Written on January 23, 2009 – 2:19 pm | by Maria Mihale |
This is a story about being an artist, living the most unbelievable life possible, having the wildest dreams that a human being can have and, more important than anything else, making them come true. When you’re a singer and you want to stand out from your competition, you don’t care about the means very much, because all you can think of is the fact that you must become famous.



This is what happened with Josh Pyke, an Australian singer-songwriter, who had the crazy idea of commissioning a stunning guitar boat. The weird demand of the artist was more than justified, if you think about it, because there’s nothing in the whole world to catch the general attention than those things that are far from crossing humans’ minds on a regular basis.

This guy converted the guitar-shaped boat into a genuine star, because it appeared in a video for a song with the title “Make you happy”. After taking advantages of the awkward presence of the boat in the video, Josh Pyke decided to auction it off, in his attempt to raise funds for Indigenous Literacy Project.



“Seeing the guitar boat clip spread around the world has been one of the highlights of releasing this album [Chimney’s Fire] so far”, said the artist in a discussion with the guys from Undercover News. In addition, he said that “I love the idea that its charm will now go towards helping something I’m passionate about”.

Maybe you’re eccentric human beings who’d love to have their own guitar-shaped boat or you are generous and always ready to make a good deed, so I’m sure you’re interested in information about the auction. Therefore, the boat is going to hit an auction that is said to take place on eBay from February 9 to February 12.

However, if you don’t have the means to participate to this auction, maybe you’d like to see the boat before being sold, and you can do this by visiting the Australian National Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour, Sydney.

(Source: gadgets.boingboing.net)