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Crystal Evans
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Born
in Savanna-la-mar, Jamaica
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May 2013
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Tall Dark and Bad
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Tall Dark and Bad II
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Every Man Deserves A Good Jacket
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2014
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The Fairy Tale Complex
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The Bunna Man: Joe Grind Series
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2015
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Yakima
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The Husband Shop
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Ghetto Slam
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2014
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4 editions
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Mama Brown's Family: True Jamaican Story
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2013
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His Property
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2014
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2 editions
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I am a dreamer
I dreamt I went to meet my dad at some place.
My dad is working out of town in reality…
In the dream.
When we were walking on a road, sorta one a dem hilly type road. So you are going downwards…
We saw men running towards us.
My dad and I moved outta the way.
Then we saw two men in white…
My father identified one as a man deceased, known to both of us.
The thing is the man in white looks nothing l Read more of this blog post »
My dad is working out of town in reality…
In the dream.
When we were walking on a road, sorta one a dem hilly type road. So you are going downwards…
We saw men running towards us.
My dad and I moved outta the way.
Then we saw two men in white…
My father identified one as a man deceased, known to both of us.
The thing is the man in white looks nothing l Read more of this blog post »
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“And the characters in my book are composites. People, real, that I've borrowed their mannerisms, thoughts, narrations, and stories to add to my ever-growing list of characters. I am observant, And this cultivated trait has been my shortcut to distinction. And my stories carry vignettes that feel vivid, a street corner, a veranda conversation. Linked stories of a strong, observant, and slightly weary narrator.
I am a signal in the noise.” ...more Crystal Evans |
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“One of the things that I discovered while writing the Hi-Man book, and something I believe is also endemic to my communities, and to me personally from my own experience, is this: when you are the smartest person in any environment, it can actually be dangerous. You also learn very quickly that stupidity, in its numbers, is not only prevalent but also endangers you.
It is a very fickle and unpredictable environment, one where the tribe rules over the individual. It’s almost like a reverse engineering of game theory, where you can’t advance at all because the equilibrium remains the same: there are simply too many factors working against you.” Crystal Evans |
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“Nah. I think we have ran our course.
Yeah. Am not feeling this anymore. I don’t have these type of relationships with people. Not even my friends. All my relationships are holistic. I don’t keep people in my circle weh can’t even wish me happy birthday or congratulate me on anything. It’s demeaning, it’s devaluing, its unfeeling and cruel it’s has to be deliberate. Because I’ve never heard anything good from you to me. I don’t live like that with people and I am forced to live like that with you in order to retain my dignity. I don’t like it. I don’t like not being myself just so I can keep score with you. I don’t want to pretend indifference after either. In the past I held on to a cobweb. Now am holding on to nothing. The other men are a foil for you. They just show me that I really settled for nothing with you and got less than nothing. I am frankly embarrassed and ashamed of myself for choosing you. I don’t wan’t to feel like that anymore. I have never liked the way I feel when I ...more Crystal Evans |
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Crystal Evans
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The Bunna Man II: Extended Edition
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Is Karma real or a coping mechanism concept?
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Philosophy of Crystal Evans“I don’t get it!” I cried.
“Why do people still prosper after they do others wrong?” “ After all that happened, why does he ...more " |
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Crystal Evans
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The Bunna Man II: Extended Edition
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Is Karma real or just a coping mechanism concept?
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“I don’t get it!” I cried.
“Why do people still prosper after they do others wrong?” “ After all that happened, why does he still get what he wants an ...more " |
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My works are self portraitures, consumed with questions about how identity changes over time, how selves die and are replaced, and how the mask we con
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“I am a diamond in the rut. A diamond to an untrained eye looks like a rock stone. So men will kick it around on the ground. It takes a man with an expert eye for fine Jewelry to notice its worth. Do not feel bad when men treat you like the little boys in Africa who gave away stones in exchange for candy. The hungry boys thought they were getting something better but had exchange wealth for a sugar high. Some men will do that. Exchange a valuable woman for the transient high of another. The boys didn't know better and so do some of these men. They don't know your worth.”
― Ten Things Your Mother Should Have Told You about Dating
― Ten Things Your Mother Should Have Told You about Dating
“Life is not profound without its own tragedy. It humbles us. Sets the bar for our introspection. Keeps us from believing we are gods. Puts our egos in check.”
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“A lot of elders complain that they do not know what is wrong with today's black generation. I beg to ask them what was wrong with theirs? Children don't become what you want, they become who you are. Our elders should reflect upon what went wrong during the era when today's young adults were children. Maybe just maybe they might find the answers to the problems of this "generation". They are equally responsible for this "money over everything mindset that breeds the young people they condemn.They raised a world of children who know the price of everything but the value of nothing. A money grabbing, instant gratification over profundity seeking and "step pon them" culture of people.”
― Jamaican Acute Ghetto Itis
― Jamaican Acute Ghetto Itis
“Those who are coming from the gutters know that from time to time a piece of us will break off and float back to the floor from whence it came. Wealth can gray your eyes at the edges, money does not make you hover above human qualities, you are only a flawed being with much material gain.”
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“I tell my christian relatives that "churchianity" is the central reason the church is not teeming with young people. The hypocrisy within the church is not concealed from this growing, informed generation. The arrogance among church goers is unnerving, Jesus was such a humble individual to begin with, he did not discriminate.”
― Mama Brown's Family
― Mama Brown's Family
“Strangers are quick to help you because they don't have any grudges or vices to fall back on.”
― Jamaican Acute Ghetto Itis
― Jamaican Acute Ghetto Itis
“Weirdest things in life are how people always create lofty ideals for you yet set average standards for themselves. People have always judged me above standard because of my brilliance not understanding that I came from unborn opportunities like them and was never in my estimation given any special tools for them to expect more from me than they expect from themselves. In hindsight people only place you on a pedestal so they can in the end tear you down.
We spend our entire lives judging ourselves against others. If we measure people and they fall short we believe we are license to
Insult them and tear them down. If they buoy on a float of accomplishments, we begin to feel small within ourselves and murmur about our own inadequacies.”
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We spend our entire lives judging ourselves against others. If we measure people and they fall short we believe we are license to
Insult them and tear them down. If they buoy on a float of accomplishments, we begin to feel small within ourselves and murmur about our own inadequacies.”
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“When you are a success, your old friends will boast of your accomplishments and your new friends will celebrate your achievements. Your old friends will say " i knew you when you were.." Don't worry about them, their story ends there.”
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