We all yearn for change but many believe this change is impossible. Many believe their lives are forever going to be scarred by the memories of their past mistakes. Many don’t consider themselves worthy of love, respect or kindness because of their past flaws. But my message today, using the symbol of upcycling is that; […]
Read more
For some interesting reason, the sketchbook I used to the first illustrations of my tyre tube works was an old vehicle log book. I didn’t make the immediate connection between the vehicle log and tyres…and the symbolism they shared till later. It began as a crazy way of upcycling or repurposing a log book rather […]
Read more
Peace, calm, focus, minimalism are the words that come to me when I first think about these works. It’s about decluttering the past, moving away from the many options of color, forms and sticking with one. It’s a representation of our blackness in abstract forms. It’s a representation of our story, our journey also symbolized by the use of upcycled rubber tire tubes signifying migration; interwoven tires signifying our interconnected journeys and stories, aligning no matter where we find ourselves.
Read more
In late 2020 I was honored to be on a group call with Virgil Abloh where I had a chance to ask him some questions about his creative process. After this call a friend who had asked a similar question about how a creative can juggle many roles called me up: this led to a […]
Read more
On my last day of completing university, I headed out to this famous club with some friends. It was down this one-way street meaning we had to park our cars at the junction and walk about two minutes to the venue. After parking and whiles waiting for some other friends to join us, I saw […]
Read more
I find it amazing that countless times in the Bible, God tells us not to fear and to trust Him. The question is, why will God tell us to trust Him and not fear when realistically we have every single reason to be afraid? God says we should trust Him, because He knows that in […]
Read more
Are you familiar with the concept of gratitude journals: journaling testimonies and things you are grateful for? If you haven’t I highly recommend you begin doing this. One of the biggest reasons is that, we as humans tend to forget all the good things in our life and become increasingly ungrateful once problems show up. […]
Read more
Have fear and anxiety ever tried to keep you from fulfilling God’s purpose for your life? If yes, you aren’t alone. Fear and anxiety can drain a person of all their energy and place them in deep distress. They can paralyze a person to the point of idleness and extreme fatigue; all of which makes […]
Read more
Have you ever been in a business negotiation with a skilled negotiator bent on giving you a terrible offer? A situation whereby the other party is solely interested in winning even if it’s at your loss. Hopefully you have never met someone as greedy that, but if you have, that’s exactly how fear works. Fear […]
Read more
I recall having a conversation about introversion with a young man during an exhibition at Gallery 1957 in Accra. His first words to me upon saying hello were “are you an introvert or extrovert”. Honestly I struggle to answer this question because I am a bit of both, though I find myself being more introverted. […]
Read more