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"People always snap and think they're Jesus . . . how come no one ever snaps and thinks they're Buddha?" --Bill Hicksthe Late Great Bill Hicks . . . i've had a vision of him a Buddha/Hindu god style portrait of enlightenment for a while . . .
i wonder if anybody out there understands the melting highway flowing into the jar
my second bill hicks piece: [link]
Bill Hicks: [link]
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He is rather mercurial, that one
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i just did a specific search of the web for buddha bill hicks - with quotations - when you do this, your art is one of the top results, and beautiful thank you for your expression and sincerity
i had in my mind the round belly of the classic buddha iconography and that would be good here to but you have done wonderful and dedicated work thank you
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Thank you so much 
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The door is AJAR. We pulled over and thought about that for twelve hours. "But how can a door...?"
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I love all the references to his material. The interstate melting into the jar, the mushrooms and spaceships, the porn magazine and the joint. Very well composed, well done!
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This is great, I love the originality of the style yet the reference to the art of the East. Well done!
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XD When I eventually update this piece. . . yes. Haha!
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Hey if you happen to have Netflix there's a Bill Hicks documentary it talks bout his career and personal life, its great.
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Oh I do, and I love that doc
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great work of art by the way! you really capture a lot of what he was about.
if you don't mind, check out a drawing I did here: [link] and let me know what you think. It's sort of a similar style
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I was seeing so many references to his shows in there, brilliant!
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Perfectly alright, my fellow Warrior of Creation. Good art is hard to miss when it's that bloody good. Cosmic smiles, y'all...
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Yo, this shit mad tight! I ain't even playin, this some of my favourite shit I seen on Devian Tart son. Yo and I know why he gots the jar son, the door was a jar yo, they had to use that shit to scoop up that meltin highway when that pig was talkin to him and his boys when they was trippin in they car. Hicks was amazin yo, I'm down wit everything that cat talked about. Dude had such a beautiful soul.
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Haha, thanks alot!
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Bill Hicks rules, and btw Louis CK is just average.
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I love Bill Hicks, didn't expect to stumble upon him while looking for Buddha art lol Such a great idea. I was actually just talking to my friend today saying Louis CK is a buddha, do you like him?
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Yeah, I love Louis CK. . he's a hilarious dude
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Great interpretation that incorporates so much. Well done.
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Bill Hicks is the best. Thanks for this original take on an original guy!
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Glad you like!
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Lol great piece of art! Any comedian that promotes psychedelics has my respect and my attention. after all, the funniest jokes are the ones that are true.
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Why would they put a jar in a car? Maybe 'cuz the freeway's melting. Dude, put it in the jar!
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There's a little cop, look at him!
Let's put him in the jar!
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This is truly excellent. You've made me happy
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Glad to be of service
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I've just wrote a poem on Hicks. Perhaps you'd be kind enough to check it out sometime.
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Flippin love this! Hicks truly was a modern day Bodhisattva... Mad props...
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I did a DA search on Bill Hicks and your piece came up. After looking through your gallery, I was like "Hmmm... This artist's work looks familiar" and then realized I've seen your stuff Artomatic. Totally dig your art. Major props.
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Awesome! Glad you found my art again
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im getting this tattoed and when i do i will show it to you. thank you so much for drawing that, beautifuL!!!
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awesome, definitely show me the pics when it's done
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"We got pulled over tripping on acid one night, pulled over by the cops. Don't recommend it. Cops don't appreciate fish driving around...."
i love this.
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