What TheFKV?
from frustration to clarity
FKVs are mindmapping tools designed to help you make better decisions
Reader reflections
What readers are saying
“This book has given me a new perspective on handling my frustrations. What I love most is that it allows the reader room to reflect, plan, and act.”
“Jakada has created a practical way to take the thoughts, ambitions, and visions we carry in our heads and begin turning them into something tangible and actionable.”
“It’s an immersive and interactive book to help you get in tune with your emotions, feelings, and navigate whatever you are going through.”
From Jakada's desk.
Meet Jakada Khalfani
Before I was an author, artist, or educator, I was simply someone trying to make sense of life.
Feel-Know-Vision began as an attempt to answer my own questions before it became something I shared with others. I'm still searching for those answers today.
My path has taken me far beyond the classrooms it began in. I started studying Architecture at North Carolina State University, where my passion for tinkering led me to a degree in Industrial Design. In the following years I spent time in Angola, Nigeria, and Brazil, where my art and teaching received both local and national recognition. Those experiences reshaped how I think about community, culture, beauty, and what it means to live a life you actually enjoy.
Today I live in New Jersey, where I maintain a studio practice creating illuminated works of art, teach Visual Art at a charter high school in Newark, and continue developing the Feel-Know-Vision framework through writing, conversation, and new creative projects. Some of my work is on permanent display at Newark City Hall, but I believe the most meaningful works I create aren't objects; they're the ideas that help someone else see their own life more clearly.
I don't claim to have life figured out. I simply know that better decisions create better lives.
I'm one human being learning what makes a life well lived. Everything you'll find here: my messages, my book, and my art; are part of that journey. If something I discover helps illuminate your own path, then my work has done what it was meant to.
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