Alicia Keys is playing in my house all the time and I’m getting lots of inspiration from her new album Here. Below you can listen to some of her music including a beautiful visual prelude to her new album.

This is a video she posted after Trump won the elections:

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@Regrann from @aliciakeys – It is time to be awake. It is time to be here for all of us. What world do we want to live in? I choose one of love. #love not fear #aliciakeys

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I believe we all have a holy war to fight, a.k.a. ‘the inner battle’  between good and bad. I tried to express how emotions are tangible things, that get stuck in ones hair:

These are some previous drawings, always that face looking in the distance…i guess looking for hope, looking for strength. Looking ahead.

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I need Alicia! @aliciakeys 'holy war' in the background #drawing for today's blogpost #art #artstudio #atelier #workinprogress #artist #dutchdesign #nocommissionlondon #aliciakeys #dakart #holywar

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Thanks for your visit! I’m aiming to share a new drawing with you all each Monday.

See you next week 😊

Salam,

Isabella