September 2023 Accra. I finished a work of art and called it: “Expectant.” An Art Foundation owner had hoped a particular friend who happened to be pregnant, would purchase it. She did not.
So in 2024 I sent it to an interior design shop in East Legon, also in Accra.
After awhile the owner called, apologizing that the cleaning lady had broken off the head of the artwork.
After four decades as an artist, I had not experienced this before. However, I assured the lady there was no problem.
Picked up the artwork and brought it home with me. It was left under the dinning table in a bag, for several months.
What was I to do with it? Fix it to look like the original and keep it for myself?
No. Relax and live your normal life, was the more reassuring thought. It seems it helps the creative endeavor when one lives life normally without pursuing design specifically.
My “Aha” moment came when I decided not to fix the problem, but to take the experience and move on.
I know an expectant mother will deliver a baby. Then this sculpture can also “deliver” and present something new.
In a conceptual sense, since we have ongoing experiences, then we always have ongoing ideas that can become art.
We must be more aware of these experiences waiting only to be documented. The space to work, or the opportunity one gets from each situation, is liberating.
The title of the new sculpture is: “Rebirth of the Creative Head.”
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