dc6i-QJkXfjGchSVI6hU2y-VqDwf9o3lE4/s400/l_e6f90fee4cf5455e1ae6590538bc06f5.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 400px;" /></a>WHAT DO YOU DO? Artist/Designer<br />WHERE DO YOU CALL IT HOME? The Universe<br />TRUE BEAUTY comes from the inside<br />BEATS… come from the heart like African drums<br />TRUE SEXY IS… confidence<br />MUSIC IS MY… vehicle to express my body's vibration<br />ART DOES NOT…tell lies<br />MY NIGHTS ARE… infinite, like the cosmos<br />THESE 3 TURN ME ON… art, creativity and nature<br />SELF-KNOWLEDGE … is self power<br />ENOUGH OF … the bullshit<br />MY CREATIVITY IS… my body, an open canvas<br />TRUE POWER IS… love<br />LIFE CAN BE THE... best experience if you play your cards right<br />I DREAM OF.. heavan on earth<br />TO LOVE IS to be real<br />I'VE GOT FLOW BECAUSE….I've got soul<br />THE WOMAN OF THE FUTURE… will lead the children of today.<br />WHERE CAN WE REACH YOU? <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vVEhFR0FMQVhZUklERVJTLkNPTQ==">THEGALAXYRIDERS. COM</a><br />WHAT'S NEW FOR 2008? UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">GET AN INTRODUCTION TO <span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">HARAKITI</span> AT MY ART SHOW "<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">THE SECRET LIVES OF SAMURAI FROM THE LAND OF ETERNAL LOVE</span>" where you'll have a chance to meet Harakiti, including a mysterious appearance in collabs with me!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/harakiticharacters.jpg" style="width: 658px; height: 444px;" /><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/BOYKINGQLUV.jpg" style="width: 656px; height: 440px;" /><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/samu1quan.jpg" style="width: 654px; height: 467px;" /><br /></div>

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MY HOMIES RULE TOO: Jesse Boykins III

<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-xZrAFSJr91zv3UnJFxGmY8WkXoVBK5WIYSy5E4XwsaNXlfXLCq5a9ZK0Gwz1-cUFyogXoJ80GWxM90s6GoJBZ4FPbJo-6rf9iIqLgoz7dk3cacf6-CTUk6vY5XnSlyNnl3muZZXGNU/s1600-h/bigroyalcrown.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247258604536680978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-xZrAFSJr91zv3UnJFxGmY8WkXoVBK5WIYSy5E4XwsaNXlfXLCq5a9ZK0Gwz1-cUFyogXoJ80GWxM90s6GoJBZ4FPbJo-6rf9iIqLgoz7dk3cacf6-CTUk6vY5XnSlyNnl3muZZXGNU/s400/bigroyalcrown.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a></span>In an <a href="http://lichiban.blogspot.com/2008/10/artist-to-watch-jesse-boykins-iii.html">earlier post</a> a couple of months ago, I suggested <a href="http://www.myspace.com/jesseboykinsiii">Jesse Boykins III</a> as an artist to watch. I know him and am a huge fan of both his music and of him as a person. He is incredibly gifted and he does what he loves to do, which comes through immediately when you meet him...just the kind of energy fellow artists like myself like to hang around to keep remind myself to stay focused on the hustle. Jesse's musical talent is completely effortless and he is a true adept at painting emotions with his voice. Stay up on Jesse's projects on <a href="http://jb3music.blogspot.com/">his blog</a> and make sure to check his albums on <a href="http://www.itunes.com/jesseboykinsiii">itunes</a>...Surely these are hard times, but we all need relief from the clouds of today, and I would go with Jesse's sexy, soothing music to blow the winter blues away.<br /><br />YOU CAN MEET JESSE AND LISTEN TO SOME HIS UNRELEASED TRACKS AT MY ART SHOW <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE SECRET LIVES OF SAMURAIS</span></span> ON DEC 13TH.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">JESSE BOYKINS III</span></span> ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBe7VZ3DA7C76TIod3npsHCKVo-sHmDxcrnvlEyvKO1iCw6Cx3PwCIZuPiiMGDDncTJqg49kLgTOb1RExvMo_nOjz646uq1ZSLU7SJAsyx6TBjr4elD-Kj3qWPufasNzdJnp3fAZmmMg/s1600-h/l_eb3a8d4d17ca4651a7f3d7b068aba73a.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275524504881505458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBe7VZ3DA7C76TIod3npsHCKVo-sHmDxcrnvlEyvKO1iCw6Cx3PwCIZuPiiMGDDncTJqg49kLgTOb1RExvMo_nOjz646uq1ZSLU7SJAsyx6TBjr4elD-Kj3qWPufasNzdJnp3fAZmmMg/s400/l_eb3a8d4d17ca4651a7f3d7b068aba73a.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" /></a>WHAT DO YOU DO? I'm a vocalist/ producer/ arranger/ creator of emotion<br /><div id=":1ok" class="ArwC7c ckChnd">WHERE DO YOU CALL IT HOME? Brooklyn(Bed-Stuy)<br />TRUE BEAUTY IS… Love and Honesty<br />BEATS…make the blood pump, and the world go round<br />TRUE SEXY IS... is a woman that is well spoken and not afraid of expressing her passions<br />MUSIC IS MY…music is my life, my world, and my therapy<br />ART DOES NOT… art doesn't have boundaries or rules..<br />MY NIGHTS ARE… are creative<br />THESE 3 TURN ME ON… I'm turned on by scent, long eye contact, and lips to my....<br />SELF-KNOWLEDGE …is wisdom<br />ENOUGH OF … the hate, spread love always<br />MY CREATIVITY IS… contagious<br />TRUE POWER IS… is knowing ur calling and doing whatever it takes to get to that goal..<br />LIFE CAN BE... lame if u spend it alone<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWLL23YgUc2a5puBbzmg1z0rhTjxBfohyvATirdFRMppUhNWXI1OnpmdYs_y0eEhSYvXb8EobRCm9HGbYYPUCvgCvvY2dEWiWA1bVLDm8nG2bzAPYrcyu4CKKLYG-avkbGmnO4Z9HbjE/s1600-h/TBC_front.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274628118427372322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWLL23YgUc2a5puBbzmg1z0rhTjxBfohyvATirdFRMppUhNWXI1OnpmdYs_y0eEhSYvXb8EobRCm9HGbYYPUCvgCvvY2dEWiWA1bVLDm8nG2bzAPYrcyu4CKKLYG-avkbGmnO4Z9HbjE/s400/TBC_front.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 220px;" /></a>I DREAM OF... the future, I download events that haven't happen yet but know there going to<br />TO LOVE IS TO…sacrifice without hesitation, give when you have nothing<br />I'VE GOT FLOW BECAUSE….this is more than a hobby to me, this is what I do!!<div class="Ih2E3d">THE WOMAN OF THE FUTURE…is the woman of the present, only difference is she has wings<br /></div><div class="Ih2E3d">WHERE CAN WE REACH YOU?<a href="http://thebeautycreated.com/" target="_blank"> thebeautycreated.com</a> //// <a href="http://jbiiimusic.com/">Jbiiimusic.com</a><br />///<a href="http://myspace.com/jesseboykinsiii"> myspace</a><br /></div>LATEST PROJECT...The Beauty Created Lp Out now available online everywhere<div class="Ih2E3d">WHAT'S NEW FOR 2009? The New Takeover... BK to the world<br /></div> SHOUT OUTS? Shout outs to lichiban, Nomadic Music crew, Theophilus London and Machine Drum.. Brooklyn!! Cali Crits! Miami Love and my Momma!!!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />check the dope COMBO OF JESSE X MACHINEDRUM</span><br /><object height="110" width="300"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/x74E1_lIH-/aus=false/"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/x74E1_lIH-/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="110" width="300"></embed><a href="http://www.imeem.com/people/rh8dYCr/music/S_cOhsrr/jesse_boykins_iii_tabloids_machine_drum_remix/">Tabloids (Machine Drum Remix) - Jesse Boykins III</a></object><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/IMG_0086.jpg" style="width: 659px; height: 439px;" /><br /></div><br /></div>

MY HOMIES RULE TOO: Jesse Boykins III

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MY FIRST SOLO SHOW: The Secret Lives of Samurais [preview]

<div style="text-align: center;">As some of you may know, I have a solo exhibit coming up on December 13th at Brooklyn's newest underground art spot, YUME. Preparing for this show has been the biggest challenge of my creative journey so far, not only because of the time constraint but also because of all the logistics involved in carrying out a huge project like this.<br /><br /><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/lichibansamuraifliernew-1.jpg" style="width: 661px; height: 549px;" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I've been locked up pouring all my heart into this project. For me, this is way bigger than an art exhibit... it is the visualization of my spiritual journey in attempt to synthesize some of the knowledge I learned through reading Kashmiri Sufi visualization exercises, the writings of Rumi, Hafez, Milarepa, Manichean Scripts, the Hermetica, Tibetan Tantric and Japanese Buddhist texts, the Upanishads and so much more...you may wonder how are these related to Samurais and ninjas...well, I invite you to witness the ongoing creation of this magical fantasy story (or call it <span style="font-style: italic;">creative reality</span>) I have begun to weave with fellow light-seekers who have blessed my show with their creative energy and vision [peep the flier for the names]. These fellow ninjas have been my constant inspiration, and I feel truly blessed to have them in my life. And those who didn't end up being part of this one..just wait, I already have the next one mapped out! This is really just the beginning...forget about the recession, let's get real and go deep within in 2009...the time is calling us.<br /><br />Through preparing for this show, I was able to reconnect with a seemingly lost part of my younger self as an artist (that is when I was doing art & reading mystical texts 24/7) and rediscover some of my older work. In a way these new pieces bring me to a complete cycle...only to begin a new one! Special thanks to Quan Luv, Dorjan and Mega for inspiring me on this one.<br /><br />Ok, so stay tuned for more info...I will continue to introduce each members of the crew in the next couple of weeks and will reveal some visuals (though I can't show you the artwork quite yet..you've gotta come check those out at the show:).<br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:85%;">[photo: Raye 6 & Quan Luv]</span><br /></div></div><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/lichibanfirstblogpic.jpg" style="width: 651px; height: 360px;" /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:85%;">[photo: lichiban]</span><br /></div><img src="http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q202/licsi777/meganinjapray700.jpg" style="width: 652px; height: 464px;" /><br /><br /></div>

MY FIRST SOLO SHOW: The Secret Lives of Samurais [preview]

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