The Mas Begins

In collaboration with ByLeigh, own a one of a kind piece titled Mas Begins.

Dimensions: 10” x 10”, Ready to Hang

Mixed media on deep profile canvas

© 2016, ByLeigh

The Mas Begins

In the dead of night

In your oldest clothes

Creeping out yuh house

With your friends

To join the people and the trucks and

The buckets

Of mud

Of molasses

Of paint

Of cocoa.

On

The

Streets

After the kaiso monarchy sing

And the regal costumes done judge

Before the sun rise

And the pretty costumes unfurl

We slather each other joyfully

Skin to skin,

Pasting

Rubbing

Wining

De duttiness in

So that even when you wash dem old clothes

Over and over

4, 5 years later

One likkle faded splash of colour could still take you back

To where

The Mas begins.

J’OUVERT!

Begin.

ByLeigh

01 Jun 2021

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