Mistah Rapsey is my name..
staying underground is the experience..

I’ve been traveling since my youth searching for experiences of truth. An old soul back again to discover what I left uncovered. I love to love and live to laugh. Enrolled in a school called Knowledge of Self. Paying attention is my drug. Learning to live Life like music and flow with the rhythm, careful not to miss a beat. A renaissance man, Life is my art project. An habitual nomad, I roam to evolve. Music and cannabis are my constant companions. Interested in people, i’m always searching for my tribe. The beauty of the wilderness is the closest i’ve come to experiencing Truth.

music, graffiti, vinyl, treeplanting, & mixtapes..

Love is an Action. Love is the Answer. Love is the Movement.

Olive Tree: My name is Palestine - اسمي فلسطين The olive tree: at once a symbol of peace throughout the mediterranean and an embodiment of identity deeply entranched in Palestinian culture. The olive tree is also the foundation for the economic activity and development in Palestine. Planting an olive tree, therefore, is both expressing a desire for peace and also a desire to protect lands from dispossession and ruin.The scattered pockets of color which compose this mural are but a symbol of a culture, an identity, which is itself disjointed and in fragments. In contrast, the phrase ‘My name is Palestine’ affirms the existance of this identity. Naming is one manner through which to assert the presence of a people, a history, and a culture. -eL Seed eL Seed on FB

Olive Tree: My name is Palestine - اسمي فلسطين

The olive tree: at once a symbol of peace throughout the mediterranean and an embodiment of identity deeply entranched in Palestinian culture. The olive tree is also the foundation for the economic activity and development in Palestine. Planting an olive tree, therefore, is both expressing a desire for peace and also a desire to protect lands from dispossession and ruin.

The scattered pockets of color which compose this mural are but a symbol of a culture, an identity, which is itself disjointed and in fragments. In contrast, the phrase ‘My name is Palestine’ affirms the existance of this identity. Naming is one manner through which to assert the presence of a people, a history, and a culture.

-eL Seed

eL Seed on FB

My friend eL Seed at work on his latest piece. Olive Tree: My name is Palestine -اسمي فلسطين

My friend eL Seed at work on his latest piece.

Olive Tree: My name is Palestine -اسمي فلسطين

My Name Is Palestine // eL Seed

I posted a couple photos of this amazing piece by my friend a little while back.  Now he has released a great short video on the making of.  It is really interesting to watch someone do Arabic calligraphy in the graffiti format, check it out.

The Narcicyst // Brass

Another beautiful music video by the Montreal artist who brought you “Hamdulillah”.  I have so many memories in all the spots around Montreal that appear in this video, especially the old warehouse that is home to some of the finest graffiti I have ever seen.

واطل الصباح من وراء القرون Calligraphy by el Seed (Camel Neck Street inside the Old Medina, Tunis) ‘The sunrise came behind the centuries’ - Abou Al Qassim Acchabbi

واطل الصباح من وراء القرون

Calligraphy by el Seed (Camel Neck Street inside the Old Medina, Tunis)

‘The sunrise came behind the centuries’ - Abou Al Qassim Acchabbi

el Seed // Mission Medina, Tunis (credit JP Desjardins)

El Seed | This is Just a Phrase in Arabic | Los Angeles

A Justin Mashouf video.

A small social experiment, ‘This is just a phrase in Arabic’ tests the prejudice of the viewer. What do Arabic language and Arabic letters represent in North American mainstream culture? Are these letters strange and obscure, conjuring pictures of burning buildings and irrational extremists? This is a commentary on the fanfare surrounding Arabs, Persians, and Muslims in general. This experiment aims to measure how a simple, innocent phrase in Arabic is perceived through the lens of ordinary North Americans exposed to a stream of unconscious prejudice and derogatory stereotyping.

LIGHT IS MY FOOD // eL Seed

LIGHT IS MY FOOD // eL Seed

el Seed ‘It is impossible until it is done’ Philippi slum - Cape Town, South Africa (Photo credit Kent Lingeveldt)

el Seed ‘It is impossible until it is done’

Philippi slum - Cape Town, South Africa (Photo credit Kent Lingeveldt)