What Does It Mean For An Artwork To Communicate?

An Artist friend once said "Art to me is a language,  a means of communication. Which also means that any work that doesn't communicate is not art. And then the greater the communicative power, the greater the art. The lesser the communicative power, the lesser the art."

So what does it mean for an Artwork to communicate?

Have you seen Barnett Newman's plain blue painting that sold for $43.8 million?

Can you say it actually communicated it's purpose for creation to its buyer?

Let me answer that by sharing a story I just heard from an Artist.. Ogochukwu Ejiofor a.k.a Bullet Art

Artist With Disability: Rita Lehrer

Point for the week: Never Give Up. Never let your Situation define your future.

RITA LEHRER

https://m.facebook.com/riva.lehrer

"Riva Lehrer. Born with spina bifida, Lehrer uses her disability and a lifetime of coping with it as inspiration for her art.

I Am Art.. #Random

I Am Art,
Because I am art; I am firstly a work of Art by God. The human is the perfect masterpiece; ever wondered why this part of your body is where it is and why it is there? Why it functions like that? How one part links up to the other? Why no one has the same body structure; size, height, weight, facials? Just like an artwork, it comes in different mediums, by different Artists with just one purpose - To Express.

Welcome to September.. It's still not time to give up on your dreams yet.

Happy New Month. In as much as we're close to the end of the year, don't give up yet. Keep on dreaming. Only a dreamer gets to a place because he has a clear picture of where he's headed. Look at Joseph in the Bible, he was a dreamer despite been reprimanded.

Also, don't be scared when your dreams start on folding. It truly is a dream. Truth be told, if a dream doesn't scare you, then you aren't dreaming, you're just thinking. If you failed, dream again. Dreams are free, so keep dreaming, don't limit your mind.

FACT: God gives you a vision he knows you can handle. If you can't, he won't let it cross your mind. But remember that it's not by our power nor by our might but by the Spirit of God.

Dream Big! #IAmArt.. Express that Art in You!

Art is more than the Physical Eyes..

You know, what we do with our hands is much more than the physical eyes can see. You ask why? Have you ever wondered why a painting or a drawing tends to attracts people, while another doesn't? Because there's a personal revelation attached to that drawing. You can't just wake up and want to draw. No! You have to know and have the desire burning in

The Starry Night by Van Gosh

The Starry Night

by Van Gosh 

Wondering what sort of painting this is and how it became a popular one? This is a popular painting of a night view out of a window from a child's eyes, with the moon and the stars mixing up with the clouds plus the over view of the village.

This was also well known in the 17th century, where the people believed it to be a revelation of the beginning of the end.

In between, a child sees the stars in a different way from an adult, bringing it down to the physical things we do, how we see or envision things varies, to some situation can be ugly, to another fair and yet to another beautiful. This is to say, what we see or how we see ourselves in our minds, would definitely be who we portray.

I encourage you to think beautifully and let your life emulate your inner beauty..

The Xperience Womanity Awards 2016... celebrating Nigerian Female Entrepreneurs

Appreciating the Nigerian Female Entrepreneurs

The empowerment of women has grown tremendously, look at the likes of Queen Elizabeth, Helena Rubinstein (American Business Woman), Helen Keller (who, at 19months old, became deaf and dumb, still campaigned tirelessly on behalf of the Deaf and Dumb), Benazir Bhutto (first female prime minister of a Muslim country), Oprah Winfrey (first woman to own her own talk show), from western to Africa where we have Tegla Loroupe (Kenyan athlete who held the women’s marathon world record) Folorunsho Alakija (Nigerian businesswoman who is the second richest African woman) (see women who changed the world

From Sports to Education to Religion to Politics to BUSINESS to Entertainment, we see women rise to take challenges and excel in them.

In appreciating the likes of these women in the business world, here in Nigeria, i'm glad to announce the XPERIENCE Womanity Awards.

THE XPERIENCE
An online media firm based in Enugu. Our aim is to celebrate young, advanced, upcoming and established female entrepreneurs who are doing well in their endeavours. This online media brings to limelight the struggles both social and business entrepreneurs go through to succeed, and at the same time celebrating their strength, uniqueness and virtues.

The “XPERIENCE” which started as a WhatsApp group chat two years ago was formally called “NIGERIA MODELS CONNECT”. Due to our bid to expand our readership, ‎the name was changed in February 2015 and thence, we have been able to feature over 20 female entrepreneurs from different works of life, who have shared their experiences with us. The “WOMANITY AWARDS” is however designed to recognise these entrepreneurs and those whom have been of great support to the society.

Women of Valor, Virtue and Value will gather In Enugu state to be Celebrated at the XPERIENCE MEDIA LAUNCH/ WOMANITY AWARDS. For becoming expedient in their endeavors!

Event Date: 23rd Of April 2016
Event Venue: Utopia Suites + Apartments, independent layout, Enugu Nigeria.
Event Time: 5pm (Red Carpet)

other activities of the day will be
#INTRODUCTION OF SLEDGE FOUNDATION(Save a girl child, save a nation project)

This Event is strictly by Invitation.
Please do well to call 08082224454 for Reservations.

Support the movement #XWA2016 #TheXperience

THE LITTLE you have can go a LONG WAY for you!

Speaking with a Ferocious Entrepreneur, I had to reevaluate my thoughts, making me take a big step into been an Entrepreneur myself.

Early this year, I had my Goals, my first time though, written out but not exactly defined. And part of it was to get myself a business, to become an event decorator. I made plans, writing out a lists of things I needed, but I knew I had to start small, so I did my scale f preference and got what I needed, My Master List. I thought I would start of early into the year but I didn't. I didn't have the finances to start up, I had nobody to give to me, I even went to the S.M.E (Small and Medium scale Enterprise) Centre in the State to see if I could get a loan but I couldn't. And till last month, I hadn't done anything to start and then it dawned on me! My mistake and miscalculation..

I WAS WAITING TO HAVE ALLL THE FINANCES I NEEDED TO START UP!!

Though it's not a bad idea but waiting to have all the money down, especially when you don't have where to get a quick loan from, would definitely be a set back to you which would discourage you if you keep waiting.

Getting my salary (from where I'm employed) last week, I decided to start off with what I have to purchase what I can at the moment. And then when money comes in bit, i'd continue to buy in bits. No matter how little you have, just start with that, even if it takes you half a year to purchase your start up goods. I'm sure if I had started with the little I get every month, I would have finished buying my start up materials for event decoration. Be wise and know this, the LITTLE You have can go a LONG way for you, so start early.