Jehan Muhammad's Blog

You taught me ART. You taught me CHESS. You taught me PATIENCE. Thanks for being a man. Thanks for encouraging me and telling me I was beautiful. Thanks for being a FARTHER. You were 54 years old when I was born. You didn't let that stop you from being a father. You and my mom never married. You didn't let that stop you from being a father. Dear men, PLEASE don't EVER, EVER, EVER let the relationship between you and a female stop you from being in your child's life. Your daughter needs you just as much as your son needs you. A girl that grows up without a father figure will always look to a man for validation and approval. She will always feel like she's helpless, incompetent, inadequate and can't do anything without a man. She will always need a man to tell her that she is smart, that she is pretty, and that she is talented. She will always need a man to think for her, show her the way and make her feel worthy. Every decision that she ev...

Today is my dad's birthday. My dad is the reason I am who I am today. I get my style, creativity, my love of hats, music, art, jazz and culture all from this man. Him and my grandmother taught me pretty much everything I know about everything. Most girls look up to their mothers, I looked up to my father and wanted to be just like him. He taught me how to play chess when I was 13 and also how to paint a canvas from a projected image. This man was, has and always will be my #1 inspiration. I am literally the younger female version of him. I get my big head, my big nose, my knocked knees, my smart mouth, my gap, my chinky eyes and my pointed ears from him. He is honestly the only artist that I have ever copied or mimicked. Everyone in my family have always told me that I was JUST like him. His last words to me were ...... "You can do anything if you put your mind to it." May you rest in peace. You're still alive through me. ~ Jehan's dad ~   artist/photogra...

The most important thing to remember about every person you cross paths with and every person in your life whether briefly or long term is that you were destined to be who you were and what you were before you ever knew of their existence. ~Jehan