#infiniteessence

The way we value ourselves is the way others will value us. Let's be committed to adding value, integrity and worth to our lives. Nobody will do it for us the way we really want to do it for ourselves.  Spreading our kind of energy around our space in thoughts, words and deeds.  Say it and live up to it as it is, transparency and transpersonality is a clear path to spirituality and good conscience.  #selfdiscovery #potentials #abilities #infiniteessence #selfworth #virtue #perception #energy #focusonyourself #attitude #awakenedsoul #transpersonality #spirituality #belief #baseonbelief ⚡💥❤✊🌈🌞 https://www.instagram.com/p/B31gPNSJZhj/?igshid=1ol0uxyp5203l

The without is not all there is, there is much more within that is yet to be discovered of our infinite selves. #selfdiscovery #potentials #abilities #infiniteessence ⚡💥❤✊🌈🌞 https://www.instagram.com/p/B3yu-rlp4_d/?igshid=1d0jysbk2gyub

#Repost from @mikaelowunna with @regram.app ... Black artists descend from a long lineage of both creative power and exploitation. A conversation concerning artistic influence and lack of attribution is just that - a conversation. To see fellow photographer, @zoeygrossman block me and every single person who engages in discussion about her shoot with @xtina is very telling. To see some commentators reduce my work to “glitter”, shows just how dismissive they are of the art and technicality that goes into my work, reflective of my degree in Biomedical Engineering. There is a reason media like @npr wrote about my work as recently as March 2019, in an article widely shared within and beyond the photography community. The technicality, posing and framing, and the conceptual space #InfiniteEssence occupies reclaims the black body in ways deeper than the aesthetic. As a photographer, I understand how artistic influences are complicated and boundary-less, leaping across time and culture, and that is why I asked for a conversation about the attribution and influences behind the shoot from @zoeygrossman. I am not the first black artist who has been denied public attribution for their artwork. I will not be the last.  People are “influenced” by the work of black people all of the time and never mention the black artist. Is that really a legacy people want to perpetuate? Yes, this is @zoeygrossman's choice--but is it a good one? Lastly, I must add: seeing a concept intended for the reclamation and celebration of the BLACK body, so casually used on @xtina, hurts. A 60 year old black woman emailed me this year saying that every single day of her life she hated her body until she saw one of my images. THAT is the impact of work when it is created within and for the context of a community. And messages like these are what gets me up every morning to keep producing this art. I am so grateful for the wave of support I have received over the last 24 hours from everyone who has commented, shared, helped and supported me in ways big and small. Thank you for all of your support. I send everyone love! ❤️ Mikael #appropriation #xtina #zoeygrossman #xtinaaguilera #blackartists https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxw_UZ-JWMJ/?igshid=1k1ic6sdno8x5

#infiniteessence #universality #spirituality #wholeness #absoluteness, #life #wholeness #absoluteness #individuality #role #purpose, #place. ⚡❤👣✊🌞🙏🌴 https://www.instagram.com/p/BqWGFv7lTWN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1f05rewktqaob