The vision of Specs Crew came from a dream…yes a dream. On the night of 9/1/12, Kareem dreamt of an eye looking at me. What did this eye mean? Why was this eye still in his thoughts after he woke up? He didn’t know the answers to his questions. He found his self going to the craft store that day and ending up in the paint aisle. As he stood there he thought, “What if I painted the eye that I saw?”
Usually this is when the next thought of, “You can’t paint or draw” comes in but it didn’t. So, he just went with the feeling and picked up some acrylic paint, brushes and several canvases. The feeling inside of him was so unusual. It tingled a little and had him excited. This eye had become his dominant thought and had driven him to attempt to paint. The interesting thing was prior to that day painting was a skill he assumed he didn’t have, as he had never painted before. Read More