I took this photograph while protesting at Black Lives Matter Plaza in June 2020, standing in a space charged with grief, resistance, and the undeniable demand for change. What caught my eye were my niece’s sneakers. Not because they were loud, but because they were certain.
The Converse Seek Peace design, created in collaboration with Black designer and educator Dr. D’Wayne Edwards and Converse, carries a message that felt deeply aligned with why we were there. Seek Peace does not mean silence. It means intention. It means choosing awareness, creativity, empowerment, and positivity in the face of injustice.
Printed on the sneakers are the words
“Positivity elevates awareness creativity empowerment,”
a quiet manifesto worn on moving feet. In that moment, the shoes became a form of protest themselves. A reminder that rebellion does not always roar. Sometimes it walks. Sometimes it belongs to the next generation. Sometimes it looks forward when everything else is demanding rage.
As a print, Rebel brings that same energy into a space. It elevates a room with meaning rather than excess, adding depth, edge, and conversation to home offices, studios, and curated walls. This is art that holds history, movement, and resolve. A visual declaration that protest is presence, and peace is an act of rebellion.
I took this photograph while protesting at Black Lives Matter Plaza in June 2020, standing in a space charged with grief, resistance, and the undeniable demand for change. What caught my eye were my niece’s sneakers. Not because they were loud, but because they were certain.
The Converse Seek Peace design, created in collaboration with Black designer and educator Dr. D’Wayne Edwards and Converse, carries a message that felt deeply aligned with why we were there. Seek Peace does not mean silence. It means intention. It means choosing awareness, creativity, empowerment, and positivity in the face of injustice.
Printed on the sneakers are the words
“Positivity elevates awareness creativity empowerment,”
a quiet manifesto worn on moving feet. In that moment, the shoes became a form of protest themselves. A reminder that rebellion does not always roar. Sometimes it walks. Sometimes it belongs to the next generation. Sometimes it looks forward when everything else is demanding rage.
As a print, Rebel brings that same energy into a space. It elevates a room with meaning rather than excess, adding depth, edge, and conversation to home offices, studios, and curated walls. This is art that holds history, movement, and resolve. A visual declaration that protest is presence, and peace is an act of rebellion.