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Strengthening Communications for the UNCT – Juba

Strengthening Communications for the UNCT

Location :

Juba, SOUTH SUDAN

Application Deadline : 03-Jan-16 Type of Contract : Individual Contract Post Level : International Consultant Languages Required : English   Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) 25-Jan-2016 Duration of Initial Contract : 30 days Expected Duration of Assignment :

King Lexie (Magical Portrait) ink on parchment

I've begun creating 'Magical Portraits' for people.

The general idea of a Magical Portrait is that it is a visual representation of a state of being that the subject would like to manifest in their life. It can be range from very literal to symbolic. I spend a lot of time with the subject, discovering their dreams, aspirations and favored archetypes. We then create a symbology that we incorporate into the piece.

"Unct" (Demon Portrait) ink on lined paper

Another style of portraiture (or illustration, however you want to define it) that I've begun doing, I playfully refer to as 'Demon Portraiture' or a form of 'Visual Exorcism'.

We all have disempowering voices in our heads in one form or another. 

I will sit with the subject and help theme isolate one of their disempowering voices. We then work to discover the voice's name and it's major, negative characteristics. We then proceed to discover it's visage and bring it all together into an image. The purpose of this process is to capture the person's 'Demon' into a recognizable form so that it's harder for the 'Demon' to insinuate it's negative ideas into the subjects stream of consciousness. In this case, a very close friend was being bothered by a voice the would nay say everything she aspired to accomplish. After digging deep, we found very specific characteristics, a name and a visage. The voice's name is "Unct." He's a blue collar workhorse who wears two watches because he's so bound by time. He's quite negative and always looks at the down side of things. He's fearful and will only take the safest, most conservative route to anything. He's definitely not a risk taker.

"Blue" Self Portrait Ink on paper

Self Portrait ink on paper

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