i called my friend matt and asked if he could help me meet joe

my friend matt told me of joe would like to meet me

matt was in austria

i was coming up from mobile

joe is the visionary artist of brmingham

matt got us together from europe

as much as i detest this dystopian age... look at the wonders

matt told me... "it was impossible to drive by and not notice Joe's work"

he was right

every inch of everything that joe touches becomes art

there is art built on top of other art

joe walked me around and gave me the grand tour of his place, decades in the making

he told me stories of how and why he created 100s of pieces

his place borders a black cemetery

he communed for a while with their ghosts

he speaks to them regularly

he even had a special bench that he built under a covering that had been tuned for one to do just that.

he sat me down there

he had another bench under a covering with scripture all around about healing.

this place he built for healing

he sat me down there

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his back porch overlooks the cemetery

joe got out his drum

this is what it sounded like
along with a picture i took of him that day