>>THERE’S ALWAYS A DEEPER PURPOSE FOR SUFFERING, THAT’S WHAT ONE MAN BELIEVES AFTER
HIS LIFE HAS BEEN FILLED WITH
HARDSHIPS AND HARD TIME.
>>BUT IT WAS DURING THOSE
CHAPTERS IN HIS LIFE THAT HE
PERFECTED THE UNIQUE SKILL OF
CARVING ART OUT OF
WOODEN PIECES, 10 NEWS ANCHOR
JAPHANIE GRAY SHARES HOW HE
SYMBOLICALLY CARD HIS STORY.
WELL THE SCENE OF THE BLUE
RIDGE.
THEY CHOSE BASICALLY
MY TEACHER. >>ROGER TRANSIT DAVIS IS REMINISCING ABOUT HIS CHILDHOOD
GROWING UP IN THE MOUNTAINS IN
WITH BILL AS A YOUNG DAUGHTER
GROWING UP GIFTS.
WAS GENERALLY GUNS AND
AMMUNITION.
I HOPPED.
ROGERS SAYS IT WAS CHALLENGING GROWING UP DURING THAT TIME IN OUR HISTORY, ESPECIALLY WITHOUT
A FATHER.
THE KLAN KILLED.
HOW DO YOU GO ON
FROM HERE TO ADULTHOOD
WITHOUT THAT STRONG MY AND YOUR LIFE TO TEACH YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO DO A NOTICE
OF THAT.
BUT THERE WAS A UNIQUE SKILL.
HE LEARNED IN THAT CHAPTER OF
HIS LIFE ONE.
>>AND CHERRY TREE
ROUTE.
>>THAT WILL PLAY A CRITICAL
PART OVER TIME FOR ROGER WHEN I
WANTED TO A TOY MAY BE
SOMETHING TO PLAY WITH
YOU TAKE A KNIFE
AND YOU.
CARSON’S WAY FOCUS TO
DO IT.
>>FROM CARVING TOYS IS AN 8
YEAR-OLD TO THESE BEAUTIFUL
INTRICATE WOODEN PIECES YOU SEE
THROUGHOUT HIS HOME SEE
FINDINGS IN WOOD.
>>AND ART.
OH MY HANDS FOR SOME REASON
THEY HAVE TO
CONTINUALLY MOVE REFLECT THINGS
THAT I’VE SEEN INSIDE.
AND GOT HIS GIVE ME THE GRACE
IN MY HANDS AND MY MAN.
TO MAKE
A MATERIALIZE.
>>BY INSIDE ROGER MEANS THE
DECADES HE SPENT IN PRISON
STARTING IN 1972 HAS 8 OUNCE OF
MARIJUANA.
>>AND SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON AND A $20,000 FINE SEE MY GOD ABOUT
THE ON WANT TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE
OUT OF.
BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF
MY SKIN.
>>THIS IS WHERE THE ART OF
CARVING WOULD REINTRODUCE TO
SELF TO ROGER AND IT WAS
THROUGH A FELLOW INMATE AN
ARTIST HE CALLED BROCKMAN HE
WOULD TAKE A PIECE OF SLATE AND
GRANITE ON THE SIDEWALK.
AND THAT HE WOULD PAINT IT UP
WITH US TO
PICK I HE TAUGHT ME THAT THERE
IS NOTHING THAT IS NOT USEFUL
STUFF THAT WE THROW AWAY.
OUR TREASURES.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST NOT
THE ROUGH.
IT IS OFF OF IT.
AND PUT YOUR SIGNATURE ON IT
JUST WANT TO
SEE THAT.
>>THEY EACH PIECE PIECE BY
PIECE SAVING BY SHAVING ROGER
WORKED ON HIS ART AND HIMSELF
OUT SO MUCH RELIEF.
AND JUST SETTING WITH A RAZOR
BLADE AND A PIECE OF WOOD AND
CREATING ONE OF GOT AROUND ME
EVERY PIECE OF.
SPENT ON THE NOT CARVE OFF A
PIECE OF WOOD WAS LIKE A A
PIECE OF ME THAT WAS
IRRELEVANT.
THAT I WAS ABLE TO CUT OFF.
AND
PERFECT MYSELF.
HE SAYS CARVING WOOD WAS A
GREAT WAY TO PASS THE
TIME BY AVOID NEGATIVE
THOUGHTS IN THE PAIN OF BEING
LOCKED UP AFTER THOSE 40 LONG
YEARS HE STILL HAS THAT SPARKLE
IN
HIS EYES.
>>WHICH WILL MAKE ANYONE DO A
DOUBLE TAKE AFTER LEARNING HIS
EVEN MORE SO DESPITE THE INJUSTICES. HE’S BEEN DEALT.
>>I DON’T JUDGE
PEOPLE BY THE COLOR OF THE
SKIN,
WHAT THEY WEIGH A TOWEL OUT HOW
SHOCKED THEY ARE HE SAYS HE
LOOKS TO PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR
HEARTS AND WANTS OTHERS TO DO
THE
IT’S A FREE MAN
NOW IN 2023 RAJA WORKS AS A
SUMMIT MASON
BY DAY.
>>THE CONTINUE SELLING HIS
STORY THROUGH WOULD
BY NIGHT.
HE IS PIECE TOGETHER HIS WOODEN
PUZZLE OF A JOURNEY
TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO NEVER TAKE
LIFE FOR GRANTED.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH SUFFERING
IS INVOLVED.
>>SMILED AND LAUGHED A LOT OF
CLOUDS AND PRISONS BECAUSE THAT
WAS A LOT TO SMILE LAUGH ABOUT.
YOU KNOW YOU DON’T THAT HARDSHIP JUST LEAVE YOU. I MEAN TO DIS ALL THE FACES.
>>SO I’M HOPING
THAT A SOMEONE WILL
OVERNIGHT AS AND SAY WOW.
THIS IS WHAT HUMAN BEINGS CAN
WITHSTAND.
IF I CAN DO THAT TO ANYBODY.
MY WIFE HAS BEEN WELL SPENT.
>>HERE’S AN EXAMPLE JUST ONE OF THE MANY WOODEN PIECES ROGER HAS CREATED HE SAYS THIS IS TO
MAKE AN WOULD AND LIKE HIS
OTHER PIECES FIELD WITH HIS
HISTORY.
ROGER IS
NOW 8 PRISON UP
REENTRY CONSULTANT FOR PEOPLE
ENTERING THE PRISON SYSTEM
WHERE HE MENTORS
EDUCATES AND HELPS THEM PREPARE
FOR
ADVOCATE
FOR ADVOCATE FOR BILLS TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA
TO HELP PREVENT WHAT HAPPENED