SEC S17W1: "Let's Celebrate the Arts".

There's nothing more cherished than art in the world. Everything we see i life are products of art, imagination and creativity. The skies we see was designed beautifully by someone greater than we are. The aircrafts we see today from birds structures are designed as means of transportation.

Art extends from just physically drawing or painting. It also has to do with modelling, sculpturing and designs. The following are sculptures that can make you appreciate art to the core. The art I'll be talking about will give you information on the following areas.

• cultural heritage
• The ancient times where hunting and farming were prevalent
• Hardwork pays
• Academic stress
• The woman that stopped the killing of twins
• Ability in disability
• Pastor spreading the word of God.......

There's a saying no food for a lazy man and that whatever a man sews, this he'll reap. There's also another saying that God's time is the best Many in the world are working extremely hard to survive in life. Life is basically on the survival of the fittest. If you don't struggle, you'll be left desolate or dead.

That's why this sculpture shows the energy, the strength this man is using to dig out something important to him. The hammer he's using is entangled by a chain that seems to be more like a barrier to his doing this thing with ease. It becomes heavier for him and saps his strength.

He have to forge ahead despite the barrier in other to achieve what he wants. Same is applicable to us. We work tirelessly, under the sun, 18 hours daily and in trying situations just to feed ourselves and our family, provide basic necessities and other things of which survival is bound. Some day, you'll live to eat the fruit of your labour without needing to work this hard.

This sculpture depicts a popular cultural heritage in Nigeria as a whole called Ekpo Masquerade. This culture has been cherished by most tribes and they regard it as a God sometimes. They find pleasure in playing these masquerade as they feel it is connected to some traditions and artistic practices.

When they wear these masks on their faces to scare people, the people they scare derived joy and fun. They play with it and some of the masquerades masks are always beautiful and ugly at the same time, designed in a way that enhance breathing. To me, I don't fancy it but it's always a conditioned sculpture placed or made for heroes or chiefs that has died.

This art portrays a student with lots of books before him. From his facial expression, he looks tired and weak. The story behind this art of that this student is a Nigerian student and from experiences, it's noted that student life is not easy. We undergo stress of attending lectures, and reading lots of books combined with other activities like practicals and the likes of them.

He has lots of books to read, probably with an exams the next day. How can one probably read all these books in a short period of time without getting knocked in the brain? These are the stress we face as students.

This sculpture is made to give us a clue to how academic life is. It's not that easy but we can make it less stressful for us .

This sculptures were made to portray the ancient days thousand years back. This was the life lived back then where crude tools were used and hunting animals were on the high. This is how people survived in the past before the introduction or advent of technology and introduction to a new life. This sculpture also portrays how life is made easy now compared to before in some instances.

This art reads a lot of meaning to how people used to work hard to earn a living for themselves. Money wasn't really the major then. Acquiring possessions, farm products, lands etc were the major priority.

This art reads a lot of meaning in the lives of those who feel because of their present condition, they can't make it in life. This art shows how a disabled man was able to do his trust pushing business with one arm.

Everyone knows that truck pushing business needs strength and both hands to succeed. The work is a very tedious work and can be very discouraging sometimes. If this man can do this work with one arm, any disabled person can do anything even if not physically. I'm always impressed by the person who did this art. He did a lot of great work with details in its meaning.

These arts are not just structures. They read meaning in the minds of those who view it and these selected sculptures made in a school environment encourage and inform. Art is

• knowledge
• wealth
• information
• motivation and the
• Future

I invite @patjewell, @uzma4882 and @emmyjnr
All pictures snapped with my phone