'All I wanted to do was be a painter, but I was dissuaded by a white man tutor. He said, "I don't get what you're trying to say. What I suggest you do is stop buying paint and instead spend your money on Miles Davis records and go and hang out in Brixton."'

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Thank you 🥹😭 When I tell you this conversation has been working on me. How willing am I to illustrate myself in willow charcoal, to entrust myself to others? 😭😭😭😭

I'd love to know how our conversation lands with you 💙

'All I wanted to do was be a painter, but I was dissuaded by a white man tutor. He said, "I don't get what you're trying to say. What I suggest you do is stop buying paint and instead spend your money on Miles Davis records and go and hang out in Brixton."'

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'I would take a photo of myself in whatever state I was in, and I would draw that onto the wall. It was in willow charcoal because it can be damaged very easily, and I wanted there to be this sense that I'm making a bid to trust you to protect it, to protect me.'

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