I make this post with a heavy heart.
Today I celebrate my father’s Solar Return and transition to the ancestral realm this year. The definition of main character, the life of the party, a true momma boy, and the biggest personality I have ever known. I’m proud the relationship we built in my adulthood after the fragments from childhood. Your presence was paramount and you will be missed by many. May your ancestral presence be felt in my call to the most high and spiritual mother and father. Orin Ian Castle “Omar”
Egúngún kiki egúngún. Ase. 🕊️
Wayne. Feb 2024. “PROTOTYPE” Warrior.
His strength of stature is evident and unheralded—not needing accolades or compliments. He contributes without fanfare or needing to direct or “lord” himself over others. He eagerly responds to requests of service showing respect to all—especially to those “elder” to him, as well as other men, women, children, and the earth. He “knows himself” and finds his place in collaborative projects, being fulfilled and contented with the collaboration and not by ambition or competition.
On Hallow’s Eve I wanted to honor the legacy of none other than Michael Archer, who we know as D’Angelo, for his role in shaping our connection with music and producing sounds that strengthened love as a verb. His album and single covers were distinctive in so many ways and brings me to how our stories of a young boy singing in church correlated. He was my musical introduction as a male singer of what they called “Neo Soul” in 98. May his legacy continue to live through us. A maven, artist, musician, writer, father, and legend.
“Stillness.” 2025
What makes a photograph engaging?
That is really up to the viewer. But I have found that evoking emotion is what gets me going. Looking at images from a distance versus 5 inches away from it. Whether it looks like a painting or not, that is what I care about. Art to me is provoking, moving, and engaging. Take the time to really look at creations. What does it make you think about?
This is a place in the park I’ve come to for years to reflect, think, and share intimate space with.
Alex Tyree. 2024 “PROTOTYPE” The Sage.
The Sage archetype is a very important aspect of the Divine Masculine expression for our species. The Sage is closely aligned with the Priest archetype, however the Sage emanates an additional aspect of advocating “right action,” dharma. The Sage is the Ego in service to, and “right-relationship” with, the higher Self’s power. The Sage observes, tracks, scans, monitors data from all sources (within and without) and channels wisdom leading to “right action.”
What do you think is the inner source of your wisdom?
Ty “Vango” for the sixth installment of “PROTOTYPE” as The Lover. A brief of the conversation can be found in “reels”. Thanks again for your continued support of this kind of storytelling.
“PROTOTYPE” is an imagery and an auditory project that takes a look at the psychoanalysis theory of Carl Jung’s archetypes and dissects the traits and personality of masculine energy and thinking of men today. I specifically chose Black Men because of the number of stereotypes that surround their likeness, and analyze how they view themselves as well as where they resonate in the analysis of the archetypes. These archetypes are the king, lover, warrior, and sage.
Ty Scott. 2024 “PROTOTYPE” Lover.
The Lover archetype is perhaps the most misunderstood and yet familiar primal energy. The Lover archetype has been distorted into a selfish and dense expression that lacks breath or spirit. Yet the Lover is the meeting and combining of sex and spirit, and the universal urge to bond and unite. The Lover archetype has a mystical quality that seeks to experience beauty and unity in daily life. The man experiencing the fullness of the Lover archetype feels like this: He is sensual.
What do you think makes a relationship success? And what can we, as men, do to create more successful relationships with others?
