Symbols of the Shoreline – West African Inspired
This is a story of quiet understanding — the kind of knowing that lives in the body, in nature, and in the spaces between words.Inspired by Coastal West Africa textile traditions from Ghana, Benin, and Togo.
This minimal, earthy design reimagines traditional West African symbolic art into a crisp visual rhythm. The fish represent sustenance, the birds: awareness and movement, and the arrows: life in motion. These are not words, but signs that whisper meaning to those who listen.
📜 Synopsis of the Story:
Before stories were written, they were carved — not in books, but in cloth.
On the coast, people read without letters. They read the fish, the crab, the birds overhead. They read the zig-zags of waves and the curve of a leaf as it floated downriver. These signs passed between generations. They were not loud, but they were lasting.
This design is a reflection of that language — a series of quiet symbols gathered from sea and shore, placed in a sacred order that asks only this: Can you feel what it means before you try to name it?
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