Yusef
Asabiyah

United States • artist

Biography and information

We don't know where we are. We don't even know how many senses we have. In this situation of doubt, we turn to our sense of sight. It is comforting, we think, our sight gives us insight. 

As an artist, I have attempted to give great emphasis to the certainty of my eyesight. But I have also remembered the role my hands play in this. My hands are connected to my arms, and through my shoulders, connect to the rest of my body. Still, the artist must remain true to the eyes. 

I never had to doubt my eyes. I have doubted my hands. I have broad shoulders though. 

What I would like to say, in this my "biography" is -- don't you fellers -- gifted as you are in both sight and manual dexterity-- wonder why you don't understand what I would write about myself is "autobiography"?
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