• some wordplay for Hector Lavoe, the voice of an island • 🇵🇷🐸 • #boricua #boriken #hectorlavoe #puertorico #streetart

• “they would cut an indian’s hands and leave them dangling by a shred of skin…” - 1552 bartolomé de las casas • whether they were just testing the sharpness their swords or cutting off of hands for not meeting gold mining quota, the spanish were brutal in their treatment of indigenous people of the Americas. you can feel the ripple effect today • #boricua #boriken #taino #claysculpture #uku

• common/uncommon • unassuming pedestal for a series of sketches using clay from the river i love • #boriken #boricua #riverclay #claysculpture

• Uku, tierra, earth •

• Uku, tierra, earth •

• Uku, tierra, earth •

• pillo means thief, but El Pillo is what people in small villages called the penny that was placed on electric meters to lower one’s bill • 🪙☕️🦝 • series of abandoned cars I painted during my recent stay on the island • #boriken #boricua #streetart #puertorico #pillo #elpillo

• coño is a catch-all word on the island • 🤬🛒🤌🏼 • series of abandoned cars I painted during my recent stay on the island • #boriken #boricua #streetart #puertorico #coño

• canoe comes from the Arawak word CANOA • 🌸🛶🐶 • series of abandoned cars I painted during my recent stay on the island • #boriken #boricua #streetart #puertorico #taino

I almost died twice making this one. To be an artist is the greatest gift/curse LOL/FML . “wanna fight me? Fight these tears.” -DMX . #picasso #hartford #oceanvuong

There’s a word puzzle hidden in this piece! The letters, if read correctly, spell out the title to #oceanvuong masterpiece, #onearthwerebrieflygorgeous In my opinion this is one of the greatest works to come out of #Hartford

On earth we’re briefly gorgeous… that’s why I have no fear. Thank you @thecafbycafeteria @iosnua 🦄🦄🦄 #onearthwerebrieflygorgeous #oceanvuong #hartford