And if you’re in NYC and you want your picture taken by me for a campaign (and have a chance of meeting your future boo) you should send your headshots to art@ehimeora.con 🥰
A thread where I shamelessly plug my art because ancestors are the ones that give me the ideas anyway.
And would you believe that I moved to NYC for my art and found out it’s so slim for black photographers to get hired for anything 😂 Support your melanated picture takers, please
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Religion and spirituality are not the same. Don’t let your religion be the reason as to why you don’t handle your spiritual business.
Spirituality is basically working with the united energetic threads that connect all things to the Creator. When we venerate our ancestors, appease the orisa, and hold onto our orí--we are strengthening our own connection to the threads AND transmuting them to our benefit.
Religion is largely formed based on the geography, culture, and philosophies of a people—and can have spiritual undertones.
For example, Yahweh, the God within Judaism and Christianity, was originally a god of storms and war. You'll see a lot of his practitioners pray for victory over enemies as a result. That's also why brutal imperialism didn't disturb this god who adores conquest, it was always food for him. But that's not the point here--
Someone in my DMs asked me, "How can someone free themselves when they don't know who exactly they are? Where they belong to? What exactly is their purpose?"
This is a thread.
Whenever we are thrown into the vortex of change, it slashes at our bones and demands something from us in order to leave its vacuum. This is what many people have been experiencing these past few weeks. This has triggered folks to be asking themselves the big questions.
The big philosophical questions such as, "Who am I?" and "What do I do, now?" Have been swimming through the minds of many. But, when we ask ourselves those questions--we will simply go around in circles. Why? Because the self is always changing and shedding its skin.
A gentle reminder to take a spiritual bath if you’ve been feeling anxious. Spirit is moving.
And by spiritual bath, I mean brewing up up some dried herbs (or ripping apart fresh ones) in some water, refrigerate to cool, and pouring it over yourself like a shower while you pray and massage the water deeper into your skin.
Please remember your spiritual hygiene.
If you live in a highly-populated city, a public commuter, work in healthcare or any field that involves closer interactions with others, or generally spiritually sensitive—you cannot afford to be out here covered in energetic funk. Please protect yourself, spiritually.
The story of the Sun and the Moon is a great representation of the importance in ignoring imposter syndrome and following your true destiny. No one can do it quite like you.
The Sun and the Moon had a hard time deciding which one of them should rise first in the morning, so they sought out a priest to perform divination.
The Moon was actually older than the Sun, so they assumed that the divination would assign them as the morning riser.
The Sun was younger than the Moon and a little unskilled. The Moon was incredibly wise and experienced, but also very arrogant.
The Moon couldn’t handle the results of the divination that surprisingly said it would be the Sun that should rise first in the morning.
A thread of Haitian Artists who incorporate Vodou into their works.
Maitresse Erzulie, Hector Hyppolite 1945-48
Hector Hyppolite was a third-generation houngan (Vodou priest) who taught himself how to paint. His paintings reflect his experiences in the tradition, in addition to his spiritual knowledge.
Works shown:
“The Congo Queen”
“Poisson A Tete De Femme”
“Sacrifice of the Cock”
The relationship between Ogun and Osun teaches us that you have the right to release yourself of any connection that has expired. Especially when respect is no longer present.
Ogun and Osun were together for a while. Ogun found Osun beautiful and Osun had great love for Ogun.
However their dynamic quickly crumbled when Osun was trying to conceive children. Osun struggled with fertility issues for most of her life and it impacted her relationship.
While time passed without a baby, Ogun started to get impatient. And instead of trying to understand, his impatience bred disrespect.
He assumed Osun was lying about her fertility issues, sabotaging her own pregnancy, pedaling rumors to the village and slandering her name.