Happy Father's Day [And a wine]
This is to wish all the incredible fathers a Happy Father’s Day. I hope you all have a spectacular day.
Please enjoy this special Father’s day wine from my mock up vineyard š
Design, Artwork/Art direction, Post By Philip Abang
What Happened to 2020?
It is half the month of June, and almost half the year 2020 gone, yet it feels like a century of mystery. I don’t know where to begin, but I hope that you are well and safe.
Do I need to ask how your part of the world is?!…
2020, what a year, Oh what a promising year!!
There is an African adage which states that ‘one knows best the sweetness of honey after draining the cup of bitterness’.
Bitter or sweet, 2020 will live in the memories of many for a lifetime and will surely live in the history books for its indelible mark.
I write this with a heart filled with gratitude for being here and seeing another glowing sunlight. The cool breeze cuddling my existence, the beautiful birds singing and nature smiling at me.
Easy to feel lost or overwhelmed by the craze or mystery of 2020. I have embraced the bitter and sweet, and still I nourish the ambition once had with the optimism and promise of a brand new year.
All the New Year resolutions and goals?! Well!! āWhen there’s life there’s hopeā people say.
I wish you well, I wish you progress and growth. Let your lofty ambitions continue to be at your forefront.
2020, we still celebrate you for the many lessons you have taught us so far, and I’m sure you still have more to give. The story we will share about you someday will be truly remarkable.
Remain safe people and thank you for stopping by.
Design, Artwork/Art direction, Post By Philip Abang
Stay Safe People
I hope you are well. I thought hard about posting anything regarding the global pandemic given that there is plenty of content going around about measures on how to contain the wide spread of what I consider to be a āplagueā in my humble opinion.
Needless to empower this awful plague by dwelling on the subject or adding fuel to the fear. I want to wish you good health and please don’t forget the bare essentials; maintain social distance, maintain good sanitation and stay home if nothing warrants the crucial need to go out.
Be safe, Stay Safe.
Thank you for stopping by.
Design, Artwork/Art direction, Post By Philip Abang
Ideas are like muscles. #TheQuoteProject
As part of my personal quote project which I’ll now be referring to as ‘TQP’, an acronym for ‘The Quote Project’ where I create visual piece(s) using a kind of expressive typography to denote the subject derived from inspiring words or phrases I come across.
Meanwhile, I thought I’d start the week with Michael Wolff’s quote which talks about ideas. I am wrestling a with a few ideas myself and in need of a platform to channel them.
Have a brilliant week ahead.
Design, Art direction, Post By Philip Abang
The Journey _ so far
It’s almost three weeks into the new year and I find myself still contemplating the journey ahead. I’m sure some of you made resolutions coming into the year and also setting new goals. If you managed to do so, well done ‘YOU‘, and if you haven’t broken any of your resolutions by now, congrats and kudos to your commitment.
I must say that I didn’t make any resolutions nor set outrageous goals. But I have at the very least set myself a few things to aim at. Posting a blog a week is a good place to start, right?!
To be candid, I am still ruminating about some events of the previous year as it really wasn’t the best year for me admittedly. I fell short on some goals, and posting weekly in order to strengthen my development and awareness through my ‘quote project’ wasn’t met either. My father being ill and eventually transitioning to the great beyond didn’t help too. I still feel the weight of loss to be candid, but in order to make progress I must strive forward.
A new day brings hope and expectations, a new year raises the bar.
We are all defined by our stories, a factor which makes each an every one of us UNIQUE and very SPECIAL. In my subsequent posts, I will like to share a project about ‘The THINGS we have LOVED and LOST’. This is based on a project I did in my undergraduate years and it was a project that was very dear and personal to me.
I am looking forward to the new chapter the year brings, after-all, our lives are made up of chapters of our very own story. Let’s make the story of this year a best seller.
I wish you a fantastic time.
Thank you for stopping by.
Design, Art direction, Post By Philip Abang
2020; Growth, Gains and Greatness
Wishing you a New Year of remarkable growth, gains and greatness.
Thank you for stopping by. Remain blessed.
Design, Art direction, Post By Philip Abang
Tribute to Elder (CSP) Abang Philip
Where does one begin to unpack the debilitating feeling of loss, grief and disorientation.
āDad has passed!!ā Said the subbing voice on the phone. I could hear choruses of mourners in the backgroundā¦ My biggest fear has just sucker punched me.
As the news spread, the clouds got wind and it opened its gates. The clouds rained thunderous tears. A king is gone; a kind, peaceful, loving, caring, funny and compassionate being has left us. My hero, my role model, my biggest idol, and greatest inspiration has departed.
DEATH, why do you play such cruel jokes?! You have stolen a great man away from his people and community.
āGod puts kings in a place for a season and reasonā Denzel once said.
Dadās season was too short, he was too young, besides, we had unfinished business. Loads of promises unfulfilled.
Death, you poked me hard. You hurt me badly. No pity, no sympathy or compassion. You may have taken away my beloved father, but you are not taking away his legacy, his virtue, and the ocean of memories he has left behind. Dad made his mark. He created an impact and he created me. The engravings of his works, his love, and benevolence will forever be etched in our hearts.
O Death, you thought you had won, but the joke is on you.
Lest I forgot, Dad, I pleaded to God to send you to be my guardian angel, then I realized you had given so much on earth. With a single candle you lit up so many peopleās worlds. I plead God to give you rest as His army of Angels will take charge. My salutations to you for designing my life, and my gratitude to God for choosing you as my dad.
Adieu Papa till we meet again.
Love you for life.
Philip Abang
Think Again!
Try walking in others’ shoes and see how well you’re doing.
Design, Art direction, Post By Philip Abang
START! You can do it
āYou can do it!ā At least that’s what I tell myself when faced with doubts and difficulties to start and follow through with an idea or a project. My perceived obstacle, challenge or difficulty in starting and following through torments me in the beginning.
āJUST START!!ā Screams another voice in my head.
The reward in the end usually outweighs the time invested in the negative self-talk, the doubts, and the perceived difficulties.
Design, Art direction, Post By Philip Abang
The Butterfly and my moment of confession.
I have had this quote in my archive for a while now. Not so long ago, I posted it on my Instagram account. A mate once texted me to say that the quotes that I upload either on my Instagram or here made him think, most especially the one above.
I have a confession to make. I have struggled to make proper meaning of the quote myself for as long as I had come across it. I thought I’d sound stupid telling him that I have contemplated numerous times in order to make perfect sense of it too. As a matter of fact, unlike the butterfly, time isn’t enough for me to keep wallowing in my thoughts. I decided to see what āMr Googleā had to say about it. I gladly found that someone had written a piece on the quote.
My apologies because I will not attempt to deconstruct it so as not to misinterpret its meaning. But if you are curious to know and want to learn new things like I try to do, please check Reverberations with the post āThe butterfly counts not months but moments, and has enough timeā, it is brilliant and insightful.
I guess this has been an account of my moment of confession (of not knowing everything), learning and discovery, I hope to have other moments that will be worth your time if you can spare a little.
Thank you very much for stopping by and please don’t hesitate to share your thoughts on the quote and how it impacts you.
Design, Art direction, Post By Philip Abang
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