What up spec!
Today is the 5th anniversary of the publishing of my 1st novel titled Dutch Point.
During my 15 year career at the Connecticut Department of Children and Families ( DCF-CPS) I held the roles of Social Worker, Investigative Social Worker and Juvenile Parole Officer.
The idea of writing the book came to me after the death of a child on my caseload. Writing, at that time, was my way of dealing with the vicarious trauma I was exposed to.
On 8/15/13, my first solo art and photography exhibit went up at the Conrad L. Mallett Gallery in Capital Community College in Hartford, CT. A year ago I was just stuck in the grips of life. Today after picking up my art I had this awesome feeling of happiness shoot through me. Over the past year Specs Crew has helped me grow on many levels. It has allowed me an outlet that I had not had before. It introduced me to hundreds of new people and allowed me to gain many new friends and reconnect with old ones. Specs Crew helped me smile and bring others joy.
Specs Crew brought me closer to my family and children. My wife Carla and daughters Maitê and Tainá gave me space to create and grow. My girls now tell their friends that their father is an artist, author and Social Worker. One of their friends even thinks I am a DJ because of my hair and specs I wear when I pick them up from school. I now feel that it was only a matter of time that I was going to rediscover my abilities. With Specs Crew I created my own little world. If I’m not painting I’m specing. If I’m not specing I’m creating new characters for the comic. If I’m not sketching I’m writing. I now feel ready to begin writing my 2nd book.
This year I have some exciting projects I’m working on. I will be developing a comic strip with some of the characters I have been creating. I’m going to begin the animation process as well. I have a short film that I will shoot with Hawk T. Poet title Enter the Spec. In November you can catch me at Open Studio in Hartford. Today is a good day. Yesterday was also a good day. As my brother Abdul would say-Never Stop Dreaming.
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My Grandmother turned 103 on August 23rd. I can say that she hasn’t changed for me since i was a boy. Not to mention that she’s repping Specs Crew.
On August 24th, 7 years ago, I was blessed with my first daughter Maitê. She is such a loving and caring daughter.Happy Birthday my Love.
She started her own Spex Crew club at school.
I can’t believe it took this long to write a entry. I have to do better. September 1st 2013, will mark the 1 year anniversary of Specs Crew. It has been an amazing year. I have painted over 70 paintings and have done over 20 Get Spec’d events. On August 15th 2013, I hung my first solo gallery show. This is so awesome. I have 15 paintings and over 25 photos on display at the Conrad L. Mallett Gallery in Capital Community College. I can’t wait to see what next year has in store for Specs Crew. 
Since September of 2012, Specs Crew has been on the run. We are happy to announce that Specs Crew TV is online. Visit our Specs Crew TV channel on YouTube to view our Trailer