Friday Feature: @James

It's Friday already. How did that happen? It's ALL good though, as that means we get to peer into the world and words of another Proser. This week we get to find out much more about a gentleman that many of you will know very well. It's the lovely @James

P: What is your given name and your Proser username?

J: Given name: Ogungbesan Adedoyinsola James and Prose username: @James

P: Where do you live?

J: Ajegunle boundry, Lagos state, Nigeria

P: What is your occupation?

J: I am meant to be an undergraduate student in the university of Lagos, studying industrial chemistry. But I stopped going to classes. Because, my country's description of science is against a better future. Science is man and his environment. It's you and the resources you have. How can you transform those resources to benefit you, in your day to day activities? All that is done here is nothing towards that direction. I have tried to convince myself to continue, but the harder I tried, the unhappier I felt. Now, on a risky road, all I do is sit in the library every day, thinking of a way out.

P: What is your relationship with writing and how has it evolved?

J: As you may know, I started telepathing words when I was thirteen. But as an aspiring scientist. I stopped, when I began the race to enter university. Which fell short, due to the ill educational structure of my country. As a Christian, I prayed for a change. The lord instructed me to write, I have never felt so alive until I wrote those silent words from the bottom of my heart. Most of them are on my portal. Writing poems makes me appreciate science. It gives me an eccentric tour into the minds of past great scientists and much more into the behavior of man. My profile picture is a rough sketch of Nikola Tesla, from that sketch, I have written a few poems trying to inspire myself. Writing unlocks the hidden vaults in my life and explains every sub particles of its existence. It is a window into the abnormal. Writing gives excuses for lies and can break the rules that governs the truth. The difference between yesterday and today is words that have been catalogued. The future will one day be written. Just as we share our experience through writing. It is virtually impossible for me classify how writing as ministered to me. Although I have not generated any income with all I have written. The power and courage to continue writing keeps growing in me. I have God to thank for that.

P: What value does reading add to both your personal and professional life?

J: Since I began my no school campaign, I have read very little. I spend most of my time thinking. But it's definitely obvious that reading decomposes ignorance and it helps to build confidence towards practical life issues.

P: Can you describe your current literary ventures and what we can look forward to?

J: Well, I have not written a book. I began fully focused on writing, early February of this year. The best of my escapades are on Prose. I have great aspirations to be a football(soccer) player. Although, I am not in a team. I intend to write poems that will dissolve philosophers stone into the minds of those that read my poems and much more. I intend to write words that will not speak of me as an hero, but as the shadow of the moon that illuminates the night sky.

I intend to write poems or free verses. That will lead man to travel to galaxies and give them the understanding to build skyscrapers on the sun. Poems that will create wormholes into different dimensions. Yes, action written in words and words that creates actions. I want to do both in years to come

P: What do you love about TheProse.com?

J: Prose found me, on a faithful googling day. He enticed me with the dollar challenge, I am yet to grab. But I am glad to be a member because, unlike other communities I have tried in the past. The organization and structure is state of the art. Simple to navigate and the distance between you and other members is minute. The diversity of programs, very educative and inspiring. It is more than a community. It enriches the network of diverse writers. It's a pillar that will lead the present generation into another realm of writing. Thank you prose

P: Is there one book that you would recommend everybody should read before they die?

J: Brokenness by Dr D.K Olukoya

P: Do you have an unsung hero who got you into reading and/or writing?

J: No, I don't

P: Describe yourself in three words!

J: Hungry, hopeful and happy

P: Is there one quote, from a writer or otherwise, that sums you up?

J: If you do not want to be forgotten,

As soon as you're dead and rotten

Either write what is worth reading

Or do what is worth writing

Benjamin Franklin

P: Favourite music to write and/or read to?

J: I have none

P:You climb out of a time machine into a dystopian future with no books. What do you tell them?

J: I have no idea? It's practically unbelievable

P: Is there anything else you’d like us to know about you/your work/social media accounts?

J: On Twitter @masciano57 .

So there you have it. Follow and interact with him on here, as well as on Twitter where he resides as @masciano57

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