I've been missing you I should be kissing you, I wouldn't tell a lie got a love I can't deny. Late-night I listen for your call it never really matter how you came and went like ocean tides silently falling against a sandy beach. I close my eyes and I see you clear It feels like you're lying here next to me, Honey come back to me. Your love was so sweet like an open flower in bloom I'm dizzy from the time we spent together I thought it would be forever. I keep dreaming about your honey dip sweet sugar-coated lips and loli-pop fingertips. You know that I adored you its the way you loved me that kept me stuck on you like honey glue. "When no one would protect you I'm sorry I wasn't around to make them respect you." "I loved you cause you were my Honey even when I didn't have any money." Now you free among the angels "Babe" bee who you are Mother Nature made you smile on the rising sun there will be no more...

PICTURE MY WORDS Picture My Word is a collection of visual and poetic lyrics and a journey through my perspective on human issues. It is an intimate glimpse into who and what I am as a man, as a black man. I firmly believe that one man's thought is a gift to another man's knowledge. This book is a testament to that philosophy, a painted picture of my thoughts and emotions. Silent Watching I see America, but America doesn't see me. I listen to America, but America doesn't hear me. I'm a Silent Watcher, I'm you, you are me, we are not so different as it might seem. I, like you, search for answers to the unconscious self in the hope of finding the divine being that lies dormant. This standard search for knowledge and a better self enables me to reflect on my experiences. So hear my message and picture my thoughts, for we are not so different. DEGRADATION OF A BLACK MAN A Black Man + No Education = No Job A Black Man + No Job = No Money A Black Man + Crime = Time A ...

"Who Shot You" is a multi-genre photo exhibition by performance photographer Anthony Alden documenting urban musicians live in concert. Anthony Alden has photographed hundreds of nationally renowned artists over the past 15 years. He's the Founder and Publication Director of X Urban Music Magazine.   

             Anthony Alden Vines speaking about his late brother Marvin Vines's artwork.                                                www.marvinvines.com

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 Feelings we try to chase, feelings we can't erase pictures capture our innermost thoughts of expression. This is a collection of photos I captured over the years moving in space and time.

We may not directly control the politics in government; white corporate America, educational institutions, Hollywood, the judicial system, and financial institutions, but one thing we do have absolute control over is our own lives and choices that we make. I know choices can be influenced by our circumstances: the reality of police brutality, drugs, unemployment, poverty, broken families, poor education, and gang violence. Personal responsibility is a hard pill to swallow because it is easy to wallow in the misery of being a victim. “I have a felony conviction and can’t find a job so I’m going back to the streets” is an attitude too many young brothers commit to. Too often the fear of incarceration is no longer a deterrent for not going to prison. Lockdown has become a badge of honor rite of passage that some brothers proudly proclaim membership.  It’s difficult to have hope when your future is unclear, unpredictable and bleak because you have an arrest record that the job ma...

Aunt Mona “WHEN WE WERE YOUNG” collection is a nostalgic journey back to the days of innocence. Through the eye of a camera and precision photographer, Anthony Alden Vines allow the viewer to reminisce our childhood. Lost Child Anthony Alden grew up in Toledo, Ohio the youngest from a family of ten, 8 boys, 2 girls. The art of creativity was passed down to him by his father the late Clifton Vines (photographer) who exposed him to his prolific creative gifts for documenting the black experience in Toledo, Ohio 1950s and ’60s through portrait photography. Anthony Alden diverse repertoire of imagery is inspired solely by his passion to verbalize the contemporary urban black experience. Each photograph echoed the demand for African Americans to be portrayed in a positive light. A smile, frown of discontent, first haircut, friendship, and exploration are just some of the precious moments this unique one of a kind, exhibit capture. Bringing a message of peace and hope i...