PERSON...
HAS... A.....STORY.......
I have lived 39 years of life and for a great part of it been numbed to the Needs of others, not stuff, but needs of humanity....Other's emotional needs were to me just an inconvenience. I held extremely high standards for myself, so I really could not appreciate others who didn't numb and just run away and keep going like me. I was never sad, but i didn't get to experience true joy either, I guess. I rather enjoyed my life, but there was this deep something bubbling up in me, and I knew I had to explore what it was before I exploded. I found that it was the ALIVE, deeply passionate, Deeply feeling, me that i thought had died, wanting to show me that she was still in there somewhere and she wanted out. She was tired of being held captive. I have studied artists for as far back as I can remember, and one thing I noticed was that you could put all the paintings of most of the masters and line them all up and see their lives told in their
And I will say "I beg to differ....look closer...." You see, all of these images are of a tribe of people in a land a half a world away from me, called Mozambique.... Earlier this year, I watched a documentary by Anthony Bourdain about Mozambique, and it really impressed me about these people. I loved their story, and after that it seemed like i heard it everywhere, i saw it everywhere, and I felt like it was calling me. I started looking up to see if there were jobs there, maybe I was supposed to go there and work, or do something with these people, but turned up nothing. I still couldn't stop thinking about them, so I set out to do what only I know, PAINT THEM.
their stories, i want to know more....
I want to learn from them.... not just the people of Mozambique, but all over the world. I must go now... I am off to study.... God show me where the larger story is unfolding....
FOR THE LOVE OF HUMANITY...
(that is the name of the next series...look for it..)
This is the first series of a set of 3 which I have designed. The other two are still in progress. I will keep you posted.
no less or better than.....
Until we meet again.....
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