The Fifth Goal

Transcendental Graffiti Zine

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The Fifth Goal articles and reviews...

The Fifth Goal book has been getting some nice attention in the media...here is a list of a few of the reviews and articles that I can recall at the moment. Check them out!

‘The Fifth Goal 1998-2003: Transcendental Graffiti Zine’ explores railroad graffiti art, late young author’s spiritual journey -- http://www.theutahreview.com/fifth-goal-1998-2003-transcendental-graffiti-zine-explores-railroad-graffiti-art-late-young-authors-spiritual-journey/

BLAKE DONNER'S "THE FIFTH GOAL 1998-2003" BOOK OF ZINES -- http://www.juxtapoz.com/graffiti/blake-donner-s-the-fifth-goal-1998-2003-book-of-zines

Leaving His Mark: Blake Donner’s love of zines and graffiti gets a second life -- http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/leaving-his-mark/Content?oid=2701810

The Fifth Goal 1998 - 2003: Transcendental Graffiti Zine (Division Leap/Hierophant, 2015) -- http://www.noecho.net/reviews/the-fifth-goal-1998-2003-transcendental-graffiti-zine-division-leap

Reflections on Railroad Runes (Art Review: Art of Blake Donner) -- http://saltlakemagazine.com/blog/2015/01/28/reflections-on-railroad-runes/

[FEATURED IN] Courageous artistic expression underscores memorable artistic moments of Utah Enlightenment in 2015 -- http://www.theutahreview.com/courageous-artistic-expression-underscores-memorable-moments-utah-enlightenment-2015/

And don’t forget that you can still order copies of the book here: http://www.divisionleap.com/pages/books/23134/and-contributors-travis-low-kate-davis-adam-davis-laura-hamblin-greg-bennick/the-fifth-goal-1998-2003-transcendental-graffiti-zine #GRAFFITI #ZINES #RIOT #RIP RIOT #BLAKE DONNER #UTAH #SLC #FREIGHT TRAIN GRAFFITI#TRAINS #RAILROAD

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The second printing of The Fifth Goal can now be pre-ordered here!

http://tinyurl.com/thefifthgoal2015

The first printing sold out before publication, so the book is back at press for a second run, due to ship out in early March. Your pre-orders on this second run will help pay for the printing costs. And, as with the first time around, any profits from this project go straight to a scholarship fund in Blake Donner’s name at UVU.

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The Fifth Goal 1998-2003: Transcendental Graffiti Zine

Portland, Ore. and Salt Lake City: Division Leap and Hierophant, 2015. Second printing. 8vo, 436 pp, trade paperback. Second printing, one of a limited edition of 200 copies. New from the publisher. Division Leap and Hierophant are glad to announce the joint publication The Fifth Goal, which collects all 8 issues of Blake Donner's zine devoted to freight train graffiti, reprinting every page and cover in its

The Fifth Goal book is being printed now! It looks amazing. It is debuting at the LA Art Book Fair later this month, and we are taking pre-orders for the books now. Go here to preorder the book! -- http://tinyurl.com/thefifthgoal2015. (UPDATE: The first printing sold out completely on pre-orders. A second printing is being planned now, and you can pre-order a copy of the second printing at the above link. Orders for the second printing can be made now, and copies will ship to you in early March. Thanks!)

This new book compiles and reprints every cover and page of all 8 issues of Blake Donner's incredible freight train graffiti zine in its entirety...along with some new essays and artwork. For those of you who don't already know, Blake Donner is my late friend and bandmate, who died at the young age of 24 back in 2005. The book also features a brief foreword, a series of essays written by me, Adam Davis, and Greg Bennick, along with a prose-poem by Blake's mother Laura Hamblin. I am really proud of the book and I can't wait to share it with you all. See the link for more details on the book.

As most of you know, we have been working on this for a long time now. I'm really proud of the project and feel extremely lucky to be working with Division Leap (Adam Davis and Kate Schaefer), Greg Bennick, and Fredrik Averin (a very talented designer who helped us out crucially) on this project...without them, there is no way this project would have happened.

Thanks to everyone who helped us spread the word, who donated/contributed material, and supported us to take the project this far. The books will be in our hands at the end of month!

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No, these are not the scribblings of a madman… This is my checklist for The Fifth Goal book, which, as you can see, is now multilayered and multidimensional. I can no longer read it or understand what most of it is actually supposed to mean. What it now means is that the work on the book is nearly done! We are currently finishing up the final design details with a pro up in Oregon, and we plan to send the book to the printers by next week. Early February release, here we come! More details soon!!

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With some exciting news coming in the next week or so, we are proud that our project has been featured in this new article, check it out! Again, stay tuned for more news on The Fifth Goal Reprint coming soon!

Art: A Utah Enlightenment | Salt Lake Magazine

An exciting surge of art and creative expression has begun in Utah, reflecting a state in cultural transformation. The state's artists are also commenting on the power and fragility of our land and the surge of technology. [...] ...a group based in Utah and Oregon are about to publish in book form the complete issues of a zine created by the late Blake Donner. The Fifth Goal documented freight-train graffiti—the chalk drawings and texts created by hobos and train-hoppers in Utah...

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Saltfront Issue #2 is out! It features a preview of The Fifth Goal Reprint that we are currently working on and we are happy with how it turned out! The preview shows the entire fourth issue of The Fifth Goal (featuring an interview with Colossus of Roads).

You can order a copy here http://saltfront.org -- or, you can purchase a copy at Ken Sanders Rare Books in Salt Lake City.

More news on the complete reprint book coming very soon!

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News

Saltfront (https://www.facebook.com/saltfront) is printing a preview of The Fifth Goal reprint in their second issue, which is now at the printers. It will be out soon!! Also, we are making great progress on the complete reprinting of The Fifth Goal…more news on this very soon. We are still looking at a summertime release!

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Photo courtesy buZ blurr. With Blake on the way to West Coast Hobo Gathering 2001 - Helper, Utah.

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Blake Donner - Helper, Utah - June 2001

Thanks to buZ blurr for sharing this with me today.

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I'm excited to announce that the arts and literary journal Saltfront will be printing a preview of The Fifth Goal reprint project that I've been working on in their upcoming issue!

If you are unfamiliar with Saltfront, I highly recommend checking out their website (linked below) and ordering a copy of their first issue. Saltfront is a group of "writers, poets, musicians and artists—eco-lyrical knockabouts looking for new stories to tell about human landscapes" whose mission is to "tell stories of what it means to be human, searching for the newest and most vibrant expressions about home."

As far as the completed reprint project goes for The Fifth Goal, we are shooting for a summer release!

http://saltfront.org

http://thefifthgoal.tumblr.com

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An amazing thing happened awhile ago... Buz Blurr (aka Colossus of Roads) sent me this stencil that he made. Shortly after Blake's death, he used the stencil for boxcar dispatch images before minimizing the image and creating sheets of stamps for his mail art. I feel grateful and privileged to be able to use these pieces in the art and design of the upcoming reprint of The Fifth Goal and beyond as we develop a traveling exhibition for the zine and the art documented in the zine. Buz Blurr/Colossus of Roads is regularly featured throughout the issues of The Fifth Goal, and is the central focus of Issue #4. Here is a great passage from the interview that Blake conducted with him in Issue #4:

Q: What do you think of death, and does it motivate your art?

A: O Death! Kafka said, “The meaning of life is that it ends.” O Death — won’t you spare me for another year! Decidedly, my icon titles frequently refer to Death and Sorrow. As my inevitable demise becomes closer and closer, still I harp on the platitude of mortality. Vita Brevis. Papercide Park. The tenuousness of life as thin as a sheet of dissolvable paper.

Q: After thirty years, what keeps you going?

A: It is hard not to despair when you see so many of your icons covered with spray, but the realization of the impermanence of the drawings has always been a constant — now spray is added to the wind, the rain, the sun, which obliterated the lines of admitted resignation.

Q: So the desire to counteract impermanence is what keeps you going?

A: Ultimately the transitory nature cannot be counteracted. To maintain a presence in the rail net, one must assume the drawings made today are replacing the ones of yesterday, evaporating into the ether. Breakman of Monotony. A Zen Koan says, “If something is boring for five minutes, give it ten. If it is still boring after ten, give it an hour…a day…a year.”

Q: Approximately how many trains have you painted?

A: That would be hard to estimate. I’ve been on it nigh on to thirty years. Some days only a few drawings, some days over a hundred. And long stretches of none at all — those periods when I questioned the harm to my psyche of this obsession. Invariably I returned to this “Equilibrium Device,” unable to figure a more productive outlet for my expression.

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After a few busy weeks at work, we are back to work on The Fifth Goal Reprint. More news soon!

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Huge thanks to Amir Naghib at Captain Ahab's Rare Books for turning these copies up for us! Issue 1 and 3. We are still actively searching for issues of The Fifth Goal and other material related to TFG and Blake Donner/RIOT. The project is coming along very nicely. Thanks Amir!

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Making progress and working hard on the layout/design for The Fifth Goal reprint book. Stay tuned!

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Had a great time in Portland earlier this week. Spent some quality time planning out The Fifth Goal reprint project with Kate Schaefer and Adam Davis (and their sweet son, Jack) at their bookshop/publishing headquarters, Division Leap! ...we are making progress!

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Did we mention this array of amazing material from Blake's mother, Laura Hamblin? Yeah, she rules. A nice stack of The Fifth Goal zines here, including the original mock-ups for Issues 3 and 7 (the hand-made cut & paste originals which Blake used to make all subsequent copies of those issues). Also, a box full of photographs, and some other zine related material from Blake's things. Just about ready to get to work on the reprint.

We continue to seek The Fifth Goal, Riot, and other material related to Blake Donner long-term for the purposes of archiving, reprinting, etc...in service of archiving and spreading the material to a larger audience, while raising some funds for the Donner/Galbraith scholarship at UVU. We are interested in material to be loaned, donated, and we are willing and interested in purchasing things directly as well. Please continue to spread the word and be in touch! thefifthgoal.tumblr.com     --     [email protected]

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Stickers! They are modeled on the stickers Blake used to use. Got a bunch of them in the mail today…mail us a stamp and envelope and we'll be happy to send you a couple!

The Fifth Goal

561 4th Avenue

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Salt Lake City, UT 84103