Bob Marley, "Laugh"
Portrait, 8 1/2 x 11 in
Lead on Paper
Marley was a movement unto himself. He didn't see himself as black or white, he didn't see himself as Jamaican or English - he saw himself as a divine creation of God like all other men and women. And God had put him here for one reason - to spread love. It was this unparalleled message of joy, happiness, peace and forgiveness that drove Marley's music and sky rocketed him into the international spotlight before his untimely death in 1981. Likewise it was these same ideals that I tried to convey in the smiling visage you see before you. Marley's smile was so strong it seemed like it could move mountains - his laugh jovial enough to raise the dead for one more joke. Dreadlocks and a scruffy goatee were his visual trademarks but you still can't help but be affected by the peace and happiness that Marley was able to find in a world that seems to so dark atavistic at times. A light in a dark tunnel - at least now you can get a flashlight in the form of a print or poster...
Marley was a movement unto himself. He didn't see himself as black or white, he didn't see himself as Jamaican or English - he saw himself as a divine creation of God like all other men and women. And God had put him here for one reason - to spread love. It was this unparalleled message of joy, happiness, peace and forgiveness that drove Marley's music and sky rocketed him into the international spotlight before his untimely death in 1981. Likewise it was these same ideals that I tried to convey in the smiling visage you see before you. Marley's smile was so strong it seemed like it could move mountains - his laugh jovial enough to raise the dead for one more joke. Dreadlocks and a scruffy goatee were his visual trademarks but you still can't help but be affected by the peace and happiness that Marley was able to find in a world that seems to so dark atavistic at times. A light in a dark tunnel - at least now you can get a flashlight in the form of a print or poster...
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