Friday, October 30, 2015

FROM THE ART OF JAMES HARMON.......Hip Hop in the Holy Land - Making it Rain in Jerusalem - Episode 6





The rapper in this video walked into my hostel this afternoon and I recognized him instantly. He scratched his head, approached the concierge and inquired about prices for a single room for four days. The concierge tells him it is 43 per night for a private room. The rapper bristled, wincing. Ali, the concierge, trying to close the sale said, "if you stay more than two night, i make it 37 per night" which, given the location, is a steal. The rapper decided to decline and, pulling his loose fitting sweatpants up over his adidas sandles, walked out. Ali stood up, walked to me and said "No hope in this fucking world. it can all fucking burn." threw away a plastic cup he was drinking from and, shaking his head, left to go smoke outside

Monday, October 19, 2015

MY LAST DAYS IN JERUSALEM

The things i have seen in the last few days will stick in my mind for a long time. Notably the man near me with all his toes amputated or the guys next to me with vor tatoos on their knuckles. The next person who says white people have privilege should spend a weekend in the second poorest region of Russia in the public hospital.

Friday, October 16, 2015

FROM THE ART OF JAMES HARMON:THE JERUSALEM PROJECT........I MADE IT! IN RUSSIA WITH JEANNE.

The day I arrived here,  after 6 months living in Jerusalem, Jeanne was diagnosed with brain cancer and will have surgery in 3 weeks and needs to daily inject her head with medicine to shrink the tumor,whilst I was admitted to the hospital with pancreatic disease.Together each day,we fight to become healthy and have peace in our lives.