Looking at the logo to the right you will see three “kanji” and one English word. These three “kanji” actually make two very different words with the same pronunciation, “tensai”. Along the top of the logo you will see which means “genius” and along the side of the logo you will see which means “natural disaster”. The last word in the logo is the English word . Here this does not mean, “the G&R concert was canceled so there was a riot in downtown Vancouver”, but more “Dude! This is so much fun, I am having a riot!” In other words, it means “to have a really good time”.
 
So now you are asking yourself, “ya, so what does tensai riot mean then?” Simply put tensai riot means this. Sometimes everything goes right and you feel like anything you try will succeed (  ). Sometimes everything goes wrong and the worst case scenario suddenly becomes a frightening reality (  ). But no matter what happens you gata have some fun ( ).
 
Basically, this is how I am trying to live my life, sometimes things go well, sometimes they go to sh!t, but no matter what, I really want to enjoy the short time I have been granted on this speck of dust falling through the universe we call home.
 
  
Jason Halayko
tensai riot photography
 
WHAT IS “tensai riot”?
It’s an idea, a philosophy, a motto, simply put, it’s a way of life.