I never really thought about it before – it seemed dull to write about growing up and anecdotes of childhood, but because culture and society are changing at such a speed, the era and time of my childhood is truly another country. I don’t mean in terms of SA’s political or economic demographic – I mean […]
So she gambled with her compulsion, writing down the words and words that flowed over her mind and out through her fingers Brought there by whatever she saw and heard, and felt by the people she met and the people she lost Then she bet it all sent the barely-fledged works to sell […]
(replace 2010 with 2013 – wherever applicable. Thank you for watching 🙂 I’m sure you all feel it too: the year drawing to a close. 2010 has been quite the year – elation, horror, anger, happiness, frustration, and a lot of laughter. Some of it in pure self-defence. But mostly I’ve had a sense of withdrawal, disconnectedness – […]
On days like these When I feel fickle and paranoid and overwhelmed, When my well-modulated voice strikes a brittle note, When my feet forget how to dance, And my soul feels stunted and petulant, When I can’t even fake stable or attractive – On days like these I remind myself That Bukowski would have really […]
Sociologists & anthropologists are vital for context. When we get over the first 10 minutes of how terribly new we are, we’ll find that humans haven’t changed one bit – our emotional, biological & social needs have not changed – we’ve just developed the world beyond ourselves – we need help already. The wars happening […]
He had no sense of humour, she had no mercy – in a world of beauty they found one another and set about making little oppressors. What they didn’t understand is: the tighter you hold them, the further children range. And so, by accident, they raised secret artists & comedians.
This was written in February of this year – so, my idea isn’t new, even for me. Going to keep on saying it until someone hears – no-one in charge will be able to say they didn’t know, right? Just give me 5 minutes – maybe less Bear with me – just for five minutes. […]
From the late 1980’s well into the early 2000’s South Africa was experiencing a strange phenomenon: family murders – men were killing their families and then themselves. Whether it was the expected result of political change and uncertainty, it was an anomaly and universities began to research these cases to find the cause. What emerged […]
The other side of Cape Town’s pretty face
A man taking the line around False Bay
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