STATE OF MIND 11X14 #2 Print in BLKHD MASK SERIES

The BLKHD MASK SERIES is about rebranding the black experience. When I look at the African masks from ages past, I see the faces and features of black people from long ago. What then will our masks look like to the black generations ages from now? Will we still try to pass off our ancestors masks as representative of who we are now? No. We must make new representations of ourselves to show our children’s children’s children what we look like; what we embody, and what we accomplished. WE ARE ART… and we must be so that they will be too.

CHARACTER STORY: Mask #2. Long-Faced. Hard Brow. Dark Eyes. Wide Nose. Permanent Pout. Deep Wrinkles. Thick Beard. Widow's Peak. Nose Ring. Years of physical labor, providing for a family, and carrying kids on his shoulders, have chiseled lines of experience into his face. His hair recedes, but his determination doesn't. His body is tired, but his work is done. He could let the struggle bother him. He could let the bruises and cuts slow him down. But he didn't. He CHANGED HIS MIND STATE and paved a path forward for those coming up next.