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Groups brought life to my paintings after making their own interpretations about them. This then inspired them to come up with poems, stories, and characters  based on these paintings and it tapped into their creativity. It warmed my heart and I hope you like the new life given to my work. Thank you to everyone who came through🔥❤
"Oh Trans-Baby , oh Trans-Baby..
Ridden with dusty skin
The world isnt ready for you, baby
Oh Trans-Baby, oh Trans-Baby..
Your eyes, beautiful eyes, swen shut
Your mind with thoughts of wonder
Oh Trans-Baby, oh Trans-Baby..
Your bald head gives soo much light
Oh Trans-Baby, oh Trans-Baby,
Even when you're out of mind,
You're never out of sight,

Your Charisma is nothing but light."
"A sad Safari animal in the Nairobi National Park, struggling between happiness and sadness. The top half shows the face of a saved animal while the bottom half shows pure sadness!" 
"Man is sad/angry/disappointed because despite being romantic (holding a rose) he is left alone and criticized and rejected." *OR* "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. He is looking at a plain flower but seeing something different or outerworldly, hence the golden swirls in his eye." *OR*
"Wrinkles/lines on his face represent ageing and wisdom, and he is looking at a yound flower, yet to bloom, reminiscing his younger days and reflecting on his previous experiences ( golden moments), in a spiral of golden memories ..."
"The inspiration behind the painting provokes a surprised emotion as well as the structure of the silhuette of a tooth and tongue. The mouth illustrates a human canine (also showing raw animalistic emotion). The bottom of the eyes dictate its tiredness. The overall painting shows that a lot could be going on in one's life but the focus is only on one thing ( The eyes). The lines look like an animals skin print which could show raw emotion such as anger. The closed ears seem to illustrate someone looking into the world and closing their ears to all the negatives happening in society. The 'odd' face shape could illustrate someone's insecurities and the surprise could be that of one whos insecurities have been pointed out to them and they are surprised that someone looking from the outside in could actually point that out to them.
 "Doe is a person of colour, trying to balance mental, psychological, spiritual, physical, emotional aspects of life , all on a scooter / boda/ bike."
"A monkey listening to trance/person listening to music. Possibly rock with a face broken, or a river with villages with double sunsets. Oh, a puppet with a detached mouth. A WARRIOR. Old man with a Kibaki haircut 😂. Internal struggles are also depicted, ( stress, stomach). Or some emo person with BAD make up"
"Ken is a divorcee. He was many things in his life; a son, a student, a husband, a father and a train conductor. He was in an unhappy marriage. Now a divorcee, Ken has 2 children who hate him, and was let go because there is an app that can do his job. Lost his dog to the sea, lost his body to herpes and lost his kids to hormones"


<<sketch of basic ideas for this series>>
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