Fine artist Samurai Farai says speaking about mental health in his work is a priority | The Citizen

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“In our country we’ve lost enough people in the celebrity limelight to suicide, to depression, for us to realise it’s an actual thing. For us to lose another person to suicide would be the result of irresponsibility as a community.”

“Creativity has allowed me to create, construct and curate this world where everything and anything is possible. From a very young age, I really leaned on it. It wasn’t something I did for fun, it was something almost intrinsically intertwined with my well-being as a person,” shares Samurai Farai.The artist has a fondness for cartoons, from Anime,. “That just made me believe. The funny thing is that Anime and the cartoon world is such a very complex space.

“I want to break the trend of the artist who needs substances to be creative. I can’t tell you that I create work that touches on mental health and that instigates the normalisation of mental health while it’s not a priority in my life,” says Samurai Farai. “To show kids who look like me and who are younger than me that you can use this talent, you can create a world for yourself just by doing what you love.”DJ Mobi Dixon alleges he was racially harassed and assaulted by Bloemfontein guesthouse ownerMost creatives shun getting an education, choosing to rely solely on their talent but that can be limiting sometimes.

 

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