This essay examines how an object-based gaze shapes our understanding of work through force as imposition. By internalizing this gaze, we objectify ourselves and others. Reframing force as expression reveals work as inherent movement—an expressive unfolding of being—transforming how we relate to ourselves, one another, and the world.
A meditation on breath, word, and manifestation — exploring how spirit becomes form through the instantaneous movement of thinking as divine action. The essay traces breath as the source of word, word as flesh, and listening as the sacred bridge where separation dissolves and presence reveals itself as life.
What is abundance?
Let’s start with breath — this primordial rhythm.
No one can say they know its origin no matter how much they attempt to measure it.
This meditative poetry-essay introduces, for the first time, the concept of the ahistorical figure and argues that transdisciplinarity is the disposition through which this figure moves—unbound by identification, narrative, or borders. It offers a poetic, philosophical critique of history and a vision of the bird that learns to fly without perching.
In Ìhè wụ Íhé, I contemplate the photograph not as a fixed image or an object to be consumed, but as a trace—a residue of the presencing of light. The phrase Ìhè wụ Ìhè, which I coined in Igbo, speaks to a profound ontological insight: light is thing.
We stand at a crossroad in the evolution of being—between the self inscribed in symbols of chronological time and the vast, pathless flow of relation. Difference is not a distortion or speration from essence of being, but the unfolding of the singular into plural, one into many. Igbo wisdom reminds us: ‘Where one thing stands, another stands beside it.’ Existence is not opposition, but encounter, movement-as-relation–the air, breath, and wind of all formations.
This essay introduces and sets the stage for expounding the concept of all-centeredness—a term coined by Emeka Okereke to describe the dynamic interplay between individuality and unity. It invites readers to reflect on presence, essence, and the fertile ground of being, exploring how difference and interconnectedness coexist in harmony
The 21st century is witnessing unprecedented technological advancements, giving rise to interconnectedness and reshaping our understanding of knowledge and truth. Amid this progress, anxieties about the future loom large. As we grapple with the deconstruction of institutionalized knowledge and the emergence of new forms of subjectivity, the power of delineation becomes pivotal. It allows us to recognise and honour differences, paving the way for a more inclusive and harmonious future, transcending historical biases and pointing to the way towards genuine progress.
The essay discusses the importance of language and terminology used when addressing children with learning difficulties in an international bilingual school. The author argues that terms like “learning differently” can still be stigmatising and suggests using expressions like “children requiring further assistance in learning” instead. They propose a shift in focus from the child’s inadequacies to the teacher’s methodology and the need for tailored educational strategies. The author emphasises the need to embrace diversity and prioritise critical thinking, adaptability, and creativity in education. The article calls for a reevaluation of the education system to prepare children for a diverse and interconnected world.
In my previous writing, A Border Philosophy, I discussed the nature of a border, as something porous but concurrently has the tendency to be a vacuum as a result of the various positionings of what it tends to separate. In taking that argument further, I propose to discuss this vacuum as a space that is no longer a space of nothingness but an In-between or an “Interstitial” space (Bhabha, 1994) – within which the negotiations of many intersecting factors give form to the nature and potency of a given border condition. Often times when we make references to a border, it is in relation to an outward physical quality that imposes one form of limitation or the other – be it in our everyday lives or in the more institutionalized context of borders between nations. A visual rendition of a border might lead us to conjure a thick mass of matter the size of one’s imagination obscuring further vision or the possibility of a more distant horizon. It could also come to us in form …
DIARY OF A BORDER-BEING 