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THE MORNING 5KM
The Cape turtle dove calls the morning in. Heimwee. Nolstagia for a former life, way of being, childhood and then some. It’s one of those quiet, windless, sunshiny mornings. Not my mood, the weather. The Malachite sunbird chimes in. Male and female dancing together in one of the Protea family trees. Apt. I’ve been trying…
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MOCAMBIQUE
There’s a quote that reads “people don’t take trips, trips take people”. One such trip was about to unfold. I don’t remember much planning, just a mention of an adventure up North. A week later we were on the road. Two thousand five hundred kilometers, five days and two border crossings later we sat with…
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REFLECTIONS
It’s hard to be an adult, I mean an artist. Ok both. But I want to write about how hard it is to be an artist, or is it? Ok let’s just go with it…it is. Although a BA Fine Art Degree sits behind my name I still feel like a self-proclaimed artist, which at…
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HERE
The present, presents itself in every next breath we take, in every next thought, action, word we speak. It really is the only place we have the opportunity to fully exist. To fully embody the human experience. I see the faint outline of a mountain silhouette as I draw back the curtains in my room.…
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LOVE AND ADVENTURE
This commission happened in record time. One morning over a cup of coffee, nonchalantly and with ease I was told he needs a ring. Almost in passing and without a fuss. But the air was filled with electric excitement once it dawned on me what just went down. In close knit communities it is hard…
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FOUND
“Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do” – Wendell Berry From a young age my parents instilled in me a deep appreciation and love for nature through…
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SHIMMERING SEA
A Facebook message pops up unexpectedly: “Stef! I need a ring..two actually. Keen?” Always clear comms and to the point. Legendary school friend @kiefness strikes again. I do a quick calendar check. I’m heading to Switzerland for three weeks, cutting the execution plan to meet deadline real fine. I reply: “Let’s do this!” It’s hard to back…
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JUST LIKE LIFE
Hey hi hello It’s Monday. I like Mondays. On this particular Monday I spent taking things real slow. Two cups of coffee from bed, staring out the windows with mountains for views. Then the day had to start. My car had to go in for a respray today. Some wear and tear over the years…
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MONDAYS
“Make today the day you stop trying to be like your idols and start being yourself” – guidelines from the stars A new leaf. For the first time in a very long while I managed to string a list of activities together I would like to apply to my day. In the hope of getting…
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So, here I am…
Desperately clutching at non-existing anchors. I feel horribly vulnerable today. Exposed. For all weather systems to move through me, come at me, without the appropriate gear. I can’t seem to shake the feeling. There’s an uneasy texture on my skin and a constriction in my chest and throat. Is this what feeling feelings feel like?…
