4Higher aka PestFiver's Admirable Adventures

not over yet

2010-01-06T12:55:00.000-08:00

just got back from nelson, another couple days sun, sunblock, sweat and posca's.

here's a couple of the better ones we done:

this one by Chevy:
killer! we'll be doin same thing on saturday and sunday at Piha, then i think we're finished

where were we?

2010-01-03T16:53:00.000-08:00

crazy couple weeks since i last posted... ups n downs, highs n lows. RIP Dan Pilkington, we miss you man.

me n Chevy have been on the coke tour since boxing day, drawing on people! behold:

thanks to Julie the photographer who took these flicks. man i love the east coast but home is where the heart is!

my new mixtape - free download

2009-12-02T16:55:00.000-08:00

my other project of 2009 has been recording this... and now it's done! Featuring guest spots from Maia Rata, Young Mega, Slopemist, Sheeqq, DJCXL and T13 from PotHeads. prepare to be entertained!

click here to download the full 15 tracks :)

Battle Cry

2009-11-30T00:39:00.000-08:00

twas a fun evening, ok turnout despite NO promotion...?! i accept 50% of the responsibility
i painted a quick piece out front... got loose as Askew would say:

but it was all about the b-boying doncha know. here's young Lee Roc from chch's common ground crew:

thats whats up!
and again, here in the finals against the victorious Style Elements crew:

good that neither Common Ground or Flesh Maze won for a change!

this saturday b-boy jam

2009-11-25T15:52:00.000-08:00

apparently, i'm one of the organisers! all right

surprise!

2009-11-21T20:16:00.000-08:00

4 weeks early, but doesn't matter :) only half an hour in labour!
spread the good word
will post up once we know the name

all u industry homos just worship Moloch

2009-11-11T16:24:00.000-08:00

the title of this entry (and also Annunaki at the after party) is a line from my forthcoming new rap CD! off to get mastered today, yay. anyway in the meantime i'm chasing that nappy money with evil murals...

"I ain't chasin super-stardom,
but I'd bite the apple if i was in the garden!
beg your pardon, but i thirst for knowledge
all u industry homos just worship Moloch
i'm lookin to myself for the best solution,
before they bring about devine retribution"

MMA fighters need hugs too

2009-11-03T00:02:00.000-08:00

i pained a vector- style pic today at Shuriken MMA gym over Birkenhead today...

they're up on the top floor above highbury mall and have panaromic views of the harbour! nice spot

Annunaki at the after party!

2009-11-01T01:04:00.001-07:00

scary pictures i painted for All Hallow's Eve

Happy Samhain!

edge-occasional

2009-10-25T16:16:00.000-07:00

Have you heard of Jordan Maxwell? The popular conspiracy-doco "Zeitgeist" is mostly based on his research... but this film is really only the tip of the iceberg.

If you are interested in the inner workings and origins of our economic, political, and religious systems and institutions, check this link....

Jordan Maxwell's research

all the real evidence is in the suporting documents, so its worth taking the time to read all the footnotes. There is so many crackpot conspiracy theories out there, its refreshing to encounter this intellectual approach to finding out about what forces are actually controlling the world we live in. You'll find that the truth isn't out there, its everywhere.

Kings of Style

2009-10-24T01:29:00.000-07:00

I don't have pics of whole wall, will post a link.. here's a detail:

mmm fruity!

Thanks to big elscussy for organizing the battle and big ups to RTR on the win

Back in Tuscany (i wish!)

2009-10-20T23:00:00.000-07:00

Well, i may be in Auckland, but i sure can remember the sight of Toscana...

can u see how narrow that ledge round the pool is? thanks to my kung fu training i didn't fall in. Cat stance all day

All these graf battles are dope but where's the landscape painting battle at! lol

bit of a mish

2009-10-12T02:43:00.000-07:00

got out of town for a few days... painting job in Hamilton, then to Ohakune!

Mt Ruapehu the centre of attention. Saturday it was closed with bad weather, but Sunday:

I never been boarding in the North Island, for shame! Turoa is dope, and it was a glorious day.

Me n Josie. ripping it up 7 months preggers! thats what I'm talkin about!

Spent the nite in Taupo on way home, on way outta town we stopped to check out a geothermal spot called "craters of the moon". More like another planet than the moon i recks

back to work dammit

kung fu pictures that i painted

2009-09-12T22:13:00.000-07:00

this is the entranceway of our kung fu club, on Cross St behind K Road
guess who this is

two real-life Zen kung fu stories

2009-08-25T15:38:00.000-07:00

FYI: Zen stories are short parables which capsure the essence of Zen philosophy. recently, i've found myself as a character in them...

1. One day, after an intensive training session, Young Mega and 4Higher were relaxing with a discourse on hard versus soft. For example, what technique would win out of Sanda versus Tai Chi Chu'an.

"soft always beats hard", said 4Higher, "when you use the opponents own strength against them".

"But what if someone is too strong for the person to yield, and they connect a blow? Soft loses", argued Young Mega.

"that is a question of technique", replied 4Higher. "Look, which is harder, water or rock? Rock, but water can break and shape rock, as you see in nature."

Young Mega smiled and replied, "I'm pretty sure it's paper that beats rock".

2. After an evening meal following a long sparring session, Young Mega was beratting his training partner with claims of how strong his Kung Fu had become.

4Higher calmly set down his tea, turned to Mega and said, "it is not the squawking of its voice nor the flapping of it's wings that makes the eagle deadly".

Mega laughed and said ,"na, but its funny as!"

TMD in Hastings

2009-08-16T21:11:00.000-07:00

what did u get up to this weekend? Went to hastings.
here are touristy photos to prove it

i think this iconic clock tower would be better if the sheep were real..
pleanty cool art deco architecture in the centre, lamposts even:

ha ha ha
but as per usual, we were there to paint big colourful words on walls.

looking good Gary!

not that great painting on unprimed wood, but i like the texture so left heaps of it exposed around my piece which is clearly influenced by traditional chinese art and cartoon dragons:
and then we did seconds...
this time i discovered a style of a lost civilisation!
don't worry Addy, i won't divulge the secrets of the hidden temple

Gee'd up

2009-08-10T03:10:00.000-07:00

curved walls... ooosh yeah!!! this is in my friends studio, I painted last week

let em know

2009-08-07T22:04:00.000-07:00

today was the last day of a workshop i've been tutoring... sun came out for us, i think springtime is hitting aucks!

back in

2009-08-04T13:55:00.000-07:00

we have been virtually paintless for the last couple months... til now

sorry about the poor resolution... still sussin out new camera

Zen and the Bible

2009-07-25T22:50:00.000-07:00

over the past year or so, i have been slowly but surely been reading my way through the Old Testament... Christians keep telling me to read the new one, but hang on, first things first!

Anyway, i have always been a fan of Zen Bhuddist philosophy, which goes perfectly with my Kung Fu training. We have a Christian friend at my Kung Fu club, the other day as she was leaving i says to her, "Bhudda bless you" and she says, "I hate Bhudda!"

there are no accidents or coincidences, which is why this is perfect timing with where i'm up to in the Bible, a chapter called "Ecclesiastes". Its my favorite part so far. Check these quotes, they are so Zen:

1:2 "Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless".

2:15 Then I said to myself,
the fate of the fool will overtake me also.
What then do I gain by being wise?
I said to myself, "this too is meaningless".

4:4 And i saw that all toil and all acheivement spring from one person's envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind

and my favorite:

4:6 Better one handful with tranquility, than two handfuls with toil...

so if you're wondering, what exactly is Zen? Here's a quote from some guy Alan Watts who seems to get it:

"Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes."

mmm potatoes!

what happened?!

2009-07-20T17:07:00.000-07:00

hey! what a slack dude ay... shocking even! Well, i been busy away from the world of blogging, spending too much time learning Kung Fu at a new club uptown.
I'll post info up soon about joining cos its well worth it, in fact it has changed my life!

anyway i lost my camera which is another great excuse for not posting in a while... i'll get a new one this week so this blog will be re-invigorated like my chi flow :)

castle with sattelite dish

2009-06-22T02:40:00.000-07:00

Phat1 let me paint another background for him... what a great guy! I been hanging out to do a fairy tale castle scene for a minute, and Deus shared my vision and flamed up this wonderful muscle man character
LOL

go shorty

2009-06-08T16:57:00.000-07:00

lil' commission painted on the weekend...

Alien vs Predator

2009-06-02T21:43:00.000-07:00

Phat1 on the wildstyle... OD from Tauranga on the Predator portrait, and me on the background scene. and what?

double click on it ok

Matakana

2009-06-01T00:45:00.000-07:00

Matakana is a rural town north of Aucks thru the flash new tunnel...
I went there for the weekend to get way from the rat relay race and hang out with the ol' homie Dr Roberts. This is the wharf, across road from his tattoo shop:

looking down from above the road to Leigh:

Went to the beaches, the pub repeatedly and the renown farmer's market:

they had a Speights party at the pub which featured horses, hot rod burnouts, free pork roast feed, a tractor tug-of-war and a Speights poetry contest... this was the entry by Dr. Robs mates lol

got back to town late last nite, today went out south and painted a fun concept wall with Phat1 and Odee.. they didn't get quite finished, oosh wait til u see the fliks in a day or two. meantime here's a sneak preview of part of the wall...