TimileyinArts World

  Divergence You stole my toy! She is fair and I am dark! Everyone likes you and hate me! Oh maybe I am the special one. They say I snore. I am older but never respected. I get all the grades and I am still not loved. He is a player and I am the gentleman, But he gets all the girls and I am still single. What if I am wired? Why am I different? Am I the block head of the house? Do I have an inferiority complex? Or I am really the inferior? I know we are siblings but Sometimes I wish I was born alone. But I can't stand seeing them in trouble Does that mean I still...? What do you think about siblings rivalry? Do you have any experiences? Comments:  Siblings rivalry is ok and healthy.  @latebloomer_runner

  Born from the Dead A painting and a silhouette expression of three different flowers growing from the same stem which grows right out if a Buried Baby's Belly Button. The hyssop - A symbol of substitution, transfer of guilt on the sacrificial lamb. (Reminds you of someone?) The Rose - A symbol of enduring passion, humility, perfection and eternal love.(only one man fits perfectly into that) The Dogwood - A symbol of ressurection and rebirth.(I bet you know who its all about now) Only the Gospel saves, it is the news that your sins are forgiven and God accepts you if you believe. It is Gods power to save man.  The seed (Jesus) fell to the ground and from him life eternal sprung up (Christ) at ressurection. He is alive today indwelling everyone who believes. Hallelujah!

  MÉLÈKI is an Ijebu name with 3 synllables ME-LE-KI (Mélèki). A sentence actually, yoruba will write it as  Mi ò lè Ki. (I can't greet him(her)).  My great grand father was an Àbíkú (stillbirth: post natal death) that eventually stayed! So I heard from my father who must have heard from his father who was a son to the man MELEKI that; He was given birth to a number of times and he kept dieing until this time, his parents (my great grand parents) weren't sure if he would live, so they named him mi o le Ki (I can't welcome him to the world).  Well, he lived.(I am a proud descendant: Timileyin of the house MELEKI). The issue of Abiku may have spiritual causes as they are known to come back with marks given them in their previous lives. It may also have biological and medical causes like syphilis, severe infection, malnutrition, sickle cell (genotype).  *The interesting truth is, there are possibilities that what was inferred to as the spiritual cause could be medi...

  Beauty or Disability I know your words behind my back! I know the words you say to my face I know you have your judgment lenses on I choose not to see through your eyes! I choose not to see through my eyes I choose not to see the lies I am more then your mind can fathom! I am beautiful in and out I am en-abled from within If only you have eyes to see! If only you looked as beautiful If you loved you the way you are Why do you try so hard to be me?

  NO FEARs Eyes popping out of the dark Mouth and nose covered for perfect silence Oh how hilarious to see my timid self I know fear is what the devil wants But If this is how i look when i allow it I will never again give in to fear! ( This drawing was made with charcoal pencil only )

A selfie with my older self Looking back and forward, she knows what the camera shows she knows whose face is in her selfie she sees the woman once hidden in a girl She sees herself years ahead Her past reflected her present self Her present mirrors in parts her future self Her grey revealed on a girl's head Her pout for a selfie with grandma HER Girl, do all you can now! Girl, work out the beauty within! Woman, keep not the girl away from this shot! Woman, never forget she was you! Lady! young lady!! Old lady!!! ... She is fluid, She is you. she is anyone, she is everyone. -TimileyinArts-

THE PHOENIX You can be who you set your mind to be and not who the society has named you. As a young child growing up, I was a coward and very timid. My academics suffered as well as my social life. I got scorned repeatedly and compared to others, as good-for-nothing. This affected my self esteem and made me shrink. I wanted to be more but couldn’t share with anyone. At some point, I thought death would be the answer but I had no strength to kill myself. I discovered the art of drawing and I made it my confidant. For everything I feel, from fear, anger, love to strength, I draw. This art is significant to my rebirth. The splash of water shows I’ve been purified and that I have channeled my fear into what I love doing and I have become more. It’s a cry back at the society, that you can only try to shrink me but I’m a Phoenix that will continue to rise. I know many share the same past, but I hope you rise stronger like I did! -TimileyinArts-

The Parental Treat This piece combines silhouette expression and 3d. It illustrates a common event to most African children since history can remember, till the present day. Most kids get something broken in the house, the most common is plates. And the best treatment an average African parent has for this is a two-branches whip made of skin (koboko, pankere). I had my taste, you must have had yours too. Question is does this ever solve the problem?  I think it never did, it only leaves some of us with body marks and tattoos. The image shows rough edges (like a paper eaten by cockroaches and rats on the edges) signifying the tears such treatment have left in many children. Although some come out strong, others don't. If you have personal experiences, be free to share, let art speak your mind!  -Timileyin-