AYOMIKUN'S PRETTY FISH

This is a painting of Ayomikun Omoyiola, a 10 year old female and upcoming Nigerian artist. This painting is titled ‘Ologbon dori eja mu’. It is a picture of a fish colourful represented. She made use of acrylic paints and Gouache on a cardboard to execute her creative expressions. In this work, one hand at the upper part of the picture could be seen holding the fish head while the other below holding the fish tail.. The young artist employed a bluish green and harmonious colour for her work and a complimentary colour of orange hues. She used a wavy line which runs across the picture to represent the natural habitat of the fish, which is water.

‘Ologbon dori eja mu; omugo diru-u re mu’ is Yoruba proverb among the south western people of Nigeria, which is been interpreted literarily as the wise person grabs a fish by the head while the fool grabs it by the tail fin. This implies that the wise person knows better than a fool the way to handle a situation. It is imperative that we all embrace wisdom in conflict resolution, either in relationships, friendship, leadership, courtship, marriage or any other area of life.

Conflicts is part of life, challenges are part everyday living. But wisdom is profitable to direct. The distinguishing factor between a wise person and the foolish is application of knowledge acquired which is demonstration of wisdom in all situations. Indeed we all need wisdom to deal with situations and crisis in life. Even in the socio-economic and political side of life. A rash decision can ruin a whole community of people or nation. A foolish act can send millions of lives untold to early grave. Let wisdom be your guide and you won’t slide. May God give our leaders, fathers, mothers, children and everyone wisdom to lead a successful life.

 Conflicts is part of life, challenges are part everyday living. But wisdom is profitable to direct. The distinguishing factor between a wise person and the foolish is application of knowledge acquired which is demonstration of wisdom in all situations. Indeed we all need wisdom to deal with situations and crisis in life. Even in the socio-economic and political side of life. A rash decision can ruin a whole community of people or nation. A foolish act can send millions of lives untold to early grave. Let wisdom be your guide and you won’t slide. May God give our leaders, fathers, mothers, children and everyone wisdom to lead a successful life.