Friday, September 08, 2017
Thursday, September 07, 2017
I argued with my clay today. No amount of reasoning, prentend-patience or threatening would budge it. The clay just refused to co-operate eventually leading to the fingers randomly falling off the hand I was trying to sculpt. Like any reasonable person I cussed, got a bit red in the face and tried to start again. After two months away from the studio and away from sculpting it was unquenchable frustration...
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Denial is a powerful thing. Last night I was at dinner with a someone - lets call him Bob. Bob is an IT something something who is in SA from foreign shores to figure out whether returning to the land of his birth (SA) is a wise or otherwise idea. Bob is anxious about the pseudo-diversity here - though he doesn’t say it in as many words. He is currently living in a global metropolis that is well connected...
Sunday, April 02, 2017
Dear Not-so-dear President Zuma, You forget Mr President that we are the children of freedom fighters and lovers of democracy. Our blood, fortified by our forefather’s legacies makes us strong, resilient and fiercely protective of this thing called Our Freedom. Mr President, You lay waste to our country. You strip it of its resources. You rape our women and pillage our fields. You, like crude black...
Saturday, January 14, 2017
I think birthdays are pretty darned awesome. And enormous. I think birthdays are pretty darned awesome and enormous. And not in a celebrate-your-pants-off kinda way. I think birthdays are awesome and enormous for your insides. Birthdays are a chance at rebirth, a chance to grasp a poignant moment in time and make it make a difference.What better way to effect a positive, life-affirming, growth-inspiring...
Monday, December 19, 2011
The writing (and all the typos) continues… and goes on… and on… and on… and on… Peanuts! My fingers are in non-stop mode and if it wasn’t for the limb I seem to be missing my head would actually be screwed on while attempting some smidgen of intelligent thought. What possessed me to think that I could...
Monday, November 14, 2011
So I haven't been all that good at regular posting and I haven't been great at keeping in touch... Bite me.Life has me on a roller-coaster and I must admit, for all the bloody reflexive introspective re-evaluating reality-checking crap that I consistently find myself doing (possibly the only consistent thing in my life at the moment) I still find time to put out a mat on the front lawn and sip a cup...