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BLACK HISTORY MONTH STILL IS . . . BECAUSE IT JUST IS!

February 01, 2025  /  William Burrell Philpot IV

BLACK HISTORY IS HISTORY. BLACK HISTORY IS EVERYDAY!

It can’t be replaced and can never—will never—be denied. Happy February! It doesn’t need to be Black History Month. Black History is ALL the time!

Even though we don’t need a month because Black History is ALL the time! Black History is happening ALL THE TIME!!!

Perhaps we need to move past what was though. Thanks to the clumsy and callous, evil and underhanded behaviors of some, perhaps it’s time for US to expand upon what was to make it even greater! Change—Change for the better—sometimes happens out of chaos and destruction. Perhaps to rebuild and rebuild better!

BECAUSE BLACK HISTORY IS ALL THE TIME…

…we’re making efforts to fill the voids by creating and sharing and appreciating Black Art. While it’s our belief and agenda to bring Black Art and Creativity to the forefront, it’s always a special case when we do these things during the Arts Quarter. As so much is under fire and being dismantled for the interests and intentions of others, we’re committed to not only investing in Black Art but sharing them with others. We want to further build and strengthen those Communities of Color that see oppression and repression especially as a response to all that needs to be addressed. We believe that thru chaos and destruction come greater and better things. Innovation has its roots in being resilient in the midst of trial and change.

Within the Arts Quarter we’ll be doing all that we can to not only create but to discover and shed light on those positioned to make an impression to enhance, innovate and strengthen the various communities that have added to the GREATNESS that has become the United States and those nations around the world.

HATE IS NOTHING. HATE IS NOTHING BUT FUEL FOR EVERYTHING THAT IS GOOD!

We encourage others to create. CREATE! Create and innovate. There’s opportunity in adversity. There’s power in change. There’s truth in persistence and resilience. There’s a Future in Hope and the act of doing for all that is truly good and right. Creating that which supports and reinforces is in the essence of Promise. We encourage Artists and Creatives to break beyond the barriers of engineered dysfunction, creative blocks and the distraction of issues to inform, educate, encourage, inspire and celebrate others. Peel back the curtains of lies and deception to further the cause of truth—forceful unrelenting truth. This is the time. This is most certainly the time!

Let nothing hold you back! Let nothing hold you back from adding to the tapestry of this world…because this world is ours! This world that is full of plentiful and ample wonder and treasure. Big enough for us all—this world is our home. It belongs to us all and not just one segment or group that wish to plunder and conquer. This world is ours and thru our creative genius and ability, we must take on the mantle of doing greater and greater things. We must be compelled to change because change is happening whether we like it or not. Let us change to implement change and not have “change” be set upon nor against us. Be beyond ‘Happy Black History Month” because Black History is still being written. The stories are still being experienced to be told.

*In honor of what they’re trying to erase, we share our thoughts for the Power and Spirit of Kiah Duggins, Incoming Howard Professor, Harvard Law School Graduate and Civil Rights Lawyer who was killed in the recent Potomac River plane crash. Prayers and Blessings to her family and friends and all those lives for whom she’s touched, improved and fought for—we honor you Kiah Duggins. May her memory and all that she accomplished fiercely encourage, inspire and empower us all.

CONNECTED: BLACK HISTORY MONTH STILL IS . . . BECAUSE IT JUST IS!

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categories / 2025, ENCOURAGEMENT, INSPIRATION, INTERESTS, JusTHOUGHTS, THOUGHTS
tags / Black History, Black History Month, BLACK, BLACK HISTORY, BLACK HISTORY MONTH, The Art of Black History

Hip Hop and It’s Relationship To Art

January 20, 2025  /  William Burrell Philpot IV

A Synonymous Relationship

Take it back to the Golden Era, most recently celebrated with Hip Hop 50th, when you hear anyone tell the stories of the emcee combining with the DJ rocking the party, the story always includes graffiti street artists as much as it does crews and park jams. Initially considered just as taboo as getting caught tagging a building or subway car. And honestly not even considered to last as long as spray paint would on its subject.  It continues to grow like art continues to evolve; the Modern Era of Hip Hop has the Marvel Hip Hop Variant covers. Which, wow, was something I never would have imagined I needed to see until it happened, and it was epic. Look up the comics and the albums they complement; how spot on they are yet still so comic-like it doesn’t seem forced.

But what is to come of current music? Yo! To turn into this point where we say the music isn’t like it was… something I thought I would never say. This current era definitely needs to be separated from anything ever. During/Post Covid we made it to the point of self-publishing the emergence of Drill music  (if hip hop started in NY, then Chicago started drill) but the beats no longer catch the rhymes. You could say the poetry of what started Rap no longer is a part, songs are comprised of verbal gun shots, naming what block you are on and who you hate. The talent you had to have to make it to a record deal can be surpassed by views or spins, (all which can be a good BOT software let’s be honest) In the Art world contracts and funding are “grant agreements”.

Recently a banana duct taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million.  Sexyy Red is a night of karaoke at best in a performance and Ice Spice’s flow you would expect to hear from someone aged 4-8 years old, these two of many male and female rappers out there are charting on Billboard charts and winning awards.  What is it going to be when we look back? The banana I believe was eaten. The rappers don’t seem to be going away, Red has a totally inappropriately named lip gloss line and Spice is in Fortnite. Anyone else asking why? And how?  Get out your Elmer’s Glue or don’t have any performance talent and make a name for yourself while you can I guess. Just wake me when we take art back in general.

—Levonte.

CONNECTED: Hip Hop and It’s Relationship To Art

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categories / 2025, THOUGHTS, ARTS QUARTER
tags / Hip Hop, Art, Hip Hop and It's Relationship To Art, Levonte

ART, SPIRITUALITY AND COLORING

January 20, 2025  /  William Burrell Philpot IV

IP PRODUCTION: LIAM IAN™ CREATIVITY COLORING BOOK.

While there are many options and avenues of creating art and expressing oneself, our contribution is by debuting the LIAM IAN™ CREATIVITY COLORING BOOK. This custom coloring book features abstract art templates to allow the artist the freedom to explore colors and color combinations. We want to encourage artists to think and color outside the lines of static and original thinking, to get away from the rigid train of thought to color and apply by what is established, defined, and familiar. Like that of music—especially jazz—we want to provide a structure while having that structure unstructured enough to allow for true individuality and free thought. We’re allowing for the spiritual space to color and apply as one feels and deems adequate and appropriate for their own personal identities.

As art is the profound product of creativity, creativity is intelligence at play. It is intelligence exploring, developing, and growing beyond the confines of the often rigorous and structured routines as established, defined, and implemented by others. It is a form of spirituality in that it draws from things that might reside within and around us — yet unseen and unnoticed and unaccounted for in our everyday lives. Creativity is Freedom. It is the ability to express and manifest that which is unique to the creator before that of anyone else. It can be encouraged, inspired, and sometimes even copied or impressed upon another. However, it is a unique representation of an individual, a group and even an entity.

While my priorities have naturally and quite adequately shifted into being a parent, the fundamentals of creativity being at my core are still there. Creativity was once a medium to fill the void of the time and space in my childhood and the required activity within schooling. However, as an adult, it is an absolute choice. Though my abilities as an artist have diminished through the years by the lack of practice, engagement, and intention, it is my goal to regain the abilities I once possessed. The effort—more effectively—is to find out if what I once had I still have today.

Growing up, Pen and Ink Sketching were my favorite and sometimes only form of self expression. Today, I have many. I understand, however, the place of lines; the black and white; the flat and only minimal application of thoughts and ideas after or in conjunction with the written word.

In developing a coloring book, we’re encouraging artists to think into the abstract—the abstract mind. I feel that the truest of inspirations can be manifested into great things with the slightest and most minimal of tools and resources. What it is to see a line, trace a line, color within and/or even outside a line says much to developing the capabilities of creativity. It helps to define whether we can be defined and adapt to situations or to go absolutely beyond or against the conventional. This coloring book is to be encouraging and empowering as much as a coloring book can be. We introduce this coloring book as our very minimal and modest way of lighting the spark of creativity for those who just may need it…even in the smallest way.

Assisted Development: THE CIRCLE MEMBERSHIP

Written by Liam Ian. Edited by Jemmael Joseph

*In developing, interacting and reviewing this product, I’ve come to a greater understanding of those colors that represent expressions and ideas about myself, my paradigms and my place within he greater tapestries. I prefer dark and rich colors mixed with brown tones and those metallic; bronzes, silvers and golds. While I notice my resistance to employ bright colors of prescribed “heavenly” nature, I notice that what I use to define a lined image informs a depth, disposition and attitude that takes things seriously and weighs things down a bit. This informs me about the other works I’ve produced including even my and our photography projects.

Thru a very modest engagement of discussion and self-engagement, I’ve come to rediscover and renew an understanding about myself that helps me to stand firmer and taller on my identity and those things of my activity and production that represent me.

For more related conversations, come see our CUSTOM COLOR LIST that informs what we create and often why.

CONNECTED: THE 2025 ARTS QUARTER - ART, SPIRITUALITY AND COLORING

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categories / 2025, Ai ART, ARTS QUARTER, PROJECTS, IP & PRODUCTS, PRODUCTS
tags / Art, Spirituality, Coloring, Coloring Book, Creativity Coloring Book, Liam Ian's The Creativity Coloring Book

THE 2025 ARTS QUARTER

January 05, 2025  /  William Burrell Philpot IV

WHAT’S THE POINT OF ART ANYMORE?

DOES IT MATTER LIKE IT USED TO? SHOULD IT? DOES IT MATTERING EVEN MATTER ANYMORE?

[WEEK 02-2025: CREATING PURELY FROM THE BRAIN TO PAPER.]

Art is everywhere. Art…literally…is everywhere nowadays. What with Visual Artists and Musicians and Storytellers and Content Creators, artistry and creativity are running thru our lives as rate that seems almost comparable to the particles that contact the earth from the sun only a daily basis…if not more. Almost everything we do and have is given to us thru the creative genius of others. With creativity being in abundance like never before, does it even matter anymore? Does it exist in the same context that it once did?

When I think of what Art used to mean to me, I think of how we used to decorate our rooms and homes to define our identities and customize our spaces to fit who and what we were and aspired to be. I think of the place of attire and personal aesthetics to communicate our ideas, principles and beings before words were ever spoken. There was a certain and specific kind of depth. Now…it’s everywhere. Now it’s everywhere and just about everyone can create in a commercial context to build a community and following. Art and creativity are everywhere and with that abundance, have we lost the substantial purpose behind it anymore?

We believe in creating. We believe in creating for the sake of creating. We believe in creating to encourage and inspire others…especially those that have had their realities diminished or distorted by commercialism and capitalism. We believe the point of Art in this modern day is to further build community. We believe in the power of Art to fuel local bonds and relationships that offer real and tangible results. We believe in creating but what it is to create is have Power.

WHILE WE MAY NOT BE CREATING AS MUCH…

…we’re still encouraging and inspiring others to create by appreciating and celebrating others. As a small operation we’re doing our part and all that we can to keep our creativity strong to impact and influence our communities. We feel that there’s no better way to do this by not only creating our stuff but to serve as a platform for others. To create is to be seen. To create is to be heard. To create is to communicate and to commune with others within a community. Commercial agendas that apply to the capitalistic mindset must take a backseat to what should matter most to people nowadays and that is to commune and communicate to build greater, better and stronger communities.

CREATING PURELY FROM THE BRAIN TO PAPER.

The written word. Line to paper. Ink to surface with measured strokes and accidental blots but the true and pure intent to bring into reality what was once in the mind. Manifestation and Realization. Creation and Creativity.

As we continue to plan out our activities to ensure the business of consistency throughout our projects, we’re still engaged. Pen and paper—paint to canvas are much different than that of using a computer to apply graphics or pushing the shutter button to capture a composition.

ENGAGING OTHERS TO ENGAGE WITH US.

Not too late to the game, we’re finding new ways of engaging others. It’s not just writing a bit of text and taking a quick shot for the social media platforms, it’s always been creating custom IP to get others involved. We want others to engage and get involved with the process of Change…and us. LIAM IAN™ is about Change. Change is about “Intelligence. Ethnicity. Innovation.”

We’ll be reaching out to others within our local communities to develop projects and products to further encourage and impact others. Whether private publications or social media content, we’re striving to build our community. We’re striving to engage our communities because we know that the only way to grow.

JUST A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE.

Truly it’s all a matter of perspective. A matter of paradigm. A matter of where one is standing and the lens they’re operating with. As we position to talk about the place of Black and Brown People and People of Color, Ethnicity and Culture, we going to doing it in a way that is patient and professional while energetic and exciting. We believe in the meshing and melding of the cultures to move our evolution into the next stage. Just as we’re all species upon this earth—only separated by the dogmatic stereotypes of skin color and places of hereditary origin and the very rigid intellectual structures that would define us as different—we feel empowered to empower others. Beginning with ideas and discussion to pen to paper with the intentional leading to stories told before a lens, we only want to matter because we know there are many perspectives that share a common thread—a “through line” if you will.

CONNECTED: THE 2025 ARTS QUARTER

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categories / 2025, ARTS QUARTER, THE ARTS QUARTER
tags / 2025, The 2025 Arts Quarter, THE ARTS QUARTER

2025 & THE 2025 ARTS QUARTER!

January 02, 2025  /  William Burrell Philpot IV

CHANGE. ART. SOCIAL JUSTICE.

ART & SOCIAL JUSTICE

In planning new projects for 2025, we’re anticipating the many opportunities that will exists. We want to showcase the complexity of issues that continue to plague the Black and Brown communities as a way to further highlight the strengths and pros. Within Art, in general we want to develop and feature works and individuals that truly push the envelope to redefining People of Color in profound and positive ways. As we eventually get into Design, we want to do the same with a focus on how cultural identity plays a part in things from commercial communication to environmental aesthetic language. Using Photography and Videography to capture these moments, we’ll also be using those forms to help reinforce the journey.

JANUARY: ART FOR CHANGE. CHANGE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE. - SKETCH & PAINT.

Primary Activities

  • Creating On Paper. Worlds of the Imagination to be Expanded Upon.

  • Creating from Paper to Canvas. Worlds of the Imagination to be Expanded Upon.

Secondary Activities

  • Appreciating Other Artists.

  • Further Development of THE CIRCLE Membership. Creating the Roundtable.

  • Dedicated Podcast and YouTube Channel.

  • Administrative Supplemental Design & Photography Work.

Other Activities

  • Exhibition Visit & Viewing: Hirshhorn Museum

  • Website (Editorial)

    • [1] Progressive Black & Brown Visual Artists of Yesterday

    • [2] Progressive Black and Brown Visual Artists of Today

    • [3] Progressive Black and Brown Visual Artists of Tomorrow.

  • Management: One dedicated In-Person Meeting with all Leadership Members.

FEBRUARY: THE RIGHT TO CREATE ART. - PAINT ON A LARGER CANVAS.

Primary Activities

  • The Canvas IS the Stage. Creating with Greater Purpose a Greater Piece.

  • Mixing Canvases: Physical to Digital!

Secondary Activities

  • Appreciating Other Artists.

  • Further Development of THE CIRCLE Membership Creating the Roundtable.

  • Dedicated Podcast and YouTube Channel.

  • Administrative Supplemental Design & Photography Work.

Other Activities

  • Exhibition Visit & Viewing: New York Metropolitan Museum.

MARCH: ART AS LIFE. LIFE INFORMING ART. - DIGITAL ART, DIGITAL CANVASES.

Primary Activities

  • Moving Beyond the Physical to Infect the Digital.

  • From the Digital to Everything and As Much As Possible.

  • FREEDOM: To Be Who You Want To Be. To Be With Love.

Secondary Activities

  • Appreciating Other Artists.

  • Further Development of THE CIRCLE Membership Creating the Roundtable.

  • Dedicated Podcast and YouTube Channel.

  • Administrative Supplemental Design & Photography Work.

Other Activities

  • Arts Quarter End Showcase Event!

As mentioned in the above preface, this year must remain anchored and dedicated to revealing and representing People of Color, Ethnicity and Culture in as many positive, supportive and reinforcing ways as possible. With use of Chat GPT and Ai Art Generators such as Midjourney and Leonardo Ai within our Red Book Drafting and Planning Processes to visualize and manifest our various ideas and concepts, we’re striving to push against the limitations and barriers of Art, Entrepreneurship and everyday life to create. This is the goal. This is what we aspire to do. Integration of technology to help us perform and produce is a part of the “Change” we’re talking about.

📕 RED BOOK FILES

We will be continuing to develop projects thru the Red Book Drafting and Development process. Where Ideas and concepts are drafted for later review for development, the Red Book process helps us to discuss and visualize opportunities for IP production and even service implementation. These files are of course proprietary and so project development then remains the specific authority and responsibility of LIAM IAN™.

ART, DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEOGRAPHY, IP & PRODUCT

The goal is secure and enact as many projects as possible that are meaningful and consistent. Establishing a through line, we want to make sure all our projects have and communicate a consistent and coherent message. As we draft, discuss and develop these projects, we’re staying conscious and aware of the associated artistic impact to and within our local communities. As the theme for 2025 is “Change. Art. Social Justice.” all that we aim to develop and produce remain anchored within the same waters.

2025 & THE 2025 ARTS QUARTER!

*Content within this post are subject to change as this also serves as a planning and reference tool for LIAM IAN™ management and administration.

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tags / 2025, 2025 Planning, 2025 Arts Quarter, THE ARTS QUARTER, The 2025 Arts Quarter

THE NūHUMAN PROJECT

December 26, 2024  /  William Burrell Philpot IV

THE NūHUMAN FOUNDATION

Years in the making, this project set to take off as a part of our custom IP storytelling piece. Tied with the other aspects of LIAM IAN™ this project is receiving much attention in addressing the matters of the by encouraging and inspiring a new type of Leadership and the potential for Prosperity for People of Color, Ethnicity and Culture in America. As we continue to move forward in developing innovative content and media, we want to further impact the communities on a grander scale and level. The NūHUMAN Project and Foundation is our formalized strategy to doing more in a more structured capacity. Requiring a LIAM IAN™ Circle Membership, this project and platform is to promote and support individuals that are not only within the Art world and scene but those within Business, Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement.

Additionally incorporating LIAM IAN™ Business Services, our goal is to provide assets and resources that will take individuals, entities and communities to the next level. We hope to refine and help redefine the potential of Black and Brown People to make and shape the potential for a better future.

THE NūHUMAN PROJECT

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categories / 2025, PROJECTS
tags / NūHUMAN, The NūHUMAN Project, The NūHUMAN Foundation

HONING THE MESSAGE TO HOME IN ON THE PATH.

December 26, 2024  /  William Burrell Philpot IV

Development is about the search, the journey and experimentation.

We’re moving in spaces that help give up greater depth and purpose. We’re not only creating but we examining the possibilities of what might serve as communally beneficial, generally profitable and innovatively impressive by leaps and bounds. The goal is to succeed within Artistry before anything else and so the search, the journey, the experimentation has always begun there.

⬛️⚜️⬛️ : 📕

Art is not just an expression; it is the pulse of culture, the force that challenges perceptions and redefines reality. As an artist, designer, and photographer, my mission is not to simply create; it’s to disrupt, to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary, to turn a moment into a movement. My work thrives at the intersection of elegance and edge, tradition and innovation, where the past meets the future in bold, unapologetic strokes.

I don’t believe in art for art’s sake. Every piece I create, every design I shape, every photograph I capture is a deliberate statement—a visual conversation with the world. I aim to craft experiences, not just objects. Each project is a curated reflection of my belief that art must challenge the status quo while pushing the boundaries of what’s expected, understood, and accepted.

Design is about intention. It's about crafting environments, experiences, and identities that resonate beyond their surfaces. My work doesn’t follow trends; it sets them. Whether it’s a custom logo that becomes a symbol of excellence, an interior space that breathes life into its surroundings, or a fashion shoot that tells a compelling story, every design has a purpose: to influence, to inspire, to lead.

Photography, to me, is the art of capturing the soul. It’s about freezing time in a way that speaks louder than words ever could. I don’t just take pictures—I frame stories, preserve emotions, and reveal the truth hidden beneath the surface. Every shot is an exploration of identity, of culture, and of the power that comes from embracing who we are, unfiltered and raw.

In every project, I strive to reflect the duality of life—the balance between sophistication and raw authenticity, structure and chaos, luxury and grit. I believe art should provoke and empower, pushing the viewer to question, to think, and to feel something new. This is the essence of my work: not just creating to be seen, but creating to be remembered.

In the end, it’s not about the work itself; it’s about the legacy it leaves behind. Art, design, and photography are more than a reflection of the world—they’re a force that shapes it.

As we refine and redefine, we’re focusing attention to THE CIRCLE MEMBERSHIP and how to impact others thru means that go above and beyond Coaching and Consulting. As we do, we’re moving our artistry into publishing Personal Development Tools to better assist those creatives who are encountering the creative issues and blocks that most do. Generalizing our approach within publication, we’re still making our Coaching and Consulting Services available for unique individual-based assistance and reinforcement systems.

HONING THE MESSAGE TO HOME IN ON THE PATH.

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tags / 2025, 2025 Planning, The Message

📕: THE CONCEPT OF IDENTITY - Part II.

December 22, 2024  /  William Burrell Philpot IV

INTELLIGENCE. ETHNICITY. INNOVATION.

The importance of LIAM IAN™ is and has been to signify change and transition. Growth and development adhering to a sophisticated pride and drive for being Black—African American and a Man of Color, Ethnicity and Culture. As 2024 was dedicated to “The Dichotomy of…” telling and revealing those dual aspects of who I am, have been and strive to become. 2025 must move beyond just my concepts and ideas to include those of others. The opportunity we see in 2025 is a return to the idea that Art is and must be related to Social Justice and Reform. The attempt to redevelop and evolve the ideas and concepts of Black and Brown People beyond what they are and have become today.

We believe in the potential and capacity of Black and Brown People to lead communities, societies and the world beyond what has been defined for us today. Products of economic, societal and commercial conditions, we find ourselves standing at a place where not only Social Justice must be addressed but Self Identity must as well.

As we work to get more and more into our local communities, we’re reviewing plans to [1] help sponsor and curate exhibits for unconventional and innovative Artworks, [2] launch (or relaunch) a Design consultancy that focuses on high-end progressive Afro and Afro-American ideologies and standards, and [3] develop a Photography service platform that adds to a portfolio for capturing subjects and individuals that should hold significant progressive value to redefining and affecting the culture itself. With Ai and Videography as platforms being worked out, these platforms are slated to compliment and assist all others.

As the goal is still in developing content, media and other IP assets to further encourage and empower People and Communities of Color, Ethnicity and Culture, 2025 must see a broadening and widening of our ability and scope to produce. While we’re in business we recognize that we can’t be in it for the revenues but to create. To create in catering to our communities. To create in order to innovate and change the narrative of what is, what was and what can be. We’re in it to create and to then bring to market then those creations with honesty and integrity to who and what we are…after we’ve the done the work to become a recognizable part of local communities.

TRUTH TO WHO LIAM IAN IS.

STILL COMPLICATED: MATURE YET IMMATURE. HOOD YET REFINED. EDUCATED YET STILL LEARNING. LOOKING OUTWARD TO IMPROVE THE INSIDE.

The fact is that I’m still going to be the Man that I am—the Artist that I am. A Black Man with Ambition, Vision, Mission and Intention to Create. While I’m used to taking risks, I’m continuing on to take on more and more to create what I’ve always wanted to manifest. Whether identified as toxic or visionary, my core goals remain in creating those works that have informed my identity and place within the world; a Fortunate and Free Black Man. It is my right and my duty to create. It’s my right and my duty to create because there are so many others like me that do not have abilities and resources to do. I’ve survived a lot. I’ve seen a lot. I’ve experienced and have loved a lot that would’ve or might’ve otherwise seen my end, diminishment or even incarceration…but I’m a father now. I’m a father and a husband and a figure within my community.

Yes, I’m Blessed…but even in being blessed I’m willing to take the risks to continue that journey and exploration of me. I’m willing to confront and challenge the societal norms experience that variety dimensions an Artist and Creative has the potential to exist within. If you know…then you know.

What does this mean? It means more and more ideas. It even means Innovative and Mature Projects…and Content.

ART & SOCIAL JUSTICE

In planning new projects for 2025, we’re anticipating the many opportunities that will exists. We want to showcase the complexity of issues that continue to plague the Black and Brown communities as a way to further highlight the strengths and pros. Within Art, in general we want to develop and feature works and individuals that truly push the envelope to redefining People of Color in profound and positive ways. As we eventually get into Design, we want to do the same with a focus on how cultural identity plays a part in things from commercial communication to environmental aesthetic language. Using Photography and Videography to capture these moments, we’ll also be using those forms to help reinforce the journey.

📕: THE CONCEPT OF IDENTITY - Part II.

LIAM IAN™ - LIAM IAN LLC™ - LIAM IAN-Ai™ - www.Liam-Ian.com - © 2024 Liam Ian (LIAM IAN LLC) - © 2024 Liam Ian (LIAM IAN LLC)⩀ All Rights Reserved.

categories / 2025, RED BOOK
tags / RED BOOK, Red Book Files, Red Book, Creativity, 2025, 2025 Planning

📕: THE CONCEPT OF IDENTITY.

December 21, 2024  /  William Burrell Philpot IV

INTELLIGENCE. ETHNICITY. INNOVATION.

The importance of LIAM IAN™ is and has been to signify change and transition. Growth and development adhering to a sophisticated pride and drive for being Black—African American and a Man of Color, Ethnicity and Culture. As 2024 was dedicated to “The Dichotomy of…” telling and revealing those dual aspects of who I am, have been and strive to become. 2025 must move beyond just my concepts and ideas to include those of others. The opportunity we see in 2025 is a return to the idea that Art is and must be related to Social Justice and Reform. The attempt to redevelop and evolve the ideas and concepts of Black and Brown People beyond what they are and have become today.

We believe in the potential and capacity of Black and Brown People to lead communities, societies and the world beyond what has been defined for us today. Products of economic, societal and commercial conditions, we find ourselves standing at a place where not only Social Justice must be addressed but Self Identity must as well.

As we work to get more and more into our local communities, we’re reviewing plans to [1] help sponsor and curate exhibits for unconventional and innovative Artworks, [2] launch (or relaunch) a Design consultancy that focuses on high-end progressive Afro and Afro-American ideologies and standards, and [3] develop a Photography service platform that adds to a portfolio for capturing subjects and individuals that should hold significant progressive value to redefining and affecting the culture itself. With Ai and Videography as platforms being worked out, these platforms are slated to compliment and assist all others.

As the goal is still in developing content, media and other IP assets to further encourage and empower People and Communities of Color, Ethnicity and Culture, 2025 must see a broadening and widening of our ability and scope to produce. While we’re in business we recognize that we can’t be in it for the revenues but to create. To create in catering to our communities. To create in order to innovate and change the narrative of what is, what was and what can be. We’re in it to create and to then bring to market then those creations with honesty and integrity to who and what we are…after we’ve the done the work to become a recognizable part of local communities.

ART & SOCIAL JUSTICE

In planning new projects for 2025, we’re anticipating the many opportunities that will exists. We want to showcase the complexity of issues that continue to plague the Black and Brown communities as a way to further highlight the strengths and pros. Within Art, in general we want to develop and feature works and individuals that truly push the envelope to redefining People of Color in profound and positive ways. As we eventually get into Design, we want to do the same with a focus on how cultural identity plays a part in things from commercial communication to environmental aesthetic language. Using Photography and Videography to capture these moments, we’ll also be using those forms to help reinforce the journey.

📕: THE CONCEPT OF IDENTITY.

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tags / RED BOOK, Red Book Files, Red Book, Creativity, 2025, 2025 Planning

STEPPING BACK TO BUILD OUT!

December 18, 2024  /  William Burrell Philpot IV

While we’re beginning the process of stepping back a bit in preparation for 2025, we’re looking to build out. Thru appreciating and supporting other Artists, Designers, Photographers and Videographers, we’re also striving to becoming more and more valuable.

A DRIVE FOR SUCCESS THRU LOVING ART AND IDEAS.

We’re focusing the ARTISTRY of ALL things! It’s our business to focus on the Art of Business just as much as the Art of Art, Design and Photography. While we’re busy handling the day to day operations of the business, we’re struggling yet striving to further create. This—THIS—is a part of the job. This is where we must push to innovate. The goal and the mission is to stay active in business by staying active in creating. As we step back from active Art, Design and Photography activities, we’re developing new plans to utilize tools and resources to keep us unique and competitive within the creativity space.

📕 IDEAS FOR 2025

With so much happening, we’re staying encouraged to helping Communities of Color, Ethnicity and Culture stay Empowered for and into the future. As racism continues to plague American to worldwide developed societies, we see our place as essential seeing, discovering and creating new opportunities beyond reinvigorated obstacles to a progressive and diverse world. Our goal is further build a community of artists and creatives local to where we are and what interests us for People of Color. We’re willing to take the risks to create and present NEW ideas that might fuel redefined success and progress.

Keeping our present operational structure, we’re delving into Art, Design and Photography with a new intent to present Black and Brown in those lights that others have not only tried to deny but to claim for themselves. We believe in the growth and development of People of Color with a need for that development to go past that which has led to individual and collective dysfunction. Within Art, we’re gearing up to create content and media that strengthens and showcases intellectual aptitude with innovation. Design, we’ll be working to apply approaches of those many Cultures of Color to a modern aesthetic appeal into a new type of refinement, evolution and sophistication. Photography—and Videography, we’ll be continue to capture and create moments and stories that should be foundational and innovatively empowering to People of Color encouraging them to move beyond the confines of what is that has led to the diminishment and distraction of potential within the Black and Brown Collective Consciousness.

Coaching & Consulting

As we continue to create and cultivate new ideas and projects, we’ll be continuing to help others achieve—achieve within and for their own creative ideas, projects, intentions, visions and missions. With Ai continuing to dominate and change the face, body and soul of creativity, we want to help artists and creatives to define or redefine who and what they are as to further impact culture and society. We believe the richness of what it means to be human comes from what and how we not only create but create to contributing abundantly to the world.

THE BUSINESS QUARTER

The 2024 Business Quarter is dedicated to business activities. As a key aspect of our business, planning and gaining a perspective view of where we are and where we want to be comes down to what we want to create and offer. This Business Quarter has given a lot more than what we thought could ever be produced. New relationships. New goals. New achievements. New ideas for a new vision. Where the struggles in the last 3 years haven’t facilitated us closing, we believe that next year is full of new opportunities to further re-introduce ourselves.

STEPPING BACK TO BUILD OUT!

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categories / 2025, THE BUSINESS QUARTER
tags / 2025, 2025 Planning, RED BOOK