A’keaRA

THE walking midi, mood, & palette board✨

[A’keaRA @aisforakeara]

“Black Air Force Activity”🖤

[F ☆ @ffantafantom]

i had an #amazin fuckin weekend. im so gr8tful 2 b sxy, young, + havin fun

[A’keaRA @aisforakeara]

Any one of Erykah Badu’s albums fasho

[DeeDee🌟 @DiianaD___]

Name an album where you can listen to every song from the beginning to the end and not have the urge to skip a song?

[Ichigo Niggasake @SomaKazima2]

She even did her America's got a problem remix 😩😩 Doechii, Doja & Meg know how to PERFORM baby

[A’keaRA @aisforakeara]

*siiiigh*

[A’keaRA @aisforakeara]

I be making art on company time

[A’keaRA @aisforakeara]

Got back into my Twitter &…it’s a lot to unpack here. Wow hi guys wtf lmao

[A’keaRA @aisforakeara]

I caaaaan’t omg

[𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆🫧💚 @beyoncegarden]

not the renegade dance creator doing her dance one last time, ICONIC😭🥹

[A’keaRA @aisforakeara]

I knew it was over when she grabbed the folder 😭😭😭 baby WHAT?!

[𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆🫧💚 @beyoncegarden]

MY JAW DROPPED😭???

[A’keaRA @aisforakeara]

@ThizzUchiha @kirawontmiss It really was this for me though 😭😭😭😭

[Swiss @BlxckSwiss_]

There's 8 billion people in the world, he could give everyone a billion dollars and still have 343 billion left

[positivity moon @arrtnem]

The “jack of all trades, master of none.” My mother, in particular, saw this as a weakness. She would often mention that I didn't follow through, sometimes with a touch of frustration. She’d say, "You begin things and then you never follow through." It became a pattern, a story about me that I had internalized.

That summer, I found woodworking. Maybe it was the smell of newly cut wood and the visible progress in having something to show for my work that triggered a deep curiosity. So, excitedly, I sat down at the dinner table to tell everyone about my new interest, fully expecting eye rolls and disbelief. My mother's response was typical, dismissing me by saying, “Oh, get real. You’re going to quit that just like everything else.”

Her words stung, but this time, something broke in me. I turned my head toward hers and whispered, "Do you have a hobby or personal project? How do I know?" The room fell silent. This was more than a comeback; this was a mirror reflecting all her unspoken regrets and unfounded potential over so many lifetimes.

What had started as an innocent request to learn more turned into a deathly silence that somehow felt deserved while also equally frustrating. That moment became my turning point, not out of spite, but because I saw how much of her unsolicited criticism I held onto so deeply. It pushed me not only to learn woodworking but to pursue it like I had never tried at anything before. After many months, I got better at it. I began to make things even my mother couldn't overlook.

The day I decided to make something special. For her birthday, I crafted a beautifully designed wooden jewelry box. My attention to detail was constant, and over weeks of work, it paid off. The surprise was palpable in her eyes when I finally gave it to her, the unspoken apology.

It was the first time she saw my commitment, and that’s when she realized how wrong her doubts about me were. The change in our relationship was more than just repairing old wounds. We started to be there for and cheer each other on, even with the tiniest of achievements or fleeting moments.

Looking back on this journey, I understand the real triumph was not in spite of her. The real victory came from showing myself I am capable of committing and succeeding, that I was not the unfinished story she had unintentionally created in my head. It was a lesson in self-trust and completion—completion for nobody else but myself.

[A’keaRA @aisforakeara]

Kinda wanna make another Twitter, kinda wanna resuscitate this one 🙄 lol

[pop culture @gagasyuyi]

katy perry - teenage dream (2010).

[LeeshaB_88 @Leesha_B_88]

❤️‍🔥

[A’keaRA @aisforakeara]

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[Kasweezz @Keshon_C]

Howard University Artist Grad Shoot

[DD 📁 @designdocument]

Inside Pierre Cardin's world famous "Palais Bulle" designed by Antti Lovag 🫧

[Camryn @camrynsimoneart]

My newest piece “Say It Loud!” 12x16 Inch mixed media on canvas $500, available on my website at https://t.co/sSFtHqScTd feel free to message me if interested!

[yungsquat 🇭🇹 @Nissafitt]

A man that inspires me to be better is a man I want around

[Jordan Blake @jordanblake587]

Some recent photos I shot