I have a lot to dedicate to Morrissey for his lyrics and his feelings. I learned to listen to his music at a young age, miraculously found in the pop culture’s vomit soup of MTV and radio. As an illustrator, I started making drawings with references to Morrissey and mixing with pop references, keeping true to what I like and have always admired.
A great plot twist for me was now, as an adult, to see an artwork of mine with him.
“Kick them when they fall down”. At the time that “That joke isn’t funny anymore” played at the Leeds show in 2020, seeing my art on the screen, serving as Morrissey’s backdrop, was one of the most surreal things.
Seeing someone who inspires you to embrace something you did is a feeling that no one will ever take away from me. It is a connection of respect and honor, something that there is certainly haven’t so much space in the modern world.
There are few people with whom I share my musical tastes, there’s one in particular that I love to do, and she knows who she is.
I’ll always have enough space for Morrissey in my home with records, t-shirts and books. Because that’s what I am, and I always will be: A dog without a chain.
Here’s the video:
Rodrigo Pires
Graphic Designer and Illustrator
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Letters to Morrissey 