beautiful losers

Have you seen the documentary Beautiful Losers?

You can watch it now on Amazon Prime.

It was created by filmmaker Aaron Rose and is about an underground, outsider, creative movement called the beautiful losers movement.

It has in-depth interviews with artists who help us understand what it means to be a beautiful loser.

It is a heartfelt, quirky look at 14 artists who use graffiti, skateboarding, street music and other mediums like these to help us see and feel the world around us more clearly and deeply.

You might know of Shepard Fairey’s work.

He is the street artist who created the iconic HOPE poster of Barack Obama that became the picture of the 2008 presidential election.

Do you know any of the other artists?

Some are graffiti artists, some are photographers, some are directors, some are painters and some are sculptors.

They are bound by a common philosophy that inspires me - Make something from nothing.

As you hear their stories, you learn that they were considered "nothing" and "losers" when they first began creating their art, but then became "something" and "beautiful" by joining together into a community and encouraging each other to keep on creating.

Their stories and art remind me that genius is found in amazing people and surprising places, and that I can find this genius if only I have eyes to see and ears to hear.

I encourage you to make something out of nothing.

Create art every day.

Be a beautiful loser with me.