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I am A. Banks Introspections*Poetry*Music*Art*Life

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Work in progress...🌲 (at Creative) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtL_rBlDvSi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=newshtos33qw

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Sooo this is the second and bigger art gallery I’ve managed to land myself in. My #StrongRoots trees have a temporary home at the St. Tammany Art Association Art House in downtown Covington. The Willow and Baobab trees look good huh? ☺️Go see for yourself if your in the area. Forward movement 😁#ABanksWho (at St. Tammany Art Association)

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#4 in my Strong Roots series. Cherry Blossom tree. It’s meaning in Japanese culture is beautiful...it represents the fragility and beauty of life, it’s brilliant flowers only appearing for about 2 weeks. It reminds us to enjoy every moment of life...it’s for sale as well. DM for price. Thanks ☺️

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Good Morning Artist, Creators and Entrepreneurs! 🌞This book is such a valuable source for anyone who works for themselves. It speaks a lot about RESISTANCE what it is and how to move thru it so that you don’t beat yourself up for something that is actually a natural process. It also gives you clear cut knowledge of what it means to be an amateur vs a professional and the attitude and actions that can set you apart from being a “struggling artists”. Def a #goodread 👍🏾

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Pick your vice, it doesn’t matter you can’t never, no not eva run away from YOU 💁🏽‍♀️ #motivationmonday #motivationalmonday #mondaymood #mondaypost #youarebeautiful #youarespecial #youareunique

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This took me years to understand 😔 Says words and take time to VALUE your UNIQUE CREATIVITY. NO ONE else can do what you do quite the way that you do it 🤩😎 #artsuperstar #unique #uniqueyou #artist #artlife #artistic #beyourself #creativityquotes

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Come meet me!! 😉See my latest art at the Downtown Covington Art Walk. I’ll be at Rutland StreetArt Gallery! Food & Wine 🙌🏾👌🏾 Come Thru!#downtowncovington #downtowncovingtonla #artwalk #covingtonart #rutlandstreetgallery #rutlandstreet #supportlocal #supportlocalart #supportlocalartists #newart #abankswho (at Covington, Louisiana)

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I was taught this early on from my mom. I thinks it’s absurd 🧐the way relationships are painted in love songs and on our tv screens. We’re taught just go out there and find “THE ONE” then you’re tosses off into relationship land expecting him/her to just “get” you and you’re never to be heard of again...well not until the relationship is over 😏 If you’re able see clearly into a person who is willing to help you fill MOST OF YOUR NEEDS, I say go for it! 👍🏾 There’s no need to pretend. We all NEED EACH OTHER for something at sometime. Since that “one magical person” 🦄 can’t and honestly SHOULDN’T do it all TO MAKE YOU HAPPY we all look outside a relationship (romantic or otherwise) and to me that’s healthy and SHOULD BE normal. The question is can your partner/friend relinquish their ego for you to seek happiness however it works for you 🤔 Why else do women have a girls night out, and men need to go be with the boys, it’s why some people have a cuddle buddy 😯why you have that one friend you can’t tell your secrets to but who will make you laugh every time, why some people are amazing at giving advice, why some are stellar at conversation, and some are just good when you need to go party or be wild 😜 Everybody in your life plays a really important part, otherwise what’s the point, right 💁🏾‍♀️ But really no one should bare the pressure of being EVERYTHING to you. It’s simply unrealistic.

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I still believe in love... But I do know heartache. I’ve been dissed for another woman, I’ve been abused and controlled, I’ve had lovers tell me their religion stood in the way of our happiness, I’ve been on hold for twelve years foolishly waiting and wanting, I’ve had lovers who wouldn’t take me back, I’ve been shoved in the friend zone, I’ve been told “You’re just not my type,” I’ve had relationships with questionable sexuality, I’ve loved never to be loved back, I’ve even been proposed to in a text with a picture of a ring 🤦🏾‍♀️🙄 I say this to say that after all that and more...I’m not bitter. My heart is still open. I know what it feels like to be vulnerable and I’m scared shitless but I keep going. I won’t let someone else’s deeply askewed idea of love stop me from getting up from my puddle of tears and trying again. I won’t settle for less than what I deserve. And thru all the lessons, love is different for me now. I want to love more lightly now, be at ease with the flow of others in and out of my life. Less attachment and more selfless love is my objective. Whatever will be, will be but I’m not afraid to move forward. I’m not afraid to love and to be loved in return.

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Yup! That’s right. I’m talking about you reading this, right now 😉 I see you all dipped in butter, just glistening, just shining!! You’re win is my win. FR FR🙌🏾 I 😍😍😍 seeing other people achieve their goals. I’m so in love with watching people say they gonna do something and 👊🏾 there it is!! That’s some magical shit. That’s some GOD shit!! Make no mistake I’m no longer jealous of other peoples success. It used to make me sad to see other people shinning, esp at something I so badly wanted and lusted after on a daily basis. That shit used to tear me apart...till I realized that to be jealous of some one else with a banging corvette, or a clothing line, or a “better body” or a writing career or a....whatever would mean to SEPARATE MYSELF from them as if they have something that is somehow unattainable 🤔 As if to say THEY HAVE A HIDDEN POWER TO ACHIEVE that I don’t??? 😏😏 To be jealous of someone else winning is to admit defeat before I already began. It’s an admittance to your very soul that YOU HAVE NOTHING SPECIAL TO OFFER THIS WORLD. Jealousy is an insult to your GODLINESS. STOP 🛑 IT! So yeah, you...keep on shinning. I’m watching. I’m inspired by you just being you. 👸🏾🤴🏾

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🖐🏾🛑🚫Revenge and spitefulness, even anger in your thoughts towards others won’t serve you on your way feeling good. Isn’t FEELING GOOD what we all want anyway? 😏😉

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“Eye Create” for sale in my online store! I love this one. 😍 the colors are so vibrant. Take a 👀 Link in Bio Above 👆🏾👌🏾

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Is it possible to mourn a part of you that will never be again. Tears of remembrance for comfort and tears for complacency. She cried for the woman she was ready to leave behind. Is it necessary to cry for the death of fantasies to painful to find joy in. Ribbons in the sky burned mid air by a sun too bright to recognize itself. She cried for the man she had to leave behind. She cried so she could forget. She cried to release She cried so she could create anew. #ABanksWho

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What’s Born In The Dark

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Art is personal. So very personal. How could it not be? 👩🏾‍🎤 As an artist visual and a writer, I’ve learned not to apologize for my art. It comes from a personal place. My feelings, my story. I’m not going to apologize for how my art may have healed someone, pissed someone off, made someone think or reconsider, took someone down memory lane or inspired another artist to just be. 👩🏾‍🎤 Even in writing they say the best writing comes from your personal experiences. So put it out there artist and never apologize for your art!

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#TrueStory Feeling broken hearted 💔today. Those expectations will fuk you up! 🤪😢Love easily, lightly, and without wanting anything in return.

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Good Morning you Awesome thing you!! It’s a new day! A blank canvas 🖼😉 if you will (you know you like my art joke) The day is yours. move from a place of power because that’s who you are: 💥 Powerful like the Sun! ☀️☀️☀️