Ventral: June 2011

Here is an excerpt from The Ultimate Warrior's blog page 'WarriorsMachete' outlining, in a radically right wing manner, the motivational importance of making art and misinterpreting philosophy.

'WEAPONS OF WARRIOR WISDOM'.

"One day a new art acquaintance was over in my studio and he spotted a big stack of 6×9 pieces of watercolor paper with drawings, quotes and doodles on them.

He started going through them and asked me what they were.

I told him they were my Weapons of Warrior Wisdom. It just came out without really thinking about.

"They are wrong, normal is not good. Common lack creativity. Mediocrity sucks.
You - Yes, you - are better than these. Your birth certifies this is AO.
Stand out. Stand up. Deliver."

He couldn’t believe how many there were and that they were just sitting there piled up one on top of the other. There must be 500 or more.
He said, “Well, whatever you call them, they’re damn good… unique…and inspiring…and you ought to consider making these available for purchase as one way of selling more of your art.
You said you’re not sold on doing prints of your larger original pieces, so then sell these as originals.”

I do one every day.

I do sketches of individuals who inspire me (authors, creators, doers, thinkers, historical figures, etc.) and scrawl a quote of theirs beside the drawing and often a few Blunt, Bold and no BS thoughts of my OWN alongside theirs.

Or I do doodles using my Ultimate Warrior logo and MY 20-yr-running signature catchphrase, Always Believe. I do these as part of my daily self-study and to inspire myself to get into a positive, ass-kicking frame of mind for the day.

As I’ve told you before, warriors, you can’t depend on others to motivate you. You have to do the work yourself. And you have to do the work every day — every single day. Yep — myself, included. And this is one of the routine things I do to go about it."

"Ask youself: Do I have enough warrior belief , attitude and discipline -
Do I have enough warrior B.A.D to kick my own as, for my own good? Do I?

"Persistence. The only thing that will piss off failure enough for it to get the fuck out of the way of your success. PERSIST."