What do you see

With the title What Do You See, the images move beyond being descriptions of cloth and become an invitation to reflect on perception, knowledge, and cultural reading.
At first glance, one may see colour, pattern, and texture—vibrant kente-inspired geometries and bold Adinkra symbols arranged across a woven surface. For some viewers, this may register simply as decorative fabric. But for others, particularly those familiar with Akan visual language, the cloth operates as a text: a system of signs carrying philosophy, history, and moral values.
The title challenges the viewer to question how meaning is accessed. What is visible depends on experience, proximity, and cultural literacy. The folds in the fabric partially obscure symbols, suggesting that understanding is never complete or immediate. Knowledge reveals itself slowly, through attention and familiarity.
In this way, What Do You See asks whether we look or truly read. It positions textile as both surface and substance—an object that holds layered narratives and prompts viewers to reflect on their own relationship to cultural symbols, memory, and interpretation.