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am fugitiVE
i am a self-proclaimed fugitive, on a mission to escape all boxes that circumscribe my being. ‘Fugitivism’ is the phrase I've adopted to describe my purpose. My work — spiritually informed, inspired, rooted and guided — is driven by a fervent desire for authentic liberation and human salvation….
OneMan: The Liberation Project is the name and title I’ve given to my personal praxis and process of self-emancipation. The theory behind the project is the belief that EVERY man possesses the power and agency to transform the world and the conditions of the world in which they exist. Yet it is only through a process of self-emancipatory activation that this transformative power can be realized/awakened and manifested. OneMan is also an anagram for NoName, this is because the name is intended to be a representation of both individual and collective agency. Whereas OneMan represents the agency of individual action, NoName speaks to the agency of the collective body, it is symbol of the nameless and faceless man as representative voice of the ALL or EVERY. In this same regard OneMan represents the visible or corporeal body, whereas NoName implies that which is hidden — an internal spirit or concept not immediately realized.
This spirit or idea is what i refer to as ‘sole’. It is through the praxis of self-emancipation that one is essentially lead to sole — the true essence of humanity itself. Yet, the realization of sole is only made possible through the excavation and liberation of the individual soul. In this way the individual voice/body serves as tributary to the larger body, that which is the collective, united as a sole voice/body. Hence sole, as core or essence of humanity is the divine collective principle that humanity actually calls into being. This divine principle, as invisible core or essence, is the ideal of humanity i.e., the realization and manifestation of a universal body that stands liberated and united is the sole of humanity. And just as the soul, as essence of man, is the invisible and quintessential core being of our individual selves. So too is sole, as essence of humanity, the invisible and quintessential core being of the collective human body. Furthermore, it is the collective human sole that ultimately validates, and gives true existential purpose and meaning to the individual soul. Hence the process of self-emancipation is ultimately a spiritual and evolutionary process and journey towards the realization of our highest selves, this being the realization and manifestation of the divine collective principle — our true humanity.
Therefore, OneMan is ultimately my process and journey towards the realization of a true human liberation, which lies in the manifestation of a DIVINELY PRINCIPLED COLLECTIVE SOLE. It is the process of self-emancipation that infects all who come into contact with the acting individual. Hence self-emancipation acts as a virus or fire that has the potential to be contagious and spread uncontrollably. This is why i also use the metaphor of the farmer to describe my praxis, for i believe through the act of self-emancipation i am also planting the (mental and spiritual) seeds of liberation that will essentially ignite (awaken or activate) others.
In this same regard, I'm also speaking to revolution as a protracted struggle; a continuous movement; a life's mission, a generational mission. Revolution and the struggle for liberation is the infinite quest towards a final frontier that has yet to be fully formed or realized. As such, in this context, freedom can never be a noun. Here, true freedom can only be perceived, experienced and expressed as a verb. Freedom as constant action and activity, and it is this activity that is the basis of self-emancipation, as it is the driving root force behind the transformative power and agency of mankind.
i am not an artist and my work is not about art. i am ‘OneMan’: divine instrument, healer, builder, wilderness preacher, lighthouse and farmer planting spiritual seeds and preparing the way for a collective ‘SOLE’ awakening.