the pencil

By Simon Shen

When Jordi Avila was younger, he loved to party in Mexico, lights shining all around with upbeat music. Everyone together as a family and enjoying their time with each other's company, no burdens, just enjoying life. There were colors and plenty of different designs that inspired his creativity. “Ever since I was little, I like to party everyday, it so peaceful and fun," said Avila.

Jordi loved drawing, whenever he gets the chance to, he draws. Every time he picks up a crayon, he draws whatever is in his mind and also scribbles. Each stroke made him even more curious. How different brushes change the style and how the art is viewed. This expanded his love for creating different things and experimenting with them. He drew with different types of color pencils, markers, and crayons. Using multiple types of different colors, he created different ways of how a car looks and designed his own cars. 

Everything was full of colors there in Mexico, Sunshine everywhere. He liked to listen to jazz and Spanish music when he’s working out. He loved customizing and trying out new ways to create. As he grew older, he started to work on cars more often. Moving his creativity from drawing to designing cars. Spray painting different colors and tuning them. He loved the sound of turbos in cars and engines roaring. To him, it was a way to express himself and who he truly is.