This article asks whether the Postmodern era has erased the essence of art, where art unifies inner and outer consciousness in its attempt to suggest sublimity. Ben Okri’s interest in the sublime is established before linking the idea of sublimity to paroemiology citing a couple of correlating Okrian aphorisms from A Way of Being Free (1997). A synopsis of what constitutes sublimity is followed by a short digression on the authorship and dating of Longinus’ Treatise on the Sublime, pointing to some critical difficulties. An application of Longinus’ notions on the sublime, with illustrations from Okri’s rhapsodies in prose, that is, his aphorisms and fragments on “The Joys of Storytelling,” forms the core of my argument, bolstered by Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka’s “Imaginato Creatrix” and the quest for moral living to aid our understanding of beingness-in-becoming. The conclusion is essentially summative, but links Okri more closely to his African roots to illustrate an African cultural epistemology of both aphorisms and storytelling.