Stubborn
2023
11” x 14” panel framed
Acrylic + Markers
Series: The Dream
Inspired from James Baldwin quote: “Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of all that gave one an identity, the end of safety. And at such a moment, unable to see and not daring to imagine what the future will now bring forth, one clings to what one knew, or dreamed that one possessed. Yet, it is only when a man is able, without bitterness or self-pity, to surrender a dream he has long possessed that he is set free, he has set himself free for higher dreams, for greater privileges”
It just takes one crack in my fortress of safety to erode my biases slowly, one day at a time. My stubborn nature can evolve, and it doesn’t have to happen over night. But staying stagnant cannot be the way. What dream do I want for my kids?