Wow!! It’s been quite some time typing in my blog as i have been busy with my PhD research project, typing my thesis, multiple artistic experiences, etc. Finally a quick breather, the newspaper front page photo speaks for itself!! Am I dreaming??? I won’t stay long typing as i need to go to uni as my PhD submission draws very close!!
Featured Researcher – https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/research/larc/outputs/lara-rose/
Wow!! I’m so thankful, my dreams are coming true!! 🙂
So here we are in Leeds during this year of lockdown or as others putting a positive spin on it call it, artist retreat!! To date in my practice as research project looking at the influence of Yoruba (Edekiri) culture on artistic (afropolitan) practices in Leeds, i have:
-Started and stopped creating a mud Ori head sculpture (work in progress) –Started bits of installation ideas for a scheduled exhibition at East St arts (cancelled) -lost access to own studio, university 3d studio and music studio
However;
I created a lock down exhibition series of small marquettes as shown above using masking tape, found confectionery packaging, discarded perfume bottles, etc.
I have also recorded close to 30 pieces of music in logic pro x informed by the various aspects of Yoruba culture eg the concept of Ori, Iwa Pele and honouring ancestors. This also includes creating songs for the Nomad Woman musical, depicting Osun the goddess of love, Ori Olokun, Ogun, etc as they journey alongside Yoruba peoples I feel in disguise within the spiritual practices we often find ourselves involved in at church, etc!!
I have also created new lyrics, poetry and narrations and in the middle of completing my next book in response to the BLM crisis.
I have created music videos documenting the process of creating the sculptures.
i have written up two case study drafts, a 10,000 word document on Afropolitanism, collated a Yoruba world migration history timeline (and still working on), a host of reflexive writings including this blog, posted on Instagram and twitter.
Performed finally on Zoom events and aim to resurrect my radio show.
etc, etc, etc……………
I did get a 2 week umbrella of access (socially distanced, on my own with mask, following the COVID protocol) to the 3d studio at university where I’d started to create two large sculptures based on the crown Ori mini maquettes until my card was blocked from entry into the studio leading to a mini break down on campus!! I really do not understand why I am not allowed continuous access!!! Nothing makes sense, the lock down conditions say University remains open and we have confirmation from the VC that we can come into uni!!! 😦
Anyway, given up hope on that now and will focus on more writing, chapter outlines, case studies of carnival queen and carnival messiah.
I’ll continue to attend online seminars, lectures, q&a and i gave a presentation about my research at the last research cafe!! yay!!
oh wow, Lawrence just brought me some yummy food so break time!! 🙂
Ojo Lehin
CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL- An Afropolitan manifestation of inter cultural aesthetic?
via OJO LEHIN
Nature says it all
Such beauty, such splendour
Colours vibrant, green foliage
Reds so succulent, juicy, joyfully radiate
The woods share a secret
Lovers kissing in the alcove of leaves, aroma, sensual stimuli, exciting….
© Lara Rose 17\01\ 2020
On the 8th day of MMXX
My true love said to me,
2020 Vision,
2020 Love
2020 Freedom
2020 Pause
2020`imagination
2020’clarification
2020’declarations of a
Reset, Stop, Start, Bliss and Wellbeing!! 🤣🤣🤣😍😍😍
©Lara Rose 8/01/2020
Still chilling
Still reflecting, be still
Sit still and listen
Some days are indeed for quiet reflection
Allow to flow, inspiration like water downstream
Your next move, your next plan
Still chilling, stay chilled, relax into 2020!😍😍😊😊🎹🎼
© Lara Rose 2020
Windrush #windrushtreasurechest installation
Yes, let’s resume blogging on WordPress. Daily or weekly updates!! Put into searchable categories, utilise existing site instead of building a new Wix website from scratch!!!?!?! 🎓🤣🤔
Graduating on Wed, yay!! Got a distinction in my MA and have gone on to start PhD studies last October ! Woo hoo!!!
Yoruba Culture & Artistic practices!! So now where are the tags, and hashtags, etc🤣🤣🤣
Thank you peeps for all your love and support through this difficult grieving time. It is a roller-coaster ride, and this weekend presented an opportunity for the lowest of lows by the callous, insensitive & unloving actions of others. ☹️
I’ve made some new friends and lost some {I guess they were not friends to begin with} I’ve seen behaviour that shocks me, betrayal close to Judas and Brutus but I’m stating for the record: unlike Jesus and Ceaser getting killed. I still live to tell the tale, (though they try to push me to the depths of despair, lol🤣.) And I will, as it is a good one!!!
Sisters, please watch your backs, not everyone who calls you sister has your back, indeed some covet what you have and will go to any length to attain it. With their clever manipulation and what I now know to be “gas-lighting” tactics one proved my suspicions right, successfully in the most spectacular way possible!! There is a God of justice after all!! 🤣
Yes, it’s a paradox, that I feel victorious even in the face of loss!! The value of one revealing their character and true intention without a shadow of doubt is priceless, pure gold. A lesson for all to learn on how to guard against this in the future. It hurts me that some other friends got hurt because of their action but I guess ces’t lack vie!! You live and learn not to make certain mistakes again.
I have also witnessed and continued to see and enjoy the limitless abundance and supply of grace and blessings from Father God through the universe from the spirit realm. (Still asking where is Mother God?!🙄)
But:
I have had to learn the hard way to;
Protect my table, cast not my pearls before swines, they will rend you!! I will reveal all in my new book, “Church, stop bullying me, the alchemy of suffering” by Lara Rose
(© Lara Rose 14/06/18 unedited)
A dark day
I don’t mean the darkened clouds
I don’t mean the pouring rain
I don’t mean the howling sound of a passing hurricane or a storm
I feel the blood drain from my brain
My heart heavy cannot comprehend
Why oh why do we hurt each other?
Why oh why do we run from each other?
Why oh why, sister against brother?
Why oh why, father against mother?
Will love ever reign?
Will love ever be a beacon raised high in the sky?
Will we ever come together as one, be one?
Oh, let there be light!
Light shine over the darkness!
A darkened day. 😞
RIP Jo! 😢
© Lara Rose 16 June 2016
Galleria L’Artiste:
“A dark day in June!” © Lara Rose 2016
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