Tuesday, 30 December 2008


We don’t need many reasons to love Augor MSK of The Seventh Letter (Juxtapoz #78) any more than we already do, but when we got an email today from this seriously talented graffiti artist highlighting his Christmas morning last week, we were nothing short of amazed.
We’ll let Augor tell the whole story himself:

“On Christmas morning after opening gifts me and my youngin squad went to a local downtown dead rail yard to flick some stuff we did the night before,” Augor writes in his email.
“We ended up stumbling upon a homeless family, boy age 18 and mother, who drove a motor home from Oklahoma and tried to find shelter in hiding their motor home in the yard but got stuck on the train tracks. Out of the kindness of our hearts, we built a ramp on the tracks and drove it for them, with their dog riding passenger into a cut where they could rest safely...I came back and gave the kid gifts of shirts and ended up painting their van which was covered in horrible graffiti.”
Augor concludes, “Shows that we’re not just a buncha ego maniac, self-centered taggers.”

We’ve known that for a long time, but for all of you out there that simply don’t understand street art or graffiti, know that many of the talented folks behind the spray can have massive hearts to go along with massive skills.
See the entire Christmas day through the lens of Augor’s homies in flicks he sent our way here…


We don’t need many reasons to love Augor MSK of The Seventh Letter (Juxtapoz #78) any more than we already do, but when we got an email today from this seriously talented graffiti artist highlighting his Christmas morning last week, we were nothing short of amazed.

We’ll let Augor tell the whole story himself:



“On Christmas morning after opening gifts me and my youngin squad went to a local downtown dead rail yard to flick some stuff we did the night before,” Augor writes in his email.
“We ended up stumbling upon a homeless family, boy age 18 and mother, who drove a motor home from Oklahoma and tried to find shelter in hiding their motor home in the yard but got stuck on the train tracks. Out of the kindness of our hearts, we built a ramp on the tracks and drove it for them, with their dog riding passenger into a cut where they could rest safely...I came back and gave the kid gifts of shirts and ended up painting their van which was covered in horrible graffiti.”
Augor concludes, “Shows that we’re not just a buncha ego maniac, self-centered taggers.”



We’ve known that for a long time, but for all of you out there that simply don’t understand street art or graffiti, know that many of the talented folks behind the spray can have massive hearts to go along with massive skills.

See the entire Christmas day through the lens of Augor’s homies in flicks he sent our way here…

 


Augor and the dog riding shotgun

 


The family

 


Moving wood for the ramp

 


The trailer getting some much-needed help

 

 

 


Starting the piece for the trailer

 

 

 

 

 


Much better.

 


Thanks, boys. That's true Christmas spirit.

 

 

 

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