Life, Values & Legacy: Our Chat with Patrick Yeboah

Patrick Yeboah shared their story and experiences with us recently and you can find our conversation below.

Good morning Patrick, we’re so happy to have you here with us and we’d love to explore your story and how you think about life and legacy and so much more. So let’s start with a question we often ask: What do you think others are secretly struggling with—but never say?
way they can name. It’s not just personal heartbreak, it’s cultural collapse dressed up as normal life. We’re watching institutions fail, truth dissolve, and the future shrink, all while being told to stay productive and post like everything’s fine. There’s a quiet panic under the surface, but it’s buried beneath curated feeds and fake optimism. Most people feel it, but we’ve been conditioned to smile through the unraveling. So we scroll, we hustle, we numb and call it living.

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I’m Patrick Yeboah—an artist, model, and creative thinker based in New York City. My work lives at the intersection of image, identity, and inner truth. Whether I’m on a rooftop shooting a campaign, writing a play that unravels the soul, or developing something that blends language with ritual, everything I create is about exploring the spaces between—between performance and reality, chaos and stillness, being known and remaining unknowable.

Right now, I’m editing two plays I’ve recently written. Saint Nothing is a horror set at an elite private school where 13 students grapple with a the dark legacy of the school’s patron saint. It’s a tense exploration of secrets, power, and survival beneath a very polished surface. A God Sleeps Here is more intimate and surreal. It explores divinity, memory, and the cost of being both worshiped and forgotten. Each piece is its own kind of meditation that asks you not just to watch, but to remember something you’ve never been told outright.

Great, so let’s dive into your journey a bit more. What part of you has served its purpose and must now be released?
The part of me that apologized for taking up space. The version that shrank so others could stand taller. That old reflex to make myself small in rooms where I didn’t feel welcome; that part served its purpose. It kept me safe. But safety isn’t the goal anymore. Now it’s about risk! About fullness! About being too much, on purpose!

What fear has held you back the most in your life?
Oof. The fear of being misunderstood. Of showing the real, chaotic, feral parts of myself and watching people flinch; or worse, laugh. I spent years sanding down my edges so I could fit into rooms that were never built for me. That fear kept me quiet when I should’ve screame and tame when I should’ve been wild.

Alright, so if you are open to it, let’s explore some philosophical questions that touch on your values and worldview. What do you believe is true but cannot prove?
I believe life is the universe dreaming of itself. That every breath, every thought, every strange little joy or heartbreak is the cosmos trying to understand its own endlessness through us. Like we’re the eyes it gave itself to see, the voices it grew to sing. I can’t prove that. But when I make art…when something new and impossible pours out of me…it feels like I’ve touched the edge of that dream.

Thank you so much for all of your openness so far. Maybe we can close with a future oriented question. What do you think people will most misunderstand about your legacy?
I think what people may miss about my legacy is that I wasn’t trying to fit into one world, I was building a bridge between many. Between tradition and rebellion, ancestry and futurism, myth and memory. I move through multiple identities, not to confuse, but to connect. My work isn’t about choosing sides; it’s about revealing the threads that were always there, just hidden. Some will try to pin it down, define it, make it easier to explain, but what I’ve created was never meant to be contained. It’s meant to be felt across boundaries, across time. I’m not here to be remembered neatly. I’m here to leave doors open.

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