Self Discovery – Purpose, Perseverance, Patience, Power.
My design journey started about 15 years ago and it has been one epic episode to the next and I have evolved in a very progressive yet humbling manner, design is my choice of weapon in this war we fight in todays world, this war is made up of doubt, fear, prejudice, oppression, conformity, mediocrity, the status quo, the media, societal standards, stereotypes and misplaced culture just to name a few….Design is my powerful tool for change, I have discovered that design is not just how things work and look beautiful, design is culture, culture is life, life is all about creation, design is everything and everything is design. Design is the ever evolving state of the Art.
As an African I know the challenges faced in todays world, issues with racism, poverty of mind, generational setback, political setbacks, colonialism and other related issues that I have dealt with in my years. I have been quite fortunate to have some degree of freedom through my gained intellectual capacity that I have been building through education, intuition, knowledge of self, knowledge of creation and awareness of cultural identity. I can go on and on but I will not, I want to focus on my creative journey .
As a creative I have somehow found my purpose through patience and perseverance, I can see clearly now, its all aligned and it is what has brought me to this very moment of existence, “my people perish of lack of knowledge”, wisdom is what I seek on a daily basis, with this knowledge and power – I want to create a better world, a new narrative, a new way of thinking – Applied Imagination has opened my eyes to a whole new world, a new fantastic point of view, no one to tell us No or Where To Go. A place where reality is constantly questioned, A place where creativity strives, the place I cherish the most.
