From #FuturesForTheRestOfUs : Celia C. Peters DESTINY (2018) *nudity edited for IG Photo composite, gel media, sparkle, gemstone fragments and dust, on ultra mount 24 in. x 36 in. $1,200.00 [*Purchase inquiries: @blockfort ] With increasing intensity, as we move deeper into the 21st century, Black people in America have been under attack: physically, spiritually, politically, economically, socially, creatively. If history has taught us anything, however, it is that the children of the African Diaspora are uniquely resilient. This is indisputable. America has certainly subjected us to every kind of violence imaginable, yet we not only survive but on the whole, we perpetually thrive. This is our nature --- and indeed, the essence of the human spirit. Science tells us that humanity’s origins are on the continent of Africa. The hostility, denigration, diabolical brutality and barbarism that Black people have persistently experienced as a group in America are wholly at odds with such an astounding lineage. DESTINY is my metaphorical snapshot of the African Diaspora’s future: Black people truly understanding that we are beautiful, powerful and free…..unencumbered in the Cosmos, the place whence everything comes. Sooner rather than later, Black people will free ourselves of America’s dastardly narrative about who we are; the process is already underway. I see a future where we are recognizing, embracing, rushing toward our true destiny, one that is intimately tied to the Divinity within. DESTINY is a an astral projection from the future: a realization that existence is timeless; an understanding by Black people that we are the origin of the Universe’s expression in human form; and sublime, conscious movement toward what lies Beyond. #art #artistlife #visualart #aboutthatlife #artistsoninstagram #liberation #exaltation