To Develop: Blog 365 Day 50 – Draw Richard Pryor
By Jiddoe S'Phatt
Warmest greetings! My name is Jiddoe S’Phatt. Welcome to day
50 of “To Develop: Blog 365”.
Inspiration to write comes from a number of places. For this
blog I’ve been inspired by hip-hop artist Rick Chyme and producer
David K. Manley of Man@Work Productions. Through a collaborative project
titled #DailyPieces365
these two artists will release a new song every day for 365 consecutive days!
Their impressive dedication has motivated me to write a new blog every day of
2018.
A little piece of me goes into each entry I write. I hope
you enjoy this one!
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What you’re about to read is not exactly a Black History
Month story. It is, however, about my past, so it’s part of my history. I also
happen to be Black. Get it?
Art was a big deal during my time in grade school. I loved
to draw pictures, I loved to tell stories and illustrate them. I probably
looked forward to art more than I did the recess bell.
The art teacher would come to our class with assignments and
projects. Some of them we could finish at school in the time allowed. Others we
took home to finish, turning them in the next day. Each month had a special
theme. There was Fire Prevention Month, of course Black History Month, and one
of the months had something to do with dental hygiene.
One year for Blah-Blah Dental Something-Something Month, we were
told to draw a picture of a dentist taking care of a patient’s teeth. I decided
to draw Richard Pryor as a dentist holding a giant tooth brush. He was taking
care of someone with giant yellow bucked teeth. I drew a caption bubble above
his head and it read, “Let’s brush those big, yellow tooffus!” It was hung on
the wall outside our classroom.
For a grade-schooler I thought I’d drawn a pretty good
Richard Pryor. It made me laugh every time I looked at it.
My art teacher told me she didn’t get it.
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