Yeah, I know.

It has been so long since I've submitted a deviation that 1) I'd forgotten how long and tedious the process can be; and 2) they've changed the process so it's even longer and more tedious than it was before.

I have a lot of catchng up to do, a lot of artwork to check out, a lot of comments to read and all of that. But I really want to thank everyone who has stuck in there with me, left comments, visited my page and all of that. I want to give special thanks to those who've feature my art in their journals. I feel honored. And for all of those who've checked in on me through IM, email, etc, thank you so much.

I've been in a bit of a slump for a long while now. I haven't been able to produce traditional work at all. I sit in front of a canvas and... nothing. It really sucks. So I've replace the linen and cotton canvases with a plasma screen and my brushes with a Wacom pentablet. Hopefully, you all will still be receptive to me as I try to adjust.

I will be posting the art the I've completed these last months over the next few days. And for those who don't want to wait or whose curiosity moves them, you can check out my blog at [link]

I promise I won't disappear for a long period again like this until the next time. ^_^

Natiq...

Some of my favorite personalities here on DA...


Clubs I belong to:

Tears of a Man

Tears of a Man is a collection inspired by a single quote… “and my actions are like those of a man intentionally leading himself into a corner.” This collection recognizes the attributes that we as men must subdue in order to fit in with societies, “boys don’t cry” attitudes. This collection brings to light those tears we boys turned men cry in the darkness or behind masks of indifference where they will never be seen. A man’s tears are sacred as are those circumstances that inspire them. This collection is a celebration of the side of men that never get acknowledged by the masses, and that we ourselves often regard as a weakness. The true strength of a man cannot be gauged by the build of his body, the thickness of his arms, the bulge of his wallet, the size of his dick, the make of his car or the deepness of his voice. The true measure of a man can be taken by what inspires his tears.


Origami Flowers

Origami Flowers will be a collection dealing with our preoccupation with beauty. The final goal is to realize that true beauty comes from within. The collection will deal with the complexity, simplicity, fragility and impermanence of outer beauty. Origami is the metaphor used for this collection because even a plain piece of paper can be beautiful, but when it is folded in on itself in intricate and complex patterns, it becomes something else. We look at it and say, “That is a flower,” when it is, in fact, a beautiful piece of paper with endless possibilities that may never again be realized. The paper original beauty is lost in the folds as it is molded by the hands of others. And in the end, even if origami is unfolded, the paper is forever left with wrinkles, evidence of its pursuit of its beauty outside its own. This represent the aftermath, for at this point, the paper is discarded by the same hands that shaped it. So the paper has to either remain itself, where it can hold beautiful words, pictures and written ideas, or it can be folded where it must remain in the form of something else and never be recognized for its own potential.

Angels Amongst Them…

Angels Amongst Them is a collection that will be dedicated to those actions, attributes, attitudes, convictions and thoughts that transforms ordinary people into extraordinary beings. So much of what we do as people gets overlooked and written off as mundane, yet those around us depend on those qualities that make their lives easier and more comfortable. This collection will begin with a painting entitled, “She Looks Within,” which acknowledges a woman’s battle to define herself on her own terms and to love herself within a world that seeks to shape her in its own negative image. The Angels Amongst Them Collection will celebrate and honor such strength and determination and let these ordinary people know that their extraordinary feats have not gone unnoticed, and give them a glimpse of the angel within themselves. This collection will draw heavily on symbolism and familiar archetypes as well as more obscure and personal points of reference. But the symbolism will also give the background story leading up to the moment when the subjects’ “angels” emerge.


I will tell you more next time. Thanks for listening. I appreciate it.

Ja na.

Natiq...

Some of my favorite personalities here on DA...


This is an incomplete list. I will be adding more soon.

Clubs I belong to:

I often make reference to collections I've done or am in the process of working on, but I've never really shared with you what they are really about or what inspires them. So I decided that I would let you into my mind a little and share a subject more personal than most... which is, what inspires me to start a collection.

Tears of a Man

Tears of a Man is a collection inspired by a single quote… “and my actions are like those of a man intentionally leading himself into a corner.” This collection recognizes the attributes that we as men must subdue in order to fit in with societies, “boys don’t cry” attitudes. This collection brings to light those tears we boys turned men cry in the darkness or behind masks of indifference where they will never be seen. A man’s tears are sacred as are those circumstances that inspire them. This collection is a celebration of the side of men that never get acknowledged by the masses, and that we ourselves often regard as a weakness. The true strength of a man cannot be gauged by the build of his body, the thickness of his arms, the bulge of his wallet, the size of his dick, the make of his car or the deepness of his voice. The true measure of a man can be taken by what inspires his tears.

Origami Flowers

Origami Flowers will be a collection dealing with our preoccupation with beauty. The final goal is to realize that true beauty comes from within. The collection will deal with the complexity, simplicity, fragility and impermanence of outer beauty. Origami is the metaphor used for this collection because even a plain piece of paper can be beautiful, but when it is folded in on itself in intricate and complex patterns, it becomes something else. We look at it and say, “That is a flower,” when it is, in fact, a beautiful piece of paper with endless possibilities that may never again be realized. The paper original beauty is lost in the folds as it is molded by the hands of others. And in the end, even if origami is unfolded, the paper is forever left with wrinkles, evidence of its pursuit of its beauty outside its own. This represent the aftermath, for at this point, the paper is discarded by the same hands that shaped it. So the paper has to either remain itself, where it can hold beautiful words, pictures and written ideas, or it can be folded where it must remain in the form of something else and never be recognized for its own potential.

I'll share more at another time. These are the nearest and dearest to my heart at this moment in time, so... thanks for listening. I really appreciate it.

Oh yeah... the art show. Heres the flyer.


Hit me up if you want more info.

Ja na.

Natiq...

Some of my favorite personalities here on DA...


This is an incomplete list. More will be added soon. I'm just running out of time.

Clubs I belong to:


To order original art by Natiq Jalil, please visit my online store.

I’m standing on the edge but no, I’m not committing suicide.
I just wanted a better look at the sky.
Cause here, I can gaze at the moon, undisturbed, uninterrupted by the silhouettes of the leaves of trees blowing aimlessly in the breeze and converse with my ancestors silently in nostalgic reverie.
You see, no one understands me.
And no, I am not trying to commit suicide.
I just wanted a better look at the sky.
I want to outline the moon in weed smoke.
Reminisce on lazy mornings before my seed woke.
Ponder the moon’s revolution and how it looks like a pendulum swinging slowly in only one direction.
I just want a lingering moment of perfection.
You see, I’ve committed countless suicides, hanging my life between ancient books on the highest shelf.
Constantly dying to live again like Khepri at dawn. Wiping away the fingerprints of the old me so I can reinvent my self.
I live my life, perpetually scrutinized by others claiming to be friends, family and lovers, baby’s mothers who are secretly undercover people who really just don’t know me.
See, I tend to think fast and speak slowly.
So people misunderstand my silence as unknowing and take it upon themselves to show me.
Some people misinterpret my lack of organized religion as unholy.
Some people take my insight as blindness and mistake me for you,
Confuse my smile with love, my blank face with depression, and correctly interpret my eyes as truth.
And so many people are afraid my eyes… afraid of me…
So they narrow their accusing eyes because they can’t understand me…
See, instead of roaming the streets, making the fast loot.
I’d rather attend community forums and get in touch with my grass roots.
I don’t want fame or oceans of beautiful, big booty women or the friendship of celebrities who’d greet me with a smiling head nod.
I’d rather meet an average woman in passing whose smile makes me feel I’m in the presence of god.
I’d rather struggle righteously than succeed corruptly.
I don’t want to die slowly in luxury, filtering out the truth, hushingly. I’d rather take a bullet for the cause, possessing nothing and die abruptly.
But in the meantime I want to live.
Even if it is only for a moment.
So please, just let me have just this short time of atonement.
Yes, I’m standing on the edge but no, I’m not committing suicide.
I just wanted a better look at the sky.

Natiq...

Some of my favorite personalities here on DA...


Clubs I belong to:


To order original art by Natiq Jalil, please visit my online store.

suggested that I make myself available for doing commisions here on DA. I've been considering and I can do it, if anyone wants them. I'll just need to think up a pricing scale for deviants. Feel free to suggest reasonable prices. Good look, E.

Other than that, I've having very difficult times as of late. I recently had a death in the family. One of my younger cousins was shot and I haven't been truly given an opportunity to grieve yet. People in my life seem to think that I am some type of superhuman type entity capable of overcoming any adversity in a single bound without it ever having an effect on me.

More and more, people are making demands of me that I just cannot easily meet and have the gall to throw attitude when I don't feel that I should feel responsible for things like THEIR self esteem. Its SELF esteem people... deal with it yourself. I have a hard enough time with my own.

For instance... I found out shortly after my cousin died that my brothers and I are the only men on my dad's side of the family since my dad who finished highschool, let along attended college. So my family really wanted us to travel down to Alabama (where I'm originally from) to attend the funeral and to try to inspire the other men in the family to do something. As much as I want to have a positive effect on my family, I needed to grieve, not play role model to people who are older than me. I was immediately overwhelmed by the request in light of the situation and the fact that I hadn't know that we were the only ones who graduated.

On top of that, I had family members, friends, lovers, etc who all were pulling me in every direction but the one that led to me. Never before have I felt so overwhelmed and pressured. All I wanted to do was lock myself in a room and pull a Rip Van Winkle. I need to paint like never before. It is the only thing the eases my mind nowadays. But even that is hard to do because I am often interrupted while I am doing that and treated poorly for not dropping what I'm doing to talk about mundane things like which shoes people around me want to buy. It is frustrating as hell. Especially the fact that no one seems to understand anything outside of themselves. They can't seem to understand that right now I am hurting and trying to be there for everyone the best way I know how. And they definitely have a strong way of letting me know that my best is not good enough.

Anyways, sorry for venting. I'll post prices for commissions. Also, I need models for painting badly, male and female. I have collections I need to finish and have been having a hard time getting out to recruit models. If anyone is interested, let me know. I pay the standard rate for models. Hit me up here or on my email: lastquantum@aim.com.

Be easy,

Natiq...

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