Yomi Ṣode

And of course, they want to aspire to be this person.

And of course, it had people in uproar a little bit.

Are you trying to say that?

Are you trying to say Jesus was the gang leader?

What are you trying to do?

What are you trying to do here?

But...

People followed him in the same way that you see people follow these many men, these people, right?

So I'm not trying to in no way disrespect, but I'm trying to show parallels in terms of the work a painting can do to bring me to a bigger conversation.

So this is after those three paintings, and it's a sequence of the story of Michael.

Top Boy, Summer House.

The calling of Michael from the block.

After Caravaggio's The Calling of St.

Matthew.

What more can be said to Michael as he digs in his pocket for change, only to pull out bobbles of cotton?

Ashamed, he tucks the lint back in.

He wants to silence the laughter, the growls of his stomach when darkness falls.

He dreams of the light beaming through his charcoal curtains to touch the soles of his feet, of another light rising to meet his radiance as he stands.

Soon, Michael will glean a band for a week from Duchesne, whose stature eclipses the sun.

Take it.