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Black is beautiful

My goal is always to show black beauty, the the everyday, the normal, the special. The black beauty that you could see and access just in yourself, in the mirror, every day. The black beauty that doesn’t need to break itself or change or alter. I wanted black beauty to know you have everything you need right in front of you. You.

I have always focused my art on celebrating that self love. Today, I see black bodies who love their kin folk so much they would risk their lives to protest and protect the life of any black soul who could be endangered now and in the future to police brutality and the deep racism of this country.

I searched myself for these words, and wanted my kin folk to know: I see you. I’ve always seen you, and I’ve long made it my life mission to make sure others see you as I do. Beautiful, and worth living.

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Hey guys!!

Thanks so much to all of you who contributed in the color block!! >>> CHECK IT OUT HERE <<< Here’s the completion of my first set!

I hope you all got a lot out of doing these color blocks! The idea of the project was to create a graphic description of the colors and shapes that you choose for yourself everyday.

While many of us may not think we consider color too much in our lives, the reality is that color is a very present deciding factor in how we choose to define ourselves.

My idea of the color blocks was to create a collection (or grid) of what kind of colors and shapes we choose for ourselves, and eventually, create a self portrait based on decisions, rather than appearance.

I thought that maybe when we do these color blocks, we’ll start to see a greater picture of how we uniquely experience color, and how we view ourselves as individuals.

A lot of people messaged me and worried about their eye for color not matching the reality of what they’re actually wearing. Even more people brought up that they may not wear different colors everyday, some people recycle shirts and pants and let that be it.

My argument for this though, is that the point of this project is to create a portrait of your own subjective point of view. So if you wear black everyday, be about it! I find that a repetitive color block is really beautiful

Blahblah anyway, good shit fellas!

More stuffs to come - but this was fun! Let’s keep at it!

Next color block is my naked body 60 times - burgers for titties

EDIT: Forgot to say! Don’t forget to tag your stuff with #daily color block! Later, babies!

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Daily color block revisited- For those curious, interested, and new to the project!

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