RAW CLASS / CASSANDRA

RAW EXERCISE 2.

MY HERO.

Life can be so hard and meaningless at times, especially when you come to desperate situation where you need some one to rely and stand beside in time of need. To cheer you up and provide for you. Thats exactly what happened to me in my teenage years and i wowed that i had to do something meaningful for my life. Work hard, independent to the challenges that awaits me.
So i started my courier as a sculptor never realising that people around me gave important and constructive comments like "He was just like his father."They saw my work improving because i was strong,my strong ambition to do things. My father is a well known sculptor in our community in his days. He was really good with his hands and hard working. Elderly folks are telling me endless stories about my fathers skills in making traditional sculptures but i take it for granted not until i work my way through until i visited a gallery and saw a magnificent figure stand right in front of me with a big label that it was one of my fathers master piece, made by my father. Standing there right beside my fathers work or art, trying to recall all the phrases they labelled my father and really wanted to thank him for who i was today but couldn't because he passed away when i was young, but the impact that he left in my life i cherished, he is my hero. All i can remember about him now is he is so loving, caring and so responsible, and that is the inspiration that stays with me until now.

I strongly believe if he was still alive he will be proud of his son representing his country (Solomon islands) in various art exhibition and festivals around the pacific countries in sculpture and art work. My brothers and i are proud of him for who he was, a sculptor and a father.All i could say now is "HE IS MY HERO."

Ralph Ako.