{"id":44301,"date":"2022-01-07T17:02:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T22:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=44301"},"modified":"2022-01-09T10:16:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T15:16:14","slug":"nigo-nails-the-water-tiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2022\/01\/07\/nigo-nails-the-water-tiger\/","title":{"rendered":"~NIGO . . nails the WATER TIGER . . !! \/ revised edit"},"content":{"rendered":"

although WOOD – is the main element associated with TIGER, it’s metaphysical ‘spine’,
\naccording to the 60 year ‘element’ cycle – 2022 is more specifically<\/strong> broken down again, element-wise \/ to the Year of the . . WATER TIGER !!
\nthat is WOOD – augmented by Water, as opposed to say, fire.
\nwhich means . . a much more mellow, nourishing tiger \/ as opposed to the fierce predatory one. the strength is still there, but it is ‘tempered’ towards providing protection, it’s a nuance. the focus is still on getting things down \/ but catching that prey, channels into – less emphasis on killing, and more emphasis on feeding.
\nwater provides wood with growth \/ seeds to trees, flowers \/ and, then in turn – the fully grown, thriving, wood provides the wooden boat, that travels the water.<\/p>\n

thinking on horoscopes, and the ‘power of a thought-pattern’ that can be derived \/ from a simple visual<\/strong> hand-drawn image \/ of a zodiac animal (!!) \/ leads one to understand – just how primal the human instinct for art, is.
\nit’s not just the science \/ it’s the . . magic.
\nyin yang \/ another great Chinese concept. <\/p>\n

unlike Dr. HENRY LEWIS GATES \/ & his ‘Finding Your Roots’ \/
\nwhich is fascinating, don’t get me wrong . . .
\nthe artist in all<\/strong> of us knows, on some deep level: 100% of who you are – is not – just your . . DNA \/ unless there’s ‘bio-codes’ – in that DNA, for ‘otherworldly’.
\nit’s practically, or essentially ‘documented’ \/ that with every great scientific leap, there is a huge popular movement towards contacting the dead through spiritualist \/ mediums !!
\nit’s a dang strange universe – that’s for sure. <\/p>\n

which brings us back to: the power of a dang good ‘creative’ \/ visual image !!<\/strong><\/p>\n

NIGO . . born 1970,<\/strong> an internationally famous Japanese fashion trend maker \/ bold graphic designer, and just a mighty, good all-around \/ pop culture icon \/ who is probably, if Wikipedia is your only source \/ widely known for founding Bape \/ A Bathing Ape, in the ‘creative’ world, he’s now more famous for creating – the current \/ hipster brand: HUMANMADE.
\nand, has nailed . . . the Water Tiger, just by giving it, a ‘wink’ . . . !!!!<\/p>\n

this Water Tiger . . is not out to eat you – but, to GREET YOU !!!!<\/p>\n

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\nNIGO . . . ‘Water Tiger’ \/ note: the ‘wood’ housing. <\/p>\n

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\nNIGO . . . ‘Water Tiger’ \/ with HUMANMADE branding<\/p>\n

images via Instagram @NIGO (official)<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nFOLLOW: <\/strong>NIGO on Instagram \/ @NIGO (Official) <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

although WOOD – is the main element associated with TIGER, it’s metaphysical ‘spine’, according to the 60 year ‘element’ cycle – 2022 is more specifically broken down again, element-wise \/ to the Year of the . . WATER TIGER !! that is WOOD – augmented by Water, as opposed to say, fire. which means . […]<\/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\/44301"}],"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=44301"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44310,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44301\/revisions\/44310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}