Onye Kwe, Chi Ya Ekwe, ''My God Affirms, When I Agree": Chi, Creativity, and Cosmic Nexus in the Art and Thought of Chiagoziem Nneamaka Orji: The Way of the Calabash 5 Part 1
Image from Chiagoziem Nneamaka Orji's Facebook Post of March 6, 2025 , and X post of the same date titled Onye Kwe, Chi Ya Ekwe Self as Cosmos in the Self Portraits of Chiagoziem Orji This book uses a self portrait by the artist Chiagoziem Nneamaka Chivụzọ Orji, Onye Kwe, Chi Ya Ekwe, ''My God Affirms, When I Agree'', as an entry into the philosophical and spiritual scope of her art and thought, demonstrating it as an exploration of the individualistically cultural and yet universal resonance of classical Igbo arts and philosophies. Through a combination of photography and digital inscription, Orji develops self portraiture, one of the most powerful forms of art across time and space, into one of the visually richest and symbolically resonant expressive forms of her multi-media art. She takes a picture of herself, often focused on her face or limited to her face,and draws on the image of the face in the picture. She may also create ...