{"id":43758,"date":"2021-09-16T09:27:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T14:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=43758"},"modified":"2021-09-18T12:16:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T17:16:53","slug":"zak-foster-erl-asap-rocky-quilt-met-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2021\/09\/16\/zak-foster-erl-asap-rocky-quilt-met-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"~ZAK FOSTER \/ ERL \/ ASAP Rocky Quilt \/ Met Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"

congratulations !!!!
\nto originally from North Carolina, now Brooklyn-based quilter . . . ZAK FOSTER !!!!!
\nwho made the ASAP Rocky \/ ERL branded \/ vintage-based quilt . . . that upstaged the entire<\/strong> fashion world – at this year’s MET GALA !!<\/p>\n

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\nsee:<\/strong> ZAK FOSTER QUILTS – website<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nsee:<\/strong> ZAK FOSTER \/ Instagram @zakfoster.quilts<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nASAP Rocky . . .
\nwrapped in a one-of-a-kind “ERL” co-branded \/ authentic vintage quilt assemblage \/ handmade by Brooklyn’s own . . . ZAK FOSTER.
\nimage via Instagram @diet_prada<\/a><\/p>\n

so . . .<\/strong>
\nwouldn’t it be funny to see a whole<\/strong> city of men running around in re-cycled quilt ‘capes’, or, even full-body throw, ‘granny square’ crochet afghans, for that matter \/ draping their hurried bodies !! <\/p>\n

why cut them old quilts up – for custom suits, ala BODE ?
\njust leave em as is \/ to let their deep soothing magic & rockin’ power emanate, true to form \/ for: protection, for comfort, for warmth, for ease, for . . . emotional support !!
\nas the world burns, floods, freezes, dries up, and as always, fights \/ with not enough water & not enough food – up next.
\nnext Afghan-based\/Qaedea terrorist attack . . on the American horizon \/ within one or 2 years,
\nand, that’s in newspaper hard copy print – according to even: . . . WYNKEN, BLINKEN, BIDEN, & NOD. <\/p>\n

Antony Blinken, being our current Secretary of State, you obviously know who sleepy Joe Biden is, as some people call him. I’m not going to say the ‘T’ word, but F all of them.
\nwhat the hell.
\nok, it’s a tough job, wear a quilt !! <\/p>\n

Influencer ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ASAP Rocky is<\/strong> my vote for . . INFLUENCER of YEAR \/ 2021.
\nhands down.
\nand, with just one sweep . . . of the cape.<\/p>\n

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\nsome brief<\/strong> notes – for the Millennials, among us !!<\/p>\n

I remember growing up, not<\/strong> one of my<\/strong> teachers died.
\nI mean, maybe I went to one teacher-related funeral in grade 7, and that was her dad, that died. <\/p>\n

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\nthis is . . . EUGENE FIELD \/ 1850-1895
\nhe wrote the (once) famous, ultimate \/ childhood lullaby rhyme, ‘Wynken, Blyken and Nod’,
\nwhere children could fall asleep knowing their world was full of stars, and glittering fish in a twinkling \/ sky \/ sea.
\nwhen, there were only<\/strong> a handful of planets in the sky, most people lived on farms, and climate change ? – an absolute non-topic.<\/p>\n

funny . . .<\/strong> how we went from 9 planets \/ to an ‘infinite’ universe of constellations \/ well, in my lifetime \/ yet, to diminishing . . . shrinking resources – with NO real global plan in sight. <\/p>\n

when they<\/strong> start mining on the moon, and, oh yes !! – they are <\/strong>planning it as we speak – then, trust me, the whole global, bio-survival game plan implodes,
\nand, not just for the wave-seeking surfers.
\nthat ‘man in the moon’ controls the tides, our reproduction cycles, and of course – oversees our emotions.
\nit’s not – just a rolling rock full of minerals to be . . mined & extracted 7 sent back to earth.
\nmark my words, and don’t blame me.
\nI’m with the ancient<\/strong> Greeks, and all indigenous peoples . . who believe the planets, the stars, the sun, and the moon – are<\/strong> the Gods.
\nthe sky is frigging sacred \/ hands off, dudes.
\nor may you be doomed to living in caves – with only synthetic fiber to keep you warm. <\/p>\n

so,<\/strong> I’m thinking . . newspaper men,
\nand ‘writers of light verse for children’ . . . aka the ‘influencers’ of their generation,
\nmaybe, just maybe . . . they should have thought ahead – just a tiny little bit.
\nbut, even at that – just a little bit of some forward thinking, was beyond the era’s mind-set \/ industrial revolution evolution.
\nas, is ‘moon mining’ – for ours.
\nand yes, it’s most definite – in the works.<\/p>\n

but even so, <\/strong>
\nwhat do our<\/strong> children – fall asleep to ?
\nI don’t want to ruin your <\/strong>day, but it’s not starry skies.
\nit’s a mighty long list \/ a mighty coarse & scary list that veers from web predators, global food shortage, bio virus attacks & teachers dying \/ to other endangered species, including wild animals & trees \/ pinging extreme weather alerts, amber alerts – onto porn, to violence . . and, even onto their own contemporary Greta Thunberg . . . on repeat. gentle good-night verse ?
\nnot.<\/p>\n

no wonder people everywhere, with all manners of skills, clothing, or even education levels,
\nloved, loved loved \/ Zak Foster’s ‘Memory Quilt’ on . . . ASAP Rocky.<\/p>\n

no wonder people love . . vintage and antique quilts, & . . . in fact – handiwork of all kinds.
\nit’s not<\/strong> – just the skills,
\nit’s their comfort – zone . . . !!!!
\nit’s their thriftiness, mindfulness of resources, and re-cycling sustainability.
\nnot to forget: joyful, cheerful patterns, colors & fabric \/ and all cotton, btw. <\/p>\n

CONCLUSION:<\/strong>
\nin the paper today, I read that the new AUKUS alliance \/ Australia, United Kingdom and USA, deems their paramount goal is to help Australia develop nuclear-submarine capability . . to counter China’s growing ‘influence’ in the Indo-Pacific region.
\nno no no.
\nthat’s so<\/strong> dumb-ass backwards.
\nwhat about the marine life, the barrier reefs, what kind polluting greenhouse footprint does a project like that entail ? why does talk of war – continually push up against our already stretched-to-the-limit psychic
\nambience day-to-day \/ dream to dream.
\nno, don’t frigging build another nuclear-powered submarine \/ just frigging do the world a favor, and ban them – all. across the globe \/ no exceptions.
\njust start shutting it down, people. <\/p>\n

no wonder, all people want to contemplate – are . . . QUILTS.
\ncreative, sustainable, peaceful solutions – let the alternative world – begin, already.
\nwe miss you, so much . . John Lennon. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

congratulations !!!! to originally from North Carolina, now Brooklyn-based quilter . . . ZAK FOSTER !!!!! who made the ASAP Rocky \/ ERL branded \/ vintage-based quilt . . . that upstaged the entire fashion world – at this year’s MET GALA !! see: ZAK FOSTER QUILTS – website see: ZAK FOSTER \/ Instagram @zakfoster.quilts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43758"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43758"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43776,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43758\/revisions\/43776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}