mESsD Uhp? YeeAH. MeSsEd uP.
(by Liam Ian Black 🥃)
Many mistakes have been made. Many mistakes have been made but the truest effort is to learn from them and continue to allow for new mistakes to be made and to take place.
We’re currently operating within the Photography Quarter still doing Art. It just so happens that things have worked out to keep Art within our vision before Design and Photography.
We’re currently operating within the Photography Quarter still doing Art. It just so happens that things have worked out to keep Art within our vision before Design and Photography.
One thing I’ve surely learned is that there is no straight path or direct course within life—to life and progress. There are things about life that will just be out of anyones control because one of the mistakes we make is thinking that life itself is a non-living thing to be controlled when in some perspectives it is not. Life will have its way because life is just nature and the nature of things.
We should not assume that we can control and run everything but we certainly can attempt to appeal and negotiate and contribute to it.
As I continue on the journey of discovering and further cultivating my creativity, I’m finding much more about who I am as an artist as much as life is revealing to me who I am as a man. The importance of my identity as an artist truly informs who I am as a designer and photography…and even entrepreneur. In this process that I might continue to call “chaos” I’m finding that I truly reside within two worlds; one of Neo-expressionist Abstract Art and the other being Fine Abstract Art combining Textured Paints and Elements. With that, the colors I’ve further come to favor are Blacks, Golds, Silvers, Reds with White in some moderation. Additionally my method is of beginning works on a canvas of Black instead of White…to add extra depth and richness has truly become a mainstay creative philosophy.
Heavily influenced by the likes of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Rothko and Virgil Abloh, my signature is still in development. My style currently is still exploratory but remains anchored and committed to positively conveying messages that will positively influence and inform People of Color, Ethnicity and Culture towards respect for Intelligence, Ethnicity and Innovation as the major avenues for dynamic Improvement, Refinement and Progression.
SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE.
For People of Color, things have to change. It just is what it is. Something has to change. Of course while we may not be able to affect and change the things outside of our control, we certainly can make efforts to change the things within…beginning with ourselves. This is our intention as an Arts and Creativity operation. We’re continuing the efforts of contributing to cultivating aesthetics and environments that cater to pushing things forward for People of Color and all those associated within the endeavor of Unity, Promise and Prosperity.
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