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why am I here who are mine what happens
when we die how do I find the purpose of
life and how do I find the goal of life
which is to be happy peaceful full of
joy love and bliss my journey into the
art world began when I started asking
myself the big why in other words how do
I build a personal philosophy of my life
while making a difference in the life of
others as an artist I have studied and
researched extensively on human
consciousness human and personal
development metaphysics spiritual
science and many other multidisciplinary
subjects all in connection to man now
understanding these subjects both
intellectually and experientially became
my goal I also realized that it is
important for us to understand ourselves
first
especially our mind and it’s
modifications so us to live in harmony
with all else around us and this can be
in line with your goals your visions
your missions your dreams and your
desires and of course following a
purposeful life so it is rightful to say
that I’m a conceptual artist many of you
may ask what is conceptual art or what
does a conceptual artist do well in
conceptual art the idea is the most
important aspect of an artwork meaning
all the research the decisions the
planning have to be made in advance
making the idea the machine that makes
the art in conceptual art
the idea is the machine that makes the
art it is joyful to say that being an
artist is an integral part of my being I
am constantly in the creative process
inspiring others moving people to take
action sometimes asking questions and
sometimes also provoking thought in
order to do this effectively it is
important and it is also essential that
we examine our thought patterns and
learn how to train our attention when we
look at our everyday life we are
flattered with information coming in
from all sources especially our mobile
devices thoughts keep coming one after
another we rarely have one stream of
thought unless we train our mind to be
one pointed by eliminating the space in
between thoughts no thoughts exist in
this space hence it is in this gap that
we are able to experience present moment
awareness by cultivating present moment
awareness creativity inner wisdom and
joy arises it is through such practice
of making the mind quiet that we are
able to have great imagination take
inspired action and listen to that quiet
intuitive voice within
so before working on a series of
artworks I usually engage my mind in a
creative dialogue give it a good toyless
tame it and have perfect control this is
done through daily practice of
contemplation and making the mind quiet
through meditation because I strongly
believe that the mind is the strongest
instrument that can provide us with
great imagination
thus we are able to communicate a common
language that brings us together as
human the interesting thing about the
can I add that I do is that it has no
limit to the topics that I can cover for
example I recently made a film called
the DNA of war this film was shot both
in Rwanda covering genocide and in
northern Uganda covering the war between
Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army and
the Ugandan Defense Forces
we also made this film in order to find
out how people are able to deal with
such traumatic events and how they are
carrying on with their day-to-day lives
so this film was focusing on causes and
effects of armed conflict resilience and
innovation in northern Uganda we found
out that of course so many people lost
their lives and those who survived
mainly grew up in internally displaced
persons camps and these camps had been
set up in order to contain the situation
with the rebels and also it was safer
especially for children to sleep in
these camps so as to avoid being
abducted to go and serve as child
soldiers but since 2005 the war is over
and the camp’s have been closed and
people have been able to return to their
homes but over 20 years of conflict has
left a deep scar in this society
especially among the youth some of whom
are born in the aftermath of this war
having grown up in an environment
surrounded by destruction and violence
of the past and having grown up in such
an insecure environment
and with insecure livelihoods many of
them drop out of school 35% of the girls
entering into early marriages others
suffer from drug and alcohol abuse
betting and other vices after finding
out all this I was filled with empathy
for the people and I wondered what could
be the solution especially for the young
people because they are the future of
the society and how can I bring about
positive change through what I know best
art the solution came during one of the
interviews from a young pastor his name
is Tony Agora tongue in my language a
goryeo certain means I beat up the devil
so Tony had seen how so many people
around him perished including his own
father and older brother after the war
and he decided to live a purposeful life
he had organized the youth conference
featuring youth leaders from about seven
districts in northern Uganda and this
conference was so transformative and
impactful and he thought how great it
would be to have a similar event that
was non-sectarian and non-political to
work on the mindset of this young people
because an empowered youth both
economically and socially is the future
considering my art also covers the
aspect of human and personal development
and after having been inspired by Tony I
conceptualized the idea of having self
development program for the youth in
northern Uganda so I reached out to
everyone who could help make this dream
a reality and created a team that worked
tirelessly to form Gulu Youth Conference
geico now our project geico works
towards empowering
this youth by organizing
transformational conferences and
capacity building program this is
through partnering with a diverse range
of stakeholders including governments
nongovernmental organizations and local
youth centers now when you listen to
this it sounds like an NGO but my
solution is art art is the bridging gap
it makes men be able to create abstract
and this is where the beauty of abstract
thinking comes in as an artist I am able
to create an ongoing project by
implementing different artistic media
using all the activities that we do such
as paintings drawings filming sculpting
and sharing this with the rest of the
world because art as a form involves a
lot of people inspires them to take
action in humanity and creativity thank
you
[Music]
[Music]
why am I here who are mine what happens
when we die how do I find the purpose of
life and how do I find the goal of life
which is to be happy peaceful full of
joy love and bliss my journey into the
art world began when I started asking
myself the big why in other words how do
I build a personal philosophy of my life
while making a difference in the life of
others as an artist I have studied and
researched extensively on human
consciousness human and personal
development metaphysics spiritual
science and many other multidisciplinary
subjects all in connection to man now
understanding these subjects both
intellectually and experientially became
my goal I also realized that it is
important for us to understand ourselves
first
especially our mind and it’s
modifications so us to live in harmony
with all else around us and this can be
in line with your goals your visions
your missions your dreams and your
desires and of course following a
purposeful life so it is rightful to say
that I’m a conceptual artist many of you
may ask what is conceptual art or what
does a conceptual artist do well in
conceptual art the idea is the most
important aspect of an artwork meaning
all the research the decisions the
planning have to be made in advance
making the idea the machine that makes
the art in conceptual art
the idea is the machine that makes the
art it is joyful to say that being an
artist is an integral part of my being I
am constantly in the creative process
inspiring others moving people to take
action sometimes asking questions and
sometimes also provoking thought in
order to do this effectively it is
important and it is also essential that
we examine our thought patterns and
learn how to train our attention when we
look at our everyday life we are
flattered with information coming in
from all sources especially our mobile
devices thoughts keep coming one after
another we rarely have one stream of
thought unless we train our mind to be
one pointed by eliminating the space in
between thoughts no thoughts exist in
this space hence it is in this gap that
we are able to experience present moment
awareness by cultivating present moment
awareness creativity inner wisdom and
joy arises it is through such practice
of making the mind quiet that we are
able to have great imagination take
inspired action and listen to that quiet
intuitive voice within
so before working on a series of
artworks I usually engage my mind in a
creative dialogue give it a good toyless
tame it and have perfect control this is
done through daily practice of
contemplation and making the mind quiet
through meditation because I strongly
believe that the mind is the strongest
instrument that can provide us with
great imagination
thus we are able to communicate a common
language that brings us together as
human the interesting thing about the
can I add that I do is that it has no
limit to the topics that I can cover for
example I recently made a film called
the DNA of war this film was shot both
in Rwanda covering genocide and in
northern Uganda covering the war between
Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army and
the Ugandan Defense Forces
we also made this film in order to find
out how people are able to deal with
such traumatic events and how they are
carrying on with their day-to-day lives
so this film was focusing on causes and
effects of armed conflict resilience and
innovation in northern Uganda we found
out that of course so many people lost
their lives and those who survived
mainly grew up in internally displaced
persons camps and these camps had been
set up in order to contain the situation
with the rebels and also it was safer
especially for children to sleep in
these camps so as to avoid being
abducted to go and serve as child
soldiers but since 2005 the war is over
and the camp’s have been closed and
people have been able to return to their
homes but over 20 years of conflict has
left a deep scar in this society
especially among the youth some of whom
are born in the aftermath of this war
having grown up in an environment
surrounded by destruction and violence
of the past and having grown up in such
an insecure environment
and with insecure livelihoods many of
them drop out of school 35% of the girls
entering into early marriages others
suffer from drug and alcohol abuse
betting and other vices after finding
out all this I was filled with empathy
for the people and I wondered what could
be the solution especially for the young
people because they are the future of
the society and how can I bring about
positive change through what I know best
art the solution came during one of the
interviews from a young pastor his name
is Tony Agora tongue in my language a
goryeo certain means I beat up the devil
so Tony had seen how so many people
around him perished including his own
father and older brother after the war
and he decided to live a purposeful life
he had organized the youth conference
featuring youth leaders from about seven
districts in northern Uganda and this
conference was so transformative and
impactful and he thought how great it
would be to have a similar event that
was non-sectarian and non-political to
work on the mindset of this young people
because an empowered youth both
economically and socially is the future
considering my art also covers the
aspect of human and personal development
and after having been inspired by Tony I
conceptualized the idea of having self
development program for the youth in
northern Uganda so I reached out to
everyone who could help make this dream
a reality and created a team that worked
tirelessly to form Gulu Youth Conference
geico now our project geico works
towards empowering
this youth by organizing
transformational conferences and
capacity building program this is
through partnering with a diverse range
of stakeholders including governments
nongovernmental organizations and local
youth centers now when you listen to
this it sounds like an NGO but my
solution is art art is the bridging gap
it makes men be able to create abstract
and this is where the beauty of abstract
thinking comes in as an artist I am able
to create an ongoing project by
implementing different artistic media
using all the activities that we do such
as paintings drawings filming sculpting
and sharing this with the rest of the
world because art as a form involves a
lot of people inspires them to take
action in humanity and creativity thank
you
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