Jazz Junkies released today!

[kamiblue]

Hi to all you Jazz junkies,

I’m an artist from the CA and a big fan of Jazz. Today I'm announcing the release of Jazz Junkies. It's my new Kickstarter project and I am trying to spread the good word to all the serious Jazz junkies out there. I'm reaching out to this great community to help me reach my funding goal..Please have a look:




Jazz Junkies (silk screened prints) by Kamiblue
Three 20"x 21" silk screened prints of legendary Jazz musicians: Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker and Chet Baker designed as a triptych.
Only $20 a print or the set for $50.


Thanks so much,
Kamiblue

[dsschicago]

I'm curious if you considered the irony of using the word 'junkies' in regard of the unfortunate addictions of all three artists pictured.

[kamiblue]

Hi dsschicago,

Absolutely...Let me explain that:
I truly love those artists and I spent months and months creating those prints and I chose that title(apart from the alliterative aspect),because I think junkies have gotten a bad rap…It goes without saying that there are some not so great junkies out there, but when I look at my favorite artists: musicians, poets, painters, writers, etc…they all seem to have that in common, but it’s clearly dangerous. It wasn’t meant to be an ethical judgment. In my kickstarter profile I listed myself as a junkie, so my intention was not to denigrate these truly transcendent artists in any form…The prints are my personal elegies and I hope they'll only bring joy.

Check out a large view here and I think you'll understand what I was trying to say.

Kamiblue

[dsschicago]

Yes, you do address that on your kickstarter page. My bad. I should've read it first. But I was so struck by the image against the word that I posted before going over there and reading.

Cheers.