Shena Skies has compared herself to Lionel Messi, saying her creativity sometimes feels like a curse when she cannot fully use the talent she believes she possesses.
The versatile Ugandan singer-songwriter, born Sheena Namagembe, opened up about the highs and frustrations of being highly creative during an appearance on NRG.
Shena explained that creativity gives her the ability to take an idea from her mind and turn it into something that people around the world can enjoy, sometimes within just a few seconds.
It is both a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing to be able to create something from my mind, like just think about it, and people from all over the world enjoy the things that I have come up with in like 10, 20 seconds, whatever.
But for Shena, having the ability to create quickly also comes with its own frustration when she feels she does not get the chance to operate at the level she believes she can.
She compared that feeling to what it would be like for one of football’s greatest players to find himself on a pitch far removed from where he belongs.
It is also a curse because I feel like when you are this talented, it is like Messi not playing where he is supposed to be playing and instead playing on a pitch in Kawempe. It is how I feel. I feel like I am a Messi that is unused. That is where it becomes a curse.
The subject of recognition naturally followed, with Shena speaking about the spotlight she feels she receives from Ugandans.
She admitted that the lack of attention can get under her skin, especially when she believes her talent deserves greater recognition.
Still, she said she eventually lets the frustration go.
You get annoyed and eventually just get over it because there is nothing you are going to do for them.