Carry my Heart. It's too Heavy for Me.

I don't think there's much explanation to this piece. It's pretty literal. 

Or maybe I'm too embarrassed to explain. Take it as you like. 

 Lately,  I had the opportunity to speak to someone that really critiqued my work. 

One of the the things he suggested was combining all my skills together.

It was kind of a light bulb moment. It's something I've thought of before but never 

really clicked until he said it. 

So in this piece I combined my painting with my poetry. 

I added some of my Yoruba culture into the piece as well. The skirt
is Adire (Tie & Dye) and I translated the title of the piece into the language.

I'd like to share one of the poems I wrote on this piece.

Here it is:

The Butterfly Effect

I hate the feeling of
butterflies in my tummy

My heart thumping, thinking
imagining a relationship with
someone new
 
My emotions are lies at the
beginning and later on
tell the truth

It’s painful
tiring
unfair
disgusting

I tell myself that these emotions
are lies

But the heart wants what it wants

It never believes me until
We experience the flaws of the 
relationship
the pain of breaking my heart or
his even though we were never
in love

It still hurts even if
NONE OF US LOVED

And it all started because of the
butterflies in my tummy

Temi is Unborn

Watercolour. 23" x 17".

I have a thing for jewelry. Since high school, I would buy strange unique ones.
Whenever my friends come to my place, they normally want to got through my collection.

As my fascination for jewelry continues to grow I went ahead to get this book.
This is where I got the inspiration for Temi's shoulders.
Especially the details.

Have a great weekend.