The group underwent several line-up changes before settling on vocalist Adam Lazzara, guitarist and vocalist John Nolan, guitarist Eddie Reyes, bassist Shaun Cooper, and drummer Mark O'Connell. “There is always that aversion to change because it shakes everything you know, but no matter how hard you fight, the innovations will come.Tell All Your Friends is the debut studio album by American rock band Taking Back Sunday, released on March 26, 2002, through Victory Records. However, a little research revealed that the artist once created a work that took 5000 days to complete. Many art lovers are convinced that digital art, which makes it easy to undo mistakes, for instance, takes away from art.īut a glimpse at the beautiful works available on NFT platforms tells a different story.Īzekwoh admitted that he was surprised when he heard that Beeple - a popular NFT artist - sold a piece for $69 million. And then, when watercolours came along, they were resisted because of the ease they introduced. “In art history, there was a time when oil painting thrived. And understandably, there is resistance, as is often the case with people and change that they can’t explain.Īzekwoh believes that as in every sector, NFTs represent the natural progression in the art industry. Just like that new kid on the block, disliked for no justifiable reason, NFTs have arrived to change the art world.

Paint photo created by freepik – According to the book, Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies by Calestous Juma, for about 600 years, people have found it difficult to choose between “the need for innovation and the pressure to maintain continuity, social order, and stability.”Īzekwoh believes that “Everybody always hates the new kid on the block, but the new kid on the block is always around to stay.” I started drawing on A4 paper with pens, and I showed some of them to my mom, who was wowed.” “My laptop had broken, and if I was not creating at any point in time, I felt very restless. But despite writing constantly, he found a new channel to reach people with, which ushered him into another realm of creativity. Writing became his main means of creation and expression. Although his writings didn’t sit well with school authorities, the satisfaction of expression was worth it. He penned down his troubles and excitement as a mechanical engineering student at Covenant University. His encounter with Tubosun propelled him to share his stories. You know how most Nigerian parents will portray artists to be starving people? This man was confident,” Akwezoh recounts. That was my first time seeing a writer in real life. His English teacher, notable Nigerian writer, linguist, and scholar, Kola Tubosun, revealed the wonders that can be done with words.

Writing was the first form of art Azekwoh encountered back in secondary school at Whitesands School, Lekki, Lagos.

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