EP #189 - A Burning Ember, And An Ode To Basquiat

Notes From The Week (NFTW) - Updates of life behind bars and some of the characters who live it every day. Spinning laps at the pay phone: define your own joy, the evolution of pants, and masquerading cults. You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website: notesfromthepen.com Support our show https://www.patreon.com/user?u=56777802 it allows us to create these podcasts. And check out the GoFundMe to help with Bobby’s new start https://www.gofundme.com/f/j3khzk-help-for-a-new-start Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotesFromThePen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJYuOh4pKxa/?igshid=y8lo9kbdifvq Shout-out to JD and Ashely Bell for all their behind the scenes support. Intro and Outro music created just for Notes From The Pen by PJ Trofibio and Jeff Quintero and used with permission.

Notes From The Week (NFTW) - Updates of life behind bars and some of the characters who live it every day. Another raid takes place at the prison, but not Bobby's unit this time. We reflect on the ever changing state of Florida, growing up in a diverse city, and the Peabody replies to mama c. You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website:   notesfromthepen.com Support our show https://www.patreon.com/user?u=56777802 it allows us to create these podcasts. And check out the GoFundMe to help with Bobby’s new start  https://www.gofundme.com/f/j3khzk-help-for-a-new-start Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotesFromThePen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJYuOh4pKxa/?igshid=y8lo9kbdifvq    Shout-out to JD and Ashely Bell for all their behind the scenes support. Intro and Outro music created just for Notes From The Pen by PJ Trofibio and Jeff Quintero and used with permission.

Finding your path, inspiration, and meaning for life. Painting has caused Bobby to explore the meaning behind the inspiration that's been pulling at his soul. From the early cave man days, to present time humans have asked the question; what's this life all about? You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website: notesfromthepen.com Support our show https://www.patreon.com/user?u=56777802 it allows us to create these podcasts. And check out the GoFundMe to help with Bobby’s new start https://www.gofundme.com/f/j3khzk-help-for-a-new-start Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotesFromThePen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJYuOh4pKxa/?igshid=y8lo9kbdifvq Shout-out to JD and Ashely Bell for all their behind the scenes support. Intro and Outro music created just for Notes From The Pen by PJ Trofibio and Jeff Quintero and used with permission.

Bobby experiences a burning a fire in his belly that drives him to create some soulful art that's pulled from the pain and suffering he lives daily behind bars. Painting is consuming his time, and he shares his love for Jean-Michel Basquiat's paintings. You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website: notesfromthepen.com Support our show https://www.patreon.com/user?u=56777802 it allows us to create these podcasts. And check out the GoFundMe to help with Bobby’s new start https://www.gofundme.com/f/j3khzk-help-for-a-new-start Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotesFromThePen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJYuOh4pKxa/?igshid=y8lo9kbdifvq Shout-out to JD and Ashely Bell for all their behind the scenes support. Intro and Outro music created just for Notes From The Pen by PJ Trofibio and Jeff Quintero and used with permission.

A throw back with Doug Stanhope and Bobby catching up. We'll be back next week with a new episode. Thank-you to Doug Stanhope. Please check out his website for tour dates and march. https://www.dougstanhope.com You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website:   notesfromthepen.com   And check out the GoFundMe  to help with Bobby’s new start  https://www.gofundme.com/f/j3khzk-help-for-a-new-start Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotesFromThePen  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJYuOh4pKxa/?igshid=y8lo9kbdifvq    Shout-out to JD and Ashely Bell for all their behind the scenes support. Intro and Outro music created just for Notes From The Pen by PJ Trofibio and Jeff Quintero and used with permission.  

Notes From The Week (NFTW) - Updates of life behind bars and some of the characters who live it every day. You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website:   notesfromthepen.com   Support our show https://www.patreon.com/user?u=56777802 it allows us to create these podcasts. And check out the GoFundMe  to help with Bobby’s new start  https://www.gofundme.com/f/j3khzk-help-for-a-new-start Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotesFromThePen  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJYuOh4pKxa/?igshid=y8lo9kbdifvq    Shout-out to JD and Ashely Bell for all their behind the scenes support. Intro and Outro music created just for Notes From The Pen by PJ Trofibio and Jeff Quintero and used with permission.  

The stress and reality of going home is creating anxiety, and Bobby breaks down the emotions that come with it. Will his long term incarceration cause him to be 'bugged out'? After reading a Paris Review, that has a compilation of their top creative writing pieces, one in particular has Bobby perplexed. The approach of warehousing people, soft on crime, and faiure to correct behavior is discussed. You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website:   notesfromthepen.com Support our show https://www.patreon.com/user?u=56777802  it allows us to create these podcasts. And check out the GoFundMe to help with Bobby’s new start  https://www.gofundme.com/f/j3khzk-help-for-a-new-start Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotesFromThePen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJYuOh4pKxa/?igshid=y8lo9kbdifvq    Shout-out to JD and Ashely Bell for all their behind the scenes support. Intro and Outro music created just for Notes From The Pen by PJ Trofibio and Jeff Quintero and used with permission. 

Bobby is off LOP (Loss Of Privileges), JD gets exciting news that may make him hit the skateboard again, flag football enters the Olympics in Paris, shoulder pain, and capitol punishment in the US. You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website:   notesfromthepen.com Support our show https://www.patreon.com/user?u=56777802 it allows us to create these podcasts. And check out the GoFundMe to help with Bobby’s new start  https://www.gofundme.com/f/j3khzk-help-for-a-new-start Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotesFromThePen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJYuOh4pKxa/?igshid=y8lo9kbdifvq    Shout-out to JD and Ashely Bell for all their behind the scenes support. Intro and Outro music created just for Notes From The Pen by PJ Trofibio and Jeff Quintero and used with permission.

Bobby's not feeling it, JD fills the gas tank, and a discussion about people who've experienced trauma find meaning, and how others (who've not suffered trauma) connect with that person. You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website:   notesfromthepen.com Support our show https://www.patreon.com/user?u=56777802 it allows us to create these podcasts. And check out the GoFundMe to help with Bobby’s new start  https://www.gofundme.com/f/j3khzk-help-for-a-new-start Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotesFromThePen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJYuOh4pKxa/?igshid=y8lo9kbdifvq    Shout-out to JD and Ashely Bell for all their behind the scenes support. Intro and Outro music created just for Notes From The Pen by PJ Trofibio and Jeff Quintero and used with permission.

For a while Bobby has been wanting to have Pops on here to talk about their connection as father and son. How they lost connection but have recently been able to rekindle it through pro-wrestling. You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website:   notesfromthepen.com And check out the GoFundMe to help with Bobby’s new start  https://www.gofundme.com/f/j3khzk-help-for-a-new-start Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotesFromThePen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJYuOh4pKxa/?igshid=y8lo9kbdifvq    Shout-out to JD and Ashely Bell for all their behind the scenes support.