Ghana Customs Failure
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After asking C-Kle for assistance in getting me off the ground years ago—back at the dawn of NFTs—he was eager to help and even changed his own guidelines about sending his artwork without a protective watermark. He didn’t ask for money, or service, or labor. He simply asked that I have faith in God. This year, I decided to send him a joint brand event—something with a logo similar to mine but featuring a cartoon version of himself. The idea was to show that artists can come together, in our own way, to help others. I sent $250 worth of art supplies for children to paint on the backs of each other’s shirts, along with canvases for C-Kle to teach with. The total cost was about $1,250 to send the package. But Ghana customs demanded an incredible amount of money—just to what? Prevent kids from learning how to paint? The supplies never reached the children. They’re in Ghana, sitting in customs, being wasted. If this is how the world treats its youth, then the death of empathy is upon us.
