I stumbled into some really nice people in Philly. More than usual actually. I don't remember why me and Shawn Beeks started talking but i realised he was creating things for some reason. Today i got this photo of his painting and asked him to sum up his latest time.

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The first time I broke my knee was February 13th, 2003. Up until that point I had built my life around skateboarding and designing skateboard graphics. For me, skateboarding and art were inseparable, so when I couldn’t skate, I lost the will to create, thus rolling me down a hall of deep depression. I don’t remember how I got out of it, but I’m sure being able to approach art as a creative process separate from skateboarding helped. Since then, I’ve put more energy into the advancement of my fine art outlets, and accepted the painful limitations of what I could physically accomplish. Six years later and I’m faced with similar situation. After years of multiple surgeries, physical therapy, and gym memberships, my knee is still not strong enough to handle the stress of skateboarding. October 20th, 2009 was the last time I skated. Now I have the rest of my life to recover from that lose with art.
Shawn Beeks, Philadelphia, Pa"