In 2022, I created The Curse of Littering Motorists, an animation that awakened a deeper purpose in me—to use art to question habits and shift perception. By 2024, I stepped fully into art and product design, drawn repeatedly to the act of discarding and what it reveals about how we live. A research trip to Bulawayo, stretching as far as Kezi, confronted me with plastic waste scattered across once‑sacred landscapes, prompting a turn inward as I examined my own consumption and footprint. Collecting these remnants became an act of awareness and transformation. From this reflection emerged Human Matter, a series built from discarded materials reassembled into quiet scenes that ask us to look again—at waste, and at ourselves. Ultimately, both Human Matter and The Discarded speak to more than plastics; they question our habits, our values, and what we choose to leave behind. Our ancestors lived in harmony with nature, and perhaps the way forward begins there—by remembering what it means to belong, so we can begin again.
