Okapi is a duo which utilizes bass, cello, and voice through unconventional juxtapositions to create an alternative sense of unity within their intimate orchestrations. Carrying honest and satirical messages driven by existential philosophies, their work forms a unique mosaic which aims to stimulate the cryptic emotions often overlooked in everyday life, in hopes of inspiring universal consciousness and individual empowerment.Our Philosophy: Our art hails from a realm which advocates the conscious confrontation with reality, rather than the subconscious avoidance or distraction from it. We work to present our pieces in ways which are raw, honest, and organic, in hopes of emboldening others' thoughts and passions, and to prompt an understanding of our own capabilities and significance as beautifully unique individuals. We carry messages to encourage individual awareness, freedom, and healthy growth for all who are willing to listen, with the aim of inspiring people to question and combat their oppressors, their dependencies, and their inner selves.Our Doctrine:Only you can give value and meaning to your life, and only your most pure and honest conclusions can form when you have allowed your mind to embrace a blank slate renewal. Revitalize the self by filtering out any preconceived morals, opinions, biases, judgments, beliefs, and behaviors that may have been influenced by the external: society, tradition, media, family, and peers. Help this veil of fog dissipate before you in order to view the world with clarity. From here, your individual quest toward righteousness can develop with authenticity. Life is full of hardship and struggle, but our passions and ambitions would be bleak without them. If we had all the answers and no need to adjust ourselves regularly, life would be uninteresting, like a tale without conflict. This mystery of the unknown is what drives us to embrace our freedom and remain in control of our powerful, individual selves. We know that nothing can be certain or set in stone, so our minds must therefore remain malleable as well. As we develop, we change, and it is up to us to make sure the external transformations around us do not shape us, but rather help us evolve to draw our own pure and justified conclusions. Together, in our most true and conscious forms, we can inspire movement toward peace, love, justice, and compassion. As strong, cohesive individuals, we can band together through honesty without the need to hide our weaknesses and inadequacies from ourselves or the rest of the world. When we embrace this honesty and express it through thoughts, feelings, emotions, and art, we open that door of freedom and purity to others as well. If we can form a unity based on truth, we can then work through our mutual struggle and aim toward building a better humanity.