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03/08/2023

Art can be described as an object or experience consciously created through expressions of skill or imagination in diverse forms. Visual arts are art that meets the eye and evokes emotion through an expression of skill and imagination. They include ancient forms such as painting and drawing, and the arts that were born thanks to the development of technology like sculpture, printmaking, photography, and installation art.

Born in Zundert, Netherlands on the 30th of March 1853, Vincent Willem van Gogh, a Dutch Post-impressionist painter created approximately 2100 artworks in just over a decade. They include landscapes, still-life portraits, and self-portraits which are characterized by bold, symbolic colours and dramatic, impulsive, and highly expressive work that contributed to the foundations of modern art.

He was aged 37 and survived by his brother, Theodore Van Gogh. He sold only one painting during his lifetime and became famous after his su***de which was presumed to be triggered by years of poverty and mental illness. His notable works are Sunflowers (1887), Bedroom in Arles (1888), The Starry Night (1889), Wheatfield with Crows (1890), Sorrowing old man (1890).

01/08/2023

Written by Flora Nwapa, published in 1966 by Heinemann Educational Books, and lauded as the first book written by an African woman to be publicized internationally, Efuru tells the story of a strong, beautiful protagonist who lives in a rural Igbo community in colonial West Africa.

She falls in love with a poor farmer called Adizua who is unable to carry out the traditional marital rites and runs away with him. However, her husband soon abandons her and their daughter, Ogonim as his father had done to his mother in the past. After her daughter dies, Efuru discovers that her husband had married another woman and had a child with her. Her inlaws try to convince remain in their marital home and wait for him to return to her, as her mother-in-law had done but Efuru is agitated and tries to locate him. When she fails, she leaves his house and goes back to her father’s house where she is received heartily. Time passes and Efuru meets Gilbert, an educated man in her age group. He asks her to marry him, she readily accepts his proposal and the first year of their marriage is a happy one, however, trouble brews in their home as she is unable to conceive any children for him. Her second marriage fails eventually, as her husband mistress her in favour of his second and third wives.

This book is a revolutionary piece that encompasses the themes of love, motherhood, societal expectations, gender roles, and lots more. It offers a unique perspective into the mind and woes of an everyday African woman as it conveys a realistic portrayal of the lives and challenges of contemporary women.

29/06/2023

🎥: The Florida Project; 2017.
Genre: Drama/Indie film.
Director: Sean Baker.

A critically acclaimed drama, this slice-of-life film explores the themes of poverty, childhood, and the consequences of social and economic inequalities.

It glimpses into the summer adventures of Moone (Brooklyn Prince), a precocious six-year-old girl who lives with her rebellious unemployed mother, Halley (Bria Vinaite) in a budget motel called “Magic Castle.” Overseeing the entire motel community is Bobby (William Dafoe), a quasi-stern, kindhearted father figure to both the children and young parents at the motel.

The humid summer days unfold, and Baker gives the audience a raw cut of these characters' lives as the plotline of the movie provides us with an avenue to experience Moone’s joy and pain while we watch the movie from her perspective.

While the motel residents struggle to come up with the week’s rent and avoid eviction, Moonee and her boisterous band of friends spend their summer transforming the strip of motels, gift shops and abandoned lots into their private playground much to the annoyance of Bobby.

15/06/2023

In ancient Egypt, Thoth (alias; Djehuty/Tehuti) was known as the god of the moon, sacred texts, mathematics, the sciences, magic, messenger and recorder of the deities, master of knowledge and patron of the scribes. He was credited with creating languages, conceptualizing the art of writing, inventing the calendar, and controlling space and time.

His Egyptian name “Djehuty,” translates to “He who is like the Ibis.” He was depicted as an Ibis bird or a Baboon, holding an “Ankh” which is the Egyptian symbol for life. In the later history of ancient Egypt, Thoth became heavily associated with the arbitration of godly disputes, the art of magic, the system of writing and the judgement of the dead.

Thoth’s Haven is a concept created for the preservation of knowledge and the “documentation” of life. It is a library of sorts geared to explore in it's seemingly unconventional manner, what makes society thrive and perhaps, by learning about our past and present, we can catch a glimpse of what our future holds.

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