A technological wave Jamaican story; bold chaotic style — Part 2

Di-Andre Caprice Davis
2 min readDec 20, 2024

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World Wide Web Selfie (JAGWF), 2017 GIF

Mi story still building like a skyscrappa to outaspace [My story is still like a skyscrapper into outer space]. Every chapter I write, I climb higher. Mi tek [I take] di tools mi learn [the tools I learned], di likkle bits and pieces from mi bawn an’ a grow [from my upbringing], and turn dem inna mi supapowas [and turn them into my superpowers].

A screenshot of 2016 GIF Works on click. gallery, an online gallery showcasing the GIFs I created alongside words and my favourite hashtags. This project was created by Grayson Bagwell. [Note: the site is no longer active: http://click.gallery/diandrecapricedavis.html]

Mi [I am] riding di big, bold technological wave—inna mi island roots but wid wi-fi wings [in my island roots but with Wi-Fi wings]. Di Jamaican sun hot, but di digital fyah a bun hotta [The Jamaican sun is hot, but the digital fire is burning hotter]. And now mi surfing globals networks like mi bawn fi it [And now I’m surfing global networks like I was born for it]. It’s not jus’ clicks and pixels, it’s evolution inna mi DNA [It’s not just clicks and pixels, it’s evolution in my DNA].

Dis journey teach mi seh yuh nuh need plenty fi mek impact [This journey taught me that you don’t need much to make an impact]. Yuh jus’ need di courage fi start weh yuh deh, wid wat yuh have [You just need the courage to start where you are, with what you have]. An’ mi keep moving forward, creating, evolving, an’ a mek it wuk fi miself, foreva curious [And I keep moving forward, creating, evolving, and making it work for myself, forever curious].

To be continued…

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