Audre Lourde says “poetry is not a luxury”. For many people this statements relevance is often missed or pigeon holed amongst the other activist barrage, pushed away under the guise of black power fluff. However To understand what Audre Lorde meant is to understand what it is to use art as a pick axe as opposed to a pillow to sleep. It is to understand the underlying fight that is required for a voice to be heard from the furthest side of the mountain, the darkest part of the ocean. It is to climb to the top after being buried under rubbles at the bottom. To use art or poetry from a dichotomy of intersectionality considered impossible to transcend is not a luxury. DYLEMA is a diamond removed from dirt and refined, a Griot gifted with such a fashion she looks at the world and shares her reflections, reaching the ears and hearts of the people and elites alike. From the position of African, Black, Diaspora, Queer, PCOS and Woman perspective she transcends all those labels to reach humanity in a manner of exhilarating artistic truth. “True artists reflect the times”- Ms Nina Simone.

DYLEMA’S raw, edgy, audacious art presence is one that cannot be diluted. Depicting a  true reflection of her surroundings, her brave art demands a disruption to the status quo and garners an allegiance of highly spirited people. Dylema does not ask for permission to hold her audience in an electrifying performance or to demonstrate strong artistic prowess in fine art, she does it and everyone adapts. This piece of true ancestral intelligence is of an indigenous regalia that is strongly gate kept. DYLEMA art is gold amongst us.