Value as a Support System for Discipline in Art and Creativity – Mavia

Photo by Arno Senoner – Unsplash I the other day I wrote a short article titled Discipline as A support System for Art and Creativity.  A full reading can be found when you click on the link. In the article I highlighted that Art needs discipline and commitment for it to see the light of …...

The Viable Threat: How Art is Made – Mavia

Photo by Olav Affrens Rofne – Unsplash In Read and Write Jean Paul Satre’s biography he sites that he is like a knight in shining armor for his audience. He says he saves them by writing. If he does not write he feels pain and the more he procrastinates the more intense the pain becomes. …...

How to Take a Risk – Mavia

Photo by Nosiuol – Unsplash Most people have lodged in the mind the adage that ‘you take calculated risks’. How can true risk be calculated? This presupposes that there needs to be a certain if not sufficient information that makes you take a risk. The truth is, you cannot jump blindly into a pursuit or …...

Essays & Reports

February 26, 2025• by

The Politics of African Identity – Sal and Mavia

Photo by Patti Black – Unsplash The Conspiracy of Foreign Definitions and the Negligence of the African Elite In memory of Sal J Kitololo – we put up this project together when we were young and curious. I am still curious and young in a different...

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Essays & Reports

February 26, 2025• by

African Identity vs. Individual Identity in a Global Village –  by Sal and Mavia

Photo by Megs Harris – Unsplash Has the Debate on a Continental Identity been overtaken by Events? In memory of Sal J Kitololo – we put up this project together when we were young and curious. I am still curious and young in a different way. The...

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Makers

February 26, 2025• by

Ian the Illustrator

A little bit about Ian? My name is Ian Njuguna. I’m a visual storyteller that uses the mediums of illustration, animation, graphic design and motion graphics to execute ideas. I grew up mostly in Nairobi, Kenya and my work is heavily...

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February 26, 2025• by

The ‘Potential’ of African Creativity – Mavia

Creativity is unfolding at the speed of thought around the world. Just a little reminder that Africa is also a part of the Creative world and it is not being left behind. There is no race or finish line towards which creators are running to but we are now...

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February 22, 2025• by

Value as a Support System for Discipline in Art and Creativity – Mavia

Photo by Arno Senoner – Unsplash I the other day I wrote a short article titled Discipline as A support System for Art and Creativity.  A full reading can be found when you click on the link. In the article I highlighted that Art needs discipline...

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February 22, 2025• by

The Viable Threat: How Art is Made – Mavia

Photo by Olav Affrens Rofne – Unsplash In Read and Write Jean Paul Satre’s biography he sites that he is like a knight in shining armor for his audience. He says he saves them by writing. If he does not write he feels pain and the more he...

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February 22, 2025• by

How to Take a Risk – Mavia

Photo by Nosiuol – Unsplash Most people have lodged in the mind the adage that ‘you take calculated risks’. How can true risk be calculated? This presupposes that there needs to be a certain if not sufficient information that makes you take a risk....

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February 22, 2025• by

How to Sell Your Art in a Culture of Freebies – Mavia

Photo by Hans Jurgen Weinhardt – Unsplash Langston is a Designer amongst other things. He has set out fir freelance work for the last three years. He likes his work but with liking it, it has borne some sense of business frustration. Langston finds...

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February 22, 2025• by

How to Find Your Art – Mavia

Photo by Sebastian Svenson – Unsplash I had just finished teaching a fifteen-week class that centered largely on artistic process. Every Monday morning we gathered to learn or unlearn something. From fashion designers, to writers, models and animators,...

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February 22, 2025• by

How to Deal with Your Harshest Critics – Mavia

Photo by Sebastian Pichler – Unsplash I have just published a book and the excitement of having it distributed is great. This has been a long awaited process finally bearing fruit and lending itself to public consumption. Good reviews have trickled in...

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February 22, 2025• by

How to Nurture a Unique Signature for Your Art – Part 1 – Mavia

Photo by Noah Naf – Unsplash Lets play a little game. Let me mix a bunch of people then I will allow you to do some guesswork. Picasso, Van Gogh, Pollock, Dada they are all guess? Artists. But apart from being artists each one has a unique expression of...

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February 22, 2025• by

The Problem Solving Mindset – Mavia

Photo by Dan Christian Padurel – Unsplash Dr. Carol Dweck is a Mindset expert. In she wrote the book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (2006). The big takeaway in her groundbreaking work is the difference between a Growth Mindset and a...

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