The Most Positive Man in the World

The most positive man in the world loved to make pictures as a boy.

He burned cow dung to get the color white.

The most positive man in the world knew war as a boy.
He saw death before he could understand it.

The most positive man in the world lost his home as a boy.
He escaped into the bush with his family, and walked on and on.

The most positive man in the world lost his family as a boy.
He knew hunger and thirst and fear.

The most positive man in the world saw injustice as a boy.
He watched the weak devoured by lions and the unlucky cut down by men.

The most positive man in the world escaped to America as a boy.
He sensed new worlds, new possibilities.

The most positive man in the world is an artist.

He is an artist who believes that art –
art can transform the universe.

Meet Awer Bul.