Post by jdmthe1st on Mar 24, 2007 11:36:14 GMT 1
The masked teenager Antonio finds his way to room #W-303. He sees he is early and he wonders if this is the right place for art. He sees nobody but the teacher inside. He walks up to the teacher who is in the middle of the painting. She appears very deep in thought and from her view it when Antonio speaks out and he pops in it almost looks like he blended with the painting.
"Excuse miss. Is this thee art classroom for people who are starting out?" I am lost and its my first day here."
The lady zooms out of her painting and says "Ye... yes...... this is for people starting........ out."
She noticed Antonio had an accent and she also noticed he had a mask on. She asked something and she is polite as well with her question but she wanted to carefully time it because she was worried she might offend Antonio. She hesistates in her question and says "Why do.....do....do you wear a mask? You....you.......you arent going to rob me...... are you?"
She is sweating bullets at this point but Antonio knows she isnt like the other people who wouldnt make fun of him because of the mask. Instead he smiles and extends his hand then says "My name is Antonio. Im a luchador. Uhh you probably never heard of wrestling before so I will explain in simple terms. Luchador is a wrestler who uses a mexican jumping and flying style to attack his opponents. I wear the mask not because I want to hide myself but its because I value tradition and the safety of my family. Uh I come from Mexico and if my face was on national television people my people would be upset and try to hurt my family to get back at me because I have a chance to be a wrestler............as long as I learn in a school too."
This art teacher wipes her sweat off her face and wipes it on her apron and extends her hand "OH phew! I understand why you would wear that. Normally I dont allow students to wear masks or hats."
She smiles and says "Just dont wear the mask with a hat though ok? My name is Mrs. Hunter. Its funny you mention you are a wrestler. My husband wrestles as well and maybe you have heard of him before?"
Antonio looks at Mrs. Hunter in amazement and says " You arent kidding me! Does he compete in local events or national events?!"
Mrs. Hunter says "Well he used to be in local events in the LCFA but now he is at national level with a famous company. He is really good but I know what a Luchador is. He is more of a wrestler wrestler. But he acts as a tough macho type of person. But he acts nice at the same time. People think he is nuts."
Antonio looks and says "Oh my goodness. Your husband is 'The Legend Hunter'! He is a tough vietnam era kind of guy who always walks in with any type of vietnam era gun and he tells a story before he fights his opponent!!"
Mrs. Hunter responds "Thats him. Very funny person when he acts macho because everyone knows he isnt but he still wins the matches."
Antonio says "I faced him once in LCFA. He kicked my butt in about 20 minutes. I didnt mean to hurt him either because he seemed like a nice person. During practice because its set up he was always giving me a glare and I was smiling the whole time. I try to be friendly you know. I am 'Firefly kid'. I have about 100 masks and outfits at home but my music is loud and nice, the fireworks shock alot of people and I enter different sometimes."
Antonio continued
"Sometimes I like jumping out like Rey Mysterio then going around and slapping hands with literally every single person before I enter. For that match I had to jump out of a helicopter 20 feet in the air and Im lucky the damage wasnt that bad but I acted like I landed perfect. I could still move my legs. Probably another reason I lost besides the fact that your husband kicked the tar out of me."
Antonio looks over and says "Wow that is cool! Hey what are you painting anyways? What is that exactly?"
Mrs. Hunter responds "Paradise. It looks like a place you would want to retire for the rest of your life in and live with your kids there. I made about 200 paintings in my lifetime but none were any good so I have to keep trying. Do you think its good? Even though it is not colored and its missing something?"
Antonio says "Without color there isnt any life. For the grass it looks like something you would find in a quit park with kids playing baseball in the background. Go grab a patch of grass from the field. For the lake in the background well get a camera and take a picture of the ocean near here. The sky make it baby blue and the dirt should be a mix of light brown bark and specs of beach sand. The sun should be a mix of bright orange and yellow. After that find the colors and put them in. Then add a couple of birds flying and maybe a giant tiger. Just kidding about the tiger. But the birds would be nice and I think that would be 'paradise'."
The teacher looks at Antonio and says "I think you are going to do very well in this class judging by the way you think. Sure people might think colors are colors but there are only certain colors that bring out 'life' and paintings need to come alive. Its a statement about something. It says 'I am pleasant. Look at me!' Anyways class is starting soon so heres a canvas and some paintbrushes with water, and an apron. Dont forget the paint too. This is going to be a long lesson."
Antonio grabs all his equipment and sits down while waiting for other classmates to show up.
(Anyone feel free to pop in.)
"Excuse miss. Is this thee art classroom for people who are starting out?" I am lost and its my first day here."
The lady zooms out of her painting and says "Ye... yes...... this is for people starting........ out."
She noticed Antonio had an accent and she also noticed he had a mask on. She asked something and she is polite as well with her question but she wanted to carefully time it because she was worried she might offend Antonio. She hesistates in her question and says "Why do.....do....do you wear a mask? You....you.......you arent going to rob me...... are you?"
She is sweating bullets at this point but Antonio knows she isnt like the other people who wouldnt make fun of him because of the mask. Instead he smiles and extends his hand then says "My name is Antonio. Im a luchador. Uhh you probably never heard of wrestling before so I will explain in simple terms. Luchador is a wrestler who uses a mexican jumping and flying style to attack his opponents. I wear the mask not because I want to hide myself but its because I value tradition and the safety of my family. Uh I come from Mexico and if my face was on national television people my people would be upset and try to hurt my family to get back at me because I have a chance to be a wrestler............as long as I learn in a school too."
This art teacher wipes her sweat off her face and wipes it on her apron and extends her hand "OH phew! I understand why you would wear that. Normally I dont allow students to wear masks or hats."
She smiles and says "Just dont wear the mask with a hat though ok? My name is Mrs. Hunter. Its funny you mention you are a wrestler. My husband wrestles as well and maybe you have heard of him before?"
Antonio looks at Mrs. Hunter in amazement and says " You arent kidding me! Does he compete in local events or national events?!"
Mrs. Hunter says "Well he used to be in local events in the LCFA but now he is at national level with a famous company. He is really good but I know what a Luchador is. He is more of a wrestler wrestler. But he acts as a tough macho type of person. But he acts nice at the same time. People think he is nuts."
Antonio looks and says "Oh my goodness. Your husband is 'The Legend Hunter'! He is a tough vietnam era kind of guy who always walks in with any type of vietnam era gun and he tells a story before he fights his opponent!!"
Mrs. Hunter responds "Thats him. Very funny person when he acts macho because everyone knows he isnt but he still wins the matches."
Antonio says "I faced him once in LCFA. He kicked my butt in about 20 minutes. I didnt mean to hurt him either because he seemed like a nice person. During practice because its set up he was always giving me a glare and I was smiling the whole time. I try to be friendly you know. I am 'Firefly kid'. I have about 100 masks and outfits at home but my music is loud and nice, the fireworks shock alot of people and I enter different sometimes."
Antonio continued
"Sometimes I like jumping out like Rey Mysterio then going around and slapping hands with literally every single person before I enter. For that match I had to jump out of a helicopter 20 feet in the air and Im lucky the damage wasnt that bad but I acted like I landed perfect. I could still move my legs. Probably another reason I lost besides the fact that your husband kicked the tar out of me."
Antonio looks over and says "Wow that is cool! Hey what are you painting anyways? What is that exactly?"
Mrs. Hunter responds "Paradise. It looks like a place you would want to retire for the rest of your life in and live with your kids there. I made about 200 paintings in my lifetime but none were any good so I have to keep trying. Do you think its good? Even though it is not colored and its missing something?"
Antonio says "Without color there isnt any life. For the grass it looks like something you would find in a quit park with kids playing baseball in the background. Go grab a patch of grass from the field. For the lake in the background well get a camera and take a picture of the ocean near here. The sky make it baby blue and the dirt should be a mix of light brown bark and specs of beach sand. The sun should be a mix of bright orange and yellow. After that find the colors and put them in. Then add a couple of birds flying and maybe a giant tiger. Just kidding about the tiger. But the birds would be nice and I think that would be 'paradise'."
The teacher looks at Antonio and says "I think you are going to do very well in this class judging by the way you think. Sure people might think colors are colors but there are only certain colors that bring out 'life' and paintings need to come alive. Its a statement about something. It says 'I am pleasant. Look at me!' Anyways class is starting soon so heres a canvas and some paintbrushes with water, and an apron. Dont forget the paint too. This is going to be a long lesson."
Antonio grabs all his equipment and sits down while waiting for other classmates to show up.
(Anyone feel free to pop in.)