Ink Pens & Spray Cans

About the Book

Ink pens & Spray cans (the graffiti bridge mixtape) was inspired and created by Ink pens Kenny (Pens) and his younger brother Sayvion- (Fēdē; shortened for graffiti). Kenny and Savion are “kind of” forced to live in their parents broken down condo until their living/financial issues improve (broke struggling artist).. To further complicate an already hostile and awkward living arrangement in the condo aka The Rhinestone Box, the brothers takes in an almost complete stranger, struggling writer, journalist and ex graffiti artist Nirvana Chancellor. The three don’t get along very well early on and has some hostile differences in artistic merits/expressions Nirvana likes both poetry, short stories, photography and a range of work, but believes Kenny to open more to the world to share his heart. In the same she believes Fēdē to graduate from amateur tag artist to a colossal figure. Kenny and believes that graffiti are not necessarily criminal as his mother feels, but that Fēdē should move away from tagging their home and other people’s property. Sayvion’s graffiti and tagging…he does not understand why he has to tag it and express it on “buildings” verses a piece of paper, etc. Savion believes that poetry and short writing is cowardly and that a “man” should express himself “straight from the art”. Now “Kind of” force to live under one roof/condo (which they frequently refer to as the Rhinestone Box) the three create various forms of magic and learn that every human being has some form of artistry/inspiration that helps them to throb and create with -which is documented & celebrated in the frequent visits from both parents, friends and various girls… The three (Fēdē, Pens & Nirvana rise together to create Ink pens & spray cans ; the graffiti bridge mixtape … the mixture of their work recorded. Ink-joy.

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