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HE ALWAYS EMBRACED BOTH SIDES OF HIMSELF<\/p>\n
Long before his professional career began, Moore understood that he did not fit neatly into one box. He leaned into both structure and creativity, even if the people around him only saw one side at a time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI consider myself a left brain, right brain enthusiast,\u201d said Moore. \u201cThat\u2019s how I kind of joined both aspects of my life that have taught me so much. People that know me for sports don\u2019t know me as an artist, and the people that know me from the art world, they don\u2019t know me as football. Whenever I reveal it, people are completely confused.\u201d<\/p>\n
That perspective followed him through every stage of his football journey. While he was chasing opportunities in the CFL, art was never something he discovered later. It was already there, quietly growing alongside his athletic career and giving him another lens through which to understand himself.<\/p>\n
FINDING HIS FOOTING WITH THE LIONS CHANGED HIS CONFIDENCE
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Wayne Moore\u2019s story is rooted in the balance between football and creativity that has shaped his path (CFL.ca)<\/p>\n
Like many pro careers, Moore\u2019s early years came with uncertainty. After being drafted and dealing with setbacks, he was still searching for the place where things would click. That shift came when he joined the BC Lions, where he carved out a role and finally felt a sense of belonging at the professional level.<\/p>\n
He recalls how quickly things turned once he got that opportunity.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I got that call from BC, I knew something about me changed. I said, \u2018Am I coming back?\u2019 I went to the workout and at the end they were like, \u2018Why are you not with a team?\u2019 I said, \u2018I don\u2019t know. I\u2019m asking the same thing.\u2019 And they signed me. That just changed everything for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
His journey there was not without challenges. Injuries sustained during a car accident eventually led him to step away from the game, a turning point that forced him to slow down and reassess, much like many of the pivotal moments he now reflects on in his story.<\/p>\n
Despite those challenges, his career as a running back reinforced the belief he had carried since college that something meaningful would happen for him in the game. That stretch did not just validate his work as an athlete, it also gave him the confidence to keep investing in every part of himself, including the creative side he had often kept private.<\/p>\n
HIS ART IS ROOTED IN HERITAGE AND A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY<\/p>\n
Moore speaks about creativity less as a hobby and more as something he feels called to share. Much of that perspective comes from his upbringing and cultural background, which continue to shape the themes and energy in his work.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of it is from my upbringing, my culture,\u201d said Moore. \u201cI was born in Jamaica. It\u2019s a very vibrant country. Jamaicans are very vibrant households. There\u2019s bright colours\u00a0everywhere, and we take pride in that.\u201d<\/p>\n