Proposal 4 - Ancestorā€™s Future: Crystallizing Our Call - by Micah Blacklight

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NAME
Micah Blacklight

AGE
45

RESIDENCE
Ashland

BIO

Micah BlackLight can perhaps be described as a defiant, volcanic force of Natureā€™s creation, wearing the body of a brown-skinned catalyst and bursting with perpetual enthusiasm. He is a multi-media, multi-platform, multi-dimensional artist, writer, orator, coach, teacher, youth mentor, motivational speaker and fashion designer proficient in a myriad of mediums: visual, graphic, audible and otherwise. He delights in detonating spirits by embodying safe spaces and creating beautiful, inspiring art on every level he possibly can, leaving intentionally empowering experiences to litter his wake like a spirit boat on the lake of existence.

WEBSITE
http://i-am-catalyst.com/art

PROPOSAL TITLE
Ancestorā€™s Future: Crystallizing Our Call

PROPOSAL DESCRIPTION
This sculpture represents the embodied will of a community to create a tangible manifestation of their desire to call attention to, and ultimately act to change, the plight of Black and brown neighbors, brothers, and sisters. Some might see an ancestor, or a collective embodiment of ancestors. Others may view this being as the spirit of George Floyd, returned as a being of greater understanding, shepherding the way to a better life after his death turned out to be such a galvanizing spark for so many. The domed wings shield from the figurative missiles of classism, racism, division and hatred, and the literal dangers of weather and time. On his lap rests a book etched with the names of a great many fallen: Black lives snatched from the world at the hands of police brutality. A collective statement of intention graces the page at the very front, facing forward, into the direction of progress and change. It was drafted by all those of the immediate community who wished the world and anyone visiting to see that they chose to use their voices to help this dream become a collectively held realityā€”thus, crystallizing their call