week 8 art show: venice beach

so awesome to go to venice beach! my aunt and uncle live in the neighborhood on the canals (suuuuper sick wit-it) in a sweeet crib. every time i visit, i have to go to the beach! it's so entertaining and the whole scene is a giant work of art composed of endless works of art combined! when you start your walk, you are hustled by a whole bunch of dudes who are trying to get you to buy their rap cd demos or video demos (for example, ty crane tried to get me and jonny to buy his basketball highlights dvd ahah. ty crane plays a part in coach carter, he is the enemy on the opposing team...obviously he didn't make it to fame, but i don't know why he's trying to sell his bball "highlights..." who's going to buy that?). but yea, they usually put headphones on u super quick if you haven't learned to dodge them and try to get you to take their cd in which case they say "we take donations" and give you shit/don't let u have the cd if youdon't have any money to "donate". all along the passage  are other artists - painters, beach-artifact sculptors, sand artists, portrait artists, henna tattoo artists, real tattoo artists, body piercers, performance artists, dance artists, hobo artists, psychics, freak show artists, vendors, crafters, fixers, and much much much more. overall it is a grand old time and there are lots of little trinkets and doo-dads you can pick up for a very low cost...all of the vendors are excellent bargainers who try to throw at you as many deals as possible so you spend the whole $20 rather than just 5 of it. haha so much fun! and there's incredible graffiti everywhere!!!! love it!!