Show me where you found your colour and face I will make there my holy land
Does it make you shy or bold when you walk on streets
or is it complicated?
you might as well tell me you need some time to think about it
Because you don’t feel right
for you want to be like…
I no Life can be rocky when you don’t fake it
but only being you, can make you realize you
Your wealth is unrelated
To anything you have inside
but still; you don’t feel right
for you want to be like…
The more time, you are given to think about what you are not,
is a distraction to yourself
I won't try to convince you
That there's nothing as real as you or can be you,
for you are only you for who you are!
Do you need more time?
Because; I can see you are shriving
because you can’t stand to be you for who you are
for you want to be like…
are you sure of what you feel?
it's quiet time you make up your mind from your mood of underestimation
for you keep still looking at me,
thinking that, me that is busy persuading you,
can't even stand to be alone, or either be myself
that might be why I am trying so hard to persuade you, because you think I can
Barely hold on to myself and mouth and I also want to be like…
for we live in a shell society,where everybody is struggling so hard to be like…
Thursday, September 17, 2009
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Oluwafemi's love for Child Art
By Gbenga Salau
RATHER than organise an exhibition for his art works, Oluwafemi Oloidi, with his Child's Art project, in the last two years, has been promoting children's creative art works.
The Child's Art Exhibition, which is on children's painting, writing, drawing and other artistic tendencies, is meant to tap and develop artistic skills of children within the ages of 4-15 years.
Oluwafemi, who is not anxious to promote his art works, despite being an artist, disclosed that his love for children prompted the Child's Art project. "Child's Art was inspired by my love for children and the urge to do something different, something that will encourage an in-depth recognition of art. Something that will reawaken the love for art not only in the global world generally but from the roots and that led me to think of children. Why children? 'Charity begins at home' so we say, but we ignore our home, our roots, the ones we can have a positive and major influence on, Children.
"This basically informed my desire to start something that will have a major influence on art and it is to help children build part of their childhood and educational foundation with art. So that the love for art in children will grow to become something they will be proud to pass on to posterity".
He continued, "Child's Art is not a profit making organization, it is set up to develop and support the creative initiatives, which give exposure and enhance the lives of the children in a unique way. Child's Art is dedicated to the promotion of creativity in an Africa child.
"It encourages the children to discover their natural and artistic abilities, and it helps them to express their innermost feelings. Child art is therapeutic, particularly, for children suffering from Autism, by coming out of their cold moods to participate with their mates and other children. Child's art makes children express their inner feels and voices through drawings, writings, paintings and other artistic explorations".
The Child's Art 2008, with the theme, The Unblinded Creators is billed for November 29 with collaboration from the National Gallery of Art, Lagos. As an additional value to the Child's Art 2008, and a shift from the Child's Art 2007, Femi revealed, "for this event I will introduce guests and a few important Nigerian artistes that will constantly be a source of encouragement to the children. I say artistes and not mainly artists because I want the experience to be wholesome for the children. They will meet different artists and artistes if I can help it. I would want to give them an experience that they will never forget for a long time. I want them to be able to talk proudly about art and its relevance to the up building of a nation. That is what I love to give them, at least for now".
What was the experience, when he organised the first Child's Art Exhibition. He captured it this way. "The first edition of Child's Art Exhibition was really tough. It was like a groundbreaking experience in that I had to put all my ideas to work. It was tough for me to get people to buy into the idea, the concept, to be part of the experience so funding was definitely a major problem.
"Because I had a vision and I was focused on what I wanted to achieve, I was able to pull all the resources I had together to make the event as much success it could be at the time. One major joy of the event was the enthusiasm of the children involved in the event. They were eager to be part of the programme and produced works that even surprised me. This for me was the high point of the event".
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THE GUARDIAN
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 HOME ABOUT US SUBSCRIBE MEMBERS CONTACT US
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Oluwafemi's love for Child Art
By Gbenga Salau
RATHER than organise an exhibition for his art works, Oluwafemi Oloidi, with his Child's Art project, in the last two years, has been promoting children's creative art works.
The Child's Art Exhibition, which is on children's painting, writing, drawing and other artistic tendencies, is meant to tap and develop artistic skills of children within the ages of 4-15 years.
Oluwafemi, who is not anxious to promote his art works, despite being an artist, disclosed that his love for children prompted the Child's Art project. "Child's Art was inspired by my love for children and the urge to do something different, something that will encourage an in-depth recognition of art. Something that will reawaken the love for art not only in the global world generally but from the roots and that led me to think of children. Why children? 'Charity begins at home' so we say, but we ignore our home, our roots, the ones we can have a positive and major influence on, Children.
"This basically informed my desire to start something that will have a major influence on art and it is to help children build part of their childhood and educational foundation with art. So that the love for art in children will grow to become something they will be proud to pass on to posterity".
He continued, "Child's Art is not a profit making organization, it is set up to develop and support the creative initiatives, which give exposure and enhance the lives of the children in a unique way. Child's Art is dedicated to the promotion of creativity in an Africa child.
"It encourages the children to discover their natural and artistic abilities, and it helps them to express their innermost feelings. Child art is therapeutic, particularly, for children suffering from Autism, by coming out of their cold moods to participate with their mates and other children. Child's art makes children express their inner feels and voices through drawings, writings, paintings and other artistic explorations".
The Child's Art 2008, with the theme, The Unblinded Creators is billed for November 29 with collaboration from the National Gallery of Art, Lagos. As an additional value to the Child's Art 2008, and a shift from the Child's Art 2007, Femi revealed, "for this event I will introduce guests and a few important Nigerian artistes that will constantly be a source of encouragement to the children. I say artistes and not mainly artists because I want the experience to be wholesome for the children. They will meet different artists and artistes if I can help it. I would want to give them an experience that they will never forget for a long time. I want them to be able to talk proudly about art and its relevance to the up building of a nation. That is what I love to give them, at least for now".
What was the experience, when he organised the first Child's Art Exhibition. He captured it this way. "The first edition of Child's Art Exhibition was really tough. It was like a groundbreaking experience in that I had to put all my ideas to work. It was tough for me to get people to buy into the idea, the concept, to be part of the experience so funding was definitely a major problem.
"Because I had a vision and I was focused on what I wanted to achieve, I was able to pull all the resources I had together to make the event as much success it could be at the time. One major joy of the event was the enthusiasm of the children involved in the event. They were eager to be part of the programme and produced works that even surprised me. This for me was the high point of the event".
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