Artist turns bullying trauma into art
By Murphy Nganga
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Cape Town - In a world where he grew up being bullied, contemporary artist Silas Motse transforms Cape Town s streets into a canvas of love, light and hope.
Born and bred in the Free State, Motse was not exposed to much. Experiencing being bullied at a tender age, Motse turned to art in effort to escape his bullies.
âWhen I was younger, the kids at school would constantly make fun of my ears. This resulted in me building a wall of defence because I was tired of being targeted. I would swear and retaliate back to scare them away. I used to have a book that I would use to threaten people away. In this book I usually drew funny caricatures of people. I remember that my father used to hunt, so everyone in the community knew this so they made fun of me. They would make fun of me surviving on rabbit meat because of my dad s work,â said Motse.