Seasons Greetings!

A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all from myself and all of us here at FAITH.

It has been a rocky year for many of us, but the majority got there in the end. We have all tried so very hard to find that niche we feel comfortable with, some are still searching but that's OK. We all take time!

So I would like to take this time to thank you all for your efforts with the project, and with one another, you've all been great!

Time now to sit back and relax, until the new year then it's back to the mill.

Have a happy holiday.


Xian Shi Bo

MY CANVAS. MY ART.

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PAIN IS THE ARTIST

I knelt at the base of a statue - a monument.
I sometimes wonder quite how life can deal you such a splendid hand on one day, then trump you on the next. It is of course, the anticipation of defeat that keeps an air of excitement pulsing.

It is also, in my opinion, something of a mild beauty how gracefully the brush strokes glide across the canvas of life. These brush strokes which leave their permanent mark, each one a tattoo of emotion and unrepressed passion.

Pain is the artist, painting it's elagent masterpiece on the canvas of life.

Pain deals your cards in the no holds barred game of fate.

Pain never starts a job it's not prepared to finish.

THE ONLY CIRCUS YOU WILL EVER JOIN... IS LIFE

I have had some time to reflect, to try to find myself... I don't think this "myself" people refer to exists.. what a wild goose chase.

I asked God to do me a favour today... he replied with a no. But sometimes we are so intent on seeing the signs we forget to take the hint.

We all have been chosen to fend for our selves, that makes us gifted or cursed? You decide.

Jesus performed miracles... why can't we? Well today I told someone they were special and helped them with a critical illness called grief. So maybe that makes me a miracle worker too.

Not everything has to be so hard, we just need to stop searching for the answer before we even know the question. And look at all the smaller pictures and the bigger picture as equals in order to find the truth.

Does it sound like I've found myself now? I'm not even close.

Written by Xian Bo

FAITH tm. Buy It, Sell It, Love It.

Simply that. Everyone has a faith.

What are you marketing?

Prophets and Preachers

Some say that a prophet may be false, whereas a preacher, although his beliefs may be misguided - often speaks from the heart. His teachings however inaccurate they may be are felt to be honest either way. That is the way of a preacher, poor judgement? perhaps, but all the same he will speak out for what he believes in.

Take our good friend Prince Leopold for instance. Prophet or Preacher?

He "believes" he can remove a curse from your person, be it related to poor health, misfortune or otherwise... sounds like the usual faith healer or self-professed medium right?

Well for a $400 "curse removal" you decide.

One simple removal of a curse and you tell me the answer to one simple question - $400 and a quick "your curse has been lifted" later and do you notice the difference?

AN ODE TO YOU

What is it about you that makes you so unique?
Is it the style in your attitude? The essence of your soul?

What is it about you that catches the eye of a passer by?
I long for you, I am captivated by the essence of you,
Yet you is so untouchable, so solitary yet so close,

You exists in me, so tell me, tell you,
Who is you? Why does you haunt me so?
And if you is me then am I me or am I you?

You completes me, and me completes you.
I wonder then, what it must be like to be simply you...


written by Xian Bo

WHY CAN'T WE ALL BE GREY?

There was once a time where the economy was riddled with slavery and greed. Black slaves where dominated by white lords and the constant struggle for negroes to survive was painful and cruel. Not much has changed you might say, well, in theory no - it hasn't - barriers in social and ethnic groups still exist, but as time goes on situations change. And not always for the better.

Now I told you I would take you to places seldom visited and this is my first stop - racism.

So I am not about to hold anything back. That would be defeating the point. I am about to crucify myself so that others will think in the future. Xian gains nothing.

I would therefore like to start with cultural influences, tell me, when a white man takes it upon himself to say "Nigger" in the presence of a black man this is considered racist, yes?

If that is the case, then answer me this, if a black man is to say the word "Nigger" in a sentence does this win him respect?

Can a single person explain to me how the state of Hip-Hop and black influenced music can justify the use of the word "Nigger" in an openly available track? Our children, our racists and our afro american brothers are subjected to this every day. Tell me friends, if we want racism to end so badly then why do we constantly toss fuel onto the already raging fire?

Now here's the clincher, I hear a negro complaining about racism, I hear him cuss a white man and vent his hatred out in the open street, and then I hear a black MC from the comfort of his studio aggrevating the issue further to make money for a comfortable living.

Ok, so we have an argument here, picture it, racism is writhe. Young black children are suffering racism becuase this is the way society is taking us. Yet record labels will pay a black artist to promote racism just to put food on the table and make a living in life. A good living? What kind of good living offers you a vest and an armoured car for a guardian angel?

I can still see white gangs commiting hate crimes against the black community becuase they feel they are superior. YOU'RE NOT. I want people all over the world right now to stop and THINK. What the hell are you doing? People die every day becuase of mindless violence which is raciall motivated. Stop embaressing yourselves.

I want an end to racism, but this will never happen becuase the barriers will always be there... unless of course the people with real power step up to the plate and voice an opinion. But I am not talking about governments and authorities either, that has been tried before - it's not effective. An opinion voiced by a grand manipulator or a self-obsessed dictator is an opinion best not voiced at all. The people want to listen to who they really trust, someone they can relate to personally and follow with loyalty. Someone with street rep - the soldiers who laid an example by making in the struggle as a minority - the artists we know and love.

This isn't a plea - this is a gospel.

Why can't someone speak out and finally tell it how it is? or better yet - why can't we all just be grey?

TAKE A TOUR WITH ME

So this is me. I am a new face to enter into the Blogging community, and I would like to start by saying greetings, and I am glad to be here today writing this message for all to see. Or should you be the ones to 'greet' me? I will allow you to decide for yourselves.

The reason I am here is to open up the scope for discovery - I know, sounds like your typical wannabe preacher yes? Well as a matter of fact - no. I am here soley for the purpose of opening your eyes. I will take you to places no one else feels necessary. Some of these familiar, some not. Some you may be ashamed to have embraced where others you were just too cowardice to follow through. And I am sure that some you just will not have even realised existed.

Am I the next big thing to hit the blog community? Am I just another self absorbed false prophet?

I have witnessed confusion and hate just as much as the next man. I am who I lay down before you now.

I am nothing great.

I am nothing honourable.

I am Xian.

LET IT GO

Run, is that all you can do,
Its all you’ve been doing since you been 2,
You just run,You run away from change,
Leaving me bleeding but you cant see.

Your so dumb,
With your big dumb face,
And your big dumb ego,
What a disgrace, let it go,
What a disgrace, let it go.

Wait, I aint waiting for shit,
Coz when your waiting on something,
All you can get is a fix,
Yeah you were just my fix,
Punchin’ your card in for all you can get.

Your so dumb,
With your big dumb face,
And your big dumb ego,
What a disgrace, let it go,
What a disgrace, let it go.

What hurts so much,
Is I believed you to be a true friend,
All___ a___ long___,
But you never cared,
You never cared.

That I had your back,
Through all the confusion,
Through all the abuse and I cared,
No matter what you said,
But now you betrayed me,
Embarrassed and plagued me.

So dumb,
With your big dumb face,
And your big dumb ego,
What a disgrace, let it go,
What a disgrace, let it go.

What hurts so much,
Is I believed you to be a true friend,
All___ a___ long___,
But you never cared,
What hurts so much,
Is I believed you to be a true friend,
All___ a___ long___,
But you never cared,
You never cared.

I always used to say,
Keep your friends close,
And your enemies closer,
I always used to say,
Dig a hole for the next man and you’ll fall in,

I always used to say,
Keep your friends close,
And your enemies closer,
I always used to say,
Dig a hole for the next man and you’ll fall in,

I know, you know,
That your ready to fall in,
I know, you know,
That your ready to fall in,
I know, you know,
That your ready to fall in,
I know, you know,
That your ready to fall in,

Too late now, Afraid now,
Of all the things I could say now,
Its too late to,
complain you,
Don’t deserve a word.

Now… Too late now, Afraid now,
Of all the things I could say now,
Its too late to,
Complain you,
Don’t deserve a word.

What hurts so much,
Is I believed you to be a true friend,
All___ a___ long___,
But you never cared,

What hurts so much,
Is I believed you to be a true friend,
All___ a___ long___,
But you never cared.