BREAKING FREE

I started my passion for nud art in 2017, in 2018 I stopped because of my family. They thought it was prostitution, because here in Angola there are still a lot of taboos in the artistic scene, and I landed again on December 7, 2020.

 

Currently I am counting on the support of my girlfriend and my parents, and In 2019 when I met you in Windhoek and I saw your profile, I once again had the strength to break the barriers and Culture to do what I love most, which is to land and show all women that we are perfect, that it is not bad for another woman to be naked and show the world everything that is free and freedom brings art so I see your photos and I am amazed, Wow what a most beautiful art !!!!

 

Your photos helped me a lot, so I am the one who is grateful.

Eye Am inspired by women who stand in their power and own their bodies and sexuality. We are all ONE and when ONE of us takes the leap of faith to live and love fully from deep within their true being ALL of us are one step closer to Unity Conciosness, Collective Healing and Unconditional LOVE for ourselves and each other. 

TODAY

Eye Celebrate this brave, strong Woman.

“Perhaps our dreams are there to be broken, and our plans are there to crumble, and our tomorrows are there to dissolve into todays, and perhaps all of this is all a giant invitation to wake up from the dream of separation, to awaken from the mirage of control, and embrace whole-heartedly what is present. 

Perhaps it is all a call to compassion, to a deep embrace of this universe in all its bliss and pain and bitter-sweet glory. Perhaps we were never really in control of our lives, and perhaps we are constantly invited to remember this, since we constantly forget it. 

Perhaps suffering is not the enemy at all, and at its core, there is a first-hand, real-time lesson we must all learn, if we are to be truly human, and truly divine. Perhaps breakdown always contains breakthrough. Perhaps suffering is simply a right of passage, not a test or a punishment, nor a signpost to something in the future or past, but a direct pointer to the mystery of existence itself, here and now. 

Perhaps life cannot go 'wrong' at all.”

― Jeff Foster
 

 

PICK UP YOUR FUCKING TRASH!! INFACT, EVEN IF IT IS NOT YOUR TRASH, PICK IT THE FUCK UP!!

PICK UP YOUR FUCKING TRASH!! INFACT, EVEN IF IT IS NOT YOUR TRASH,

 PICK IT THE FUCK UP!! 

Gaia is ouir Mother. she has looked after us, fed us for millions and millions of years and more to come. Going to the beach five minutes away from my home is most times and especially during December a heart renching experience as one longs for a sandy free beach but are greeted by piles and piles of trash gathering up on the beach, straws and beer tops floating in the shallow waters, tangled in the sea weed and seagull feet trapped in plastic strings. with December around the Corner once more and we are all headed to the coast to rest and breathe, as we all desreve, especially after the year we have all just had, I would just like to remind us all to pick up any and all trash we find on the streets, in the Dunes and ON THE BEACH. if you need to have your drink of wine or beer by the ocean, all she asks of you is to not leave your empty bottles, bottles caps, chips packs, straws and anything that will be harmful to her and IN THE LONG RUN ALL OF US essentially.

I wanted to see how much trash i could collect in one days beach visit and take some photos of myself, NUDE, as mother nature is always, NUDE and open to loving us and we leave our trash on her in response to this open, free love.

My Daughter and i sat amongst this trash altar, played in it and then, picked it all up and broughyt it back home with us. Yes, trash is dirty and disgusting, can you just imagine how the sand, the air and the Ocean water and animal life FEEL?

sO gO FORTH AND PUT A TRASH BAG IN YOUR CAR, PICNIC BAG, BEACH BAG, PARTY BAG for all your trash once you are Done. AND if you see any other trash that some other human has left behind, Dont leave it there, lets work together to keep Gaia happy, clean and free.

 Puma The Wild Cat of Surrender

Shooting with Puma was such an exilitating experience, i love all bodies, but i especially love women's bodies, black bodies breaking free from the Norm, Black bodies loving themselves for who they are moment to moment. this Talented fashion Designer is Empowering, strong, soft and driven. a woman who will never be boxed again a goddess one with Gaia.

"I have always loved my Body and finally i can express that without worrying about what others will say, Let them talk, I am Free"

 

 BEING ATTENTIVE AND CARING WITH OUR BODIES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

AhoII Beloveds

Coming to you from the comfort of my home, hotspotting from my smart phone, feeding my body oats , all privilages i have that many other selves dont currently have. As the world has been taken over by the storm of corona , fear and over stimulated , over invested souls, (to much humaning) we are the actual virus and not the victims. we are the virus that has taken over mother earth, sucking her dry.) i want to remind us all of how important it is to listenh to what our bodies need right now. many of us (me) are feeling heavy, sad, grieving the life we once had before this mental pandemic arrived (we kinda all felt it coming, no?) and feeling this way without the pressure to be better, to do better, to run in the race of human desire and constant thought, IT is absolutely OKEY. I need to remind my self of this every day to stay sane.

Over the last few days of lockdown (14) i am called to listen in on the parts of me that hurt the most, the parts of me that can only hurt this way during this time (everything is divinely timed ) , i am called to let go of a twin flame so our love can transcend the limits we placed upon it, I am called to reasses my purpose, anchor deeper in, cALLED TO DEMAND THE KIND OF LOVE I NEED RIGHT NOW FROM MY SOUL MATE, CALLED TO RELEASE THROUGH TEARS AND RAGE, i am called to breathe, allow prana to fill my lungs and hold me close to gaia, i am called to love and return to nature for all my wants and needs. and this is hard, hard to listen, hard to let go, hard to want to live when you are living inside a conditioned mind that has forgotten how to BE. becasue this being human thing has come with so many boxes, so many paradoxes, so complex so heavy so light, so dual and heavy.

but i CHOOSE to remember my power, i choose to remeber who and what I AM. A light worker, a light being, energy I AM THE WHOLE THING AND NOTHING ALL AT ONCE.
I choose to listen to my body, take care of my body. express love to my body. thank my body for being here, through it all with me as the world undergoes a complete lockdown.

Here are some questions I like to ask myself everyday to check in on how i am doing and what i can do to make myslef feel better, safe, loved.

1. Am i Hydrated? Did i drink water to nourish my body and mind today?
Water is cleansing, rejuvenating and recharging and our bodies are 80% water, so drink as much water as possible. need a distraction? drink water and enjoy it. :) 

2. What are the first 5 things that i am most grateful for TODAY?
Gratitude energy helps you to align with even more to be grateful for.

3.Have I moved, strecthed , worked out, woken my body up today?
 Allow your body to move intuitively and freely. Feel and sense that your movement is cutting through illusion and distortion in your field of mind and heart space.

4. Have I checked in on a friend or loved one today?
we are in this together, check in on as many people as you can handle (energetically etc) call your mom, or if you live with her, check in oh how shes doing, redirect from victimising to compassion

5. Am I feeling safe within my body?

 ARE YOU? IF YOU ARE NOT, REMIND YOURSELF THAT YOUR BODY IS HERE FOR AND WITH YOU THROUGH THIS, YOUR BODY IS HOME, EVEN IF THATS ALL YOU HAVE, THATS A WHOLE LOT TO BE GRATEFULO FOR. LET US BE LOVING AND COMPASSIONATE TOWARDS OUR BODIES.

Take long cleansing baths and showers when you can. Feed your body. BREATHE
A cleansing bath is a perfect add on to any release and clearing work you're doing, 

Consider writing out what you want to release everyday at the end of the day on a piece of paper and as you write it all down, envision the feelings and thoughts and energy attached to it being released through your hand onto the paper… This could be old perspectives, habits, emotional patterns, or limiting beliefs… Once you’ve written everything down, then symbolically (and safely) burn the paper to let it go.

The only way out is through it , so lets bring our collective vibrations together, heal ourselves, our friends, family, the world,  ALL OF US, after all, we are in this together, we always have been and its not going to change anytime soon if we don't do the work. to listen. to love to move to accept that this is just another one of natures rhythms and cycles. all is well.

" FIGURES OF FREEDOM"

This Installation was inspired by Breaking barriers and getting to understand what people feel/think when they interact with the Art that i create.

Changing perspectives on The female body as a comodity slavery, racial discrimination and promoting the equal treatment of  ALLALL people as the ONE conciousness in society  by provoking reactions and opinions, in everyday Namibia people and everyone who comes across this installation. To me, understanding your immediate society as well as having a wider knowledge of global cultures is something that encourages understanding, tolerance and dialogue between people.
After periods of self-reflection, which we all go through, I was drawn to the power of how the Art that i create and how Art in general acts as a social snapshot told through various abstract minds of varied experiences of thisenergyONE  mind. There is an undeniable need for positive change in the Namibian art scene, to connect to various schools of thought and exchange ideas to inspire others and I want to know how we can go about this. Placing two women, naked and inside their own bubble of "safe" in a bar/lounge space filled with other beings, some there to forget, meet friends and others simply there to connect to Akasha, life force. what happens when we put prices on these womens bodies? does nudity make you feel as though it it an invitation for sex? what is our relationship to our own bodies when we are sround others who are actively taking autonomy?
I want to challenge cultural narratives with the Image on the wall, shift imagery and inspire emotions in a way that traditional political methods alone rarely do in this regards towards these particular issues.

This four month experiment was exhibited at the Loft for over 6months with a documentation of thoughts and comments from people who walked into this space everyday. The art was removed many times to make way for conformity and control during these 6 months, some of the photographs intalled on the table of womens bodies, stolen and torn.
" I am looking to get a general survey of perceptions , feelings and reactions from Namibian people by hanging this Artwork that for me not only speaks a thousand words in a public , Informal gallery space of where people can interact  with it for a longer period of time."
Will nudity start being a normal, non-sexual thing for us ALL to accept if we see it out in a “normal” space? A space many of us to come to be vulnerable in anyway?
Does seeing a black female body shown in this way and a white male body tugging at her body provoke some kind of feeling, thought in you?
How can I, as a Namibian nude artist leverage my art to achieve social behavioral change?
This project has two phases, Phase one was a launch opening with a 45min event and a body installation of two naked women in the Loft on Cassinga day , Phase Two will be asecond opening with a musical collaboration with some local Namibian artists and adding on a second photograph.

Please feel free to write down any comments, feelings and suggestion in the guest book below.
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energy.. A HUGE THANKS TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR THE SUPPORT AND TO MY MODELS ON THIS EVENING AND ALL OTHER SUCH MAGIACL EVENINGS. Daniela magg for the love, support and cocktails AM ALSO VERY VERY GRATEFUL TO MICHEAL OTT FOR HIS SUPPORT AND OFFERING HIS SPACE FOR THIS IDEA.