African Cultural Photography/Poetry- From a Nostalgic Adult

FROM A NOSTALGIC ADULT

I miss my innocence,

I miss the time when I said

“Breaking time” and “ poo poo”

Didn’t know the price of garri,

Couldn’t say my house address,

Couldn’t spell my surname.

I miss my ignorance,

I miss the times when I didn’t

Put my trousers below my waist,

When I feared darkness,

Cried bitterly and noisily,

Didn’t know my failings.

I miss my childhood,

Times when I didn’t know the differences;

Rich and poor;

North and south.

Didn’t know the things under her skirt,

The thing between her legs.

                                                                                                   Nicholaus Abiebnode

A Benin Bride in Pencil Portrait.

A pencil portrait of a Benin bride, on her tradition wedding dress. This is my once in a while art, mixed media/abstract art has taken over me, all see and imaging is designs, patterns in sweet colours that explore my audience imagination.

Dwelling in Sweet Colours: Colourful Mixed media Painting.

This is my last mixed media painting in 2014, created with my usual medium- papers, acrylic and canvas. I titled this art “My Dwelling”. It is a futuristic title. It is what i want my dwelling to be. A dwelling of sweet and vibrant colours, swimming and drowning in dramatic colours. And I wish everyone a colourful dwelling in this season of celebration and in the new year.

I am getting my canvases ready, preparing my first set of Mixed media Paintings for 2015. I want them to be new and fresh, different from my works of 2014.