This past weekend, my son and I built a kite out of goods found around the house. At first the kite kept taking a nose dive down into the ground. After a while we found a good spot and then the kite took off. We then went off to practice some longboarding on the nearby sidewalk. We had a ton of fun and even though we flew a kite and riding on the longboard, it reminded me about of kiteboarding. It seems that kiteboarding is now entering the Golden Age, kind of like surfing during the Endless Summer. The sport of kiteboarding is fun and fresh, at ArtedepaulA some of our most popular shirts are kiteboarding shirts and for the ladies. (our organic cotton shirt is pictured) Next time you have a free day think about flying a kite.

I recently saw the movie the Forbidden Kingdom that starts martial arts masters Jackie Chan and Jet Lee. The reason I went to see this movie was to see the two master in a movie together. After seeing the movie what I found most interesting was the mythological character the Monkey King. As an artist I try to do my best learning various myths and lore from around the world. Much of my art, if it is not tropical in nature, covers myths. I had never heard of the Monkey King before, except maybe the Monkey King from the Jungle Book.

As I dove in to find out more about this Monkey King, I found out that he was a classic figure in Chinese culture. So here I was thinking to myself, hey I know a lot about myths, but here I was not knowing a thing about this Monkey King. I was extremely humbling to find out that such a popular character exists and to not know anything about him.

I researched about the Monkey King and found him to be a fascinating character. There is much to tell about the Monkey King, he is at heart a trickster character, kind of like Loki in Norse culture, except maybe a little less devilish of a figure. You can find out about the Monkey King at this great site. Monkey King I enjoyed this character so much I will try to work out a work of art revolving around the story of the Monkey King. It just goes to show you, you can learn something new everyday, even without trying.

Around the beginning of October I like the change in weather, the cooler air. Down here in the Keys, cool weather is a welcome break from the mind- numbing heat. October makes me think of Rock. I'm not sure why, but summer seems too bright for rock. Fall is a little darker, a little cooler. On Steechee.com I've got a rock n' roll shirt that I'm quite fond of. The image has a sword going through a heart with angel wings and a scroll saying "Rock'n'Roll". It's fun, It's Rock.