From the exhibit UBUNTU – loosely translated as I am because we are… Ubuntu is an Nguni Bantu (South African) term meaning humanity. It is often translated as I am because we are. Using the simplest form of visual language; colour, line and shape, the exhibit is an abstract representation of humanity through the recognition of others in their uniqueness and differences. Shapes begin talking to each other – defining themselves by their slight differences. These shapes and colours aren’t just marks that I like or hope you will like, they’re interacting together in the simplest form of visual language to depict the oneness of humanity.

We live in an interconnected world, and nothing happens in isolation. An event in one place cannot be contained by borders; it spreads around mountains and across oceans. Editor says: I love chaos theory and the butterfly effect: you know, when a butterfly flaps its wings on one coast, there is a hurricane on the other. Of course! Manny says: our world sends people fleeing in search of places to breathe, in which to live, and to just be.