Curtain Up

All the world is a stage, there are no endings, only beginnings...

I Believe

I believe in the wind
Heaven sent and whirling me
- into heights unknown
I believe in the pouring rain
that gushes and washes me clean,
yet retaining my character, my virtues
and every essence of me

I believe in the relentless African sun
that forces me into shades of hope
and shelters of unseen glory
radiant with promise, like the moon
I believe the elements, in reciprocity
despite the decay and despair around me

I believe in tomorrow, today
Just as I believed in it, yesterday
I believe in Children
In Fairy-tales and Stardust
I believe in the Nigerian child
and the gift with which he is bestowed

I believe in family
-by birth, adopted, inherited or self appointed
I believe in love and forgiveness
I believe in nurture
I believe in dreams
In karma, divine purpose, mother nature
and all else in-between

I believe in the Arts
In music and its power to heal
In painters and the magic of imagination
In writers that inspire
In works that provoke and entertain
I believe in wandering Minstrels
I believe in beauty
I believe in passion
I believe - womb to tomb,
That Fashion is my theatre
and Theatre is my Fashion
I believe

I believe in the good book and the stories told
- of Sangomas, of Shamen,
in Sankofa
and the Griots of yore

I believe in TRUTH
Though I see false Prophets a mile off

You call Him what you may:
I believe in the Christ, the risen one

I believe in innovation

This is why I believe
In the Vision
That is the House of Odycee, Nigeria

(In this photo, Creative Director & Snr. Partner,
Tokini Bilaye-BENIBO)

'Extravaganzas of a Spectacular Kind!'

Variety without confusion
Simplicity without nakedness
Richness without tardiness
Distinctness without hardness
And quality without excess