In the evolving series, “Diasporic Dreams”, Abayomi explores the pursuit of healing and liberation through the shared language of dreams, intuition, and cultural memory. Central to this ongoing body of work is the concept of the portal—a liminal space where the linear constraints of time dissolve, allowing the past, present, and future to converge. Rooted in the intersections of Igbo and Yoruba Cosmologies, Black Southern traditions, and an Afro-Indigenous heritage within the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of Oklahoma, Abayomi’s work serves as an active ritual for reconnecting with ancestral legacies.

As this collection continues to unfold, each piece marks a threshold of personal transformation, acting as both a prayer and a process of reclamation. By framing the work as a series of portals, Abayomi investigates the way liberation begins as a physical sensation in the body, moves through the expansion of the mind, and finds its completion in the spirit. This series remains a living journey of remembering, asserting that ancestral ties are not distant echoes, but accessible gateways to a reimagined and integrated future.