A South African Arts & Culture Magazine
December 2015 will have come and gone and January 2016 will be upon us by the time you read this. In a recent conversation with a salesman in the motor vehicle industry his comment on life and the economy was,…
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There is currently a general feeling of discord, insecurity and general uneasiness in the atmosphere. Human beings are fallible and therefore one should expect and understand slides from grace along the way. But how long and how far is one…
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An early morning view of this beautiful Snake Vine in full bloom is a wonderful way to start my working day however back to work and the sometimes pleasing and not so pleasing details that one has to face. I welcome all…
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Now I know spring is really here when my dancers start shedding the layers of clothes they have been wearing throughout winter. I have to imagine what their bodies looked like in the previous summer months. Trying to get an…
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The gigantic Almond tree at my home and the baby hip height Almond tree at my school/theatre are in bloom, so can Spring be so far behind? Weather wise no, but in a business sense it appears to be the…
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With the rain belting down and freezing weather it is sometimes difficult not to be a bit pessimistic. Add our sinking economy and rising cost of everything and all you need is a few minor setbacks and you could be…
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In the past month I have become even more aware of the poor usage of language if not a total inability to use language to communicate accurately. I am not talking about nit picking grammar or even spelling but about…
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Here we are in an ever advancing technological age and I find myself having to rely on camping lights and batteries for a CD player to keep my classes going when the power goes down. But by a strange mental…
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When you are working with your latest technological toys, have you stopped to think what possible changes are taking place in your body and your brain? The eyes when using a computer seem able to move faster with quicker reactions,…
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I have found this past month to be very complex. Not only because of the horrendous fires in the Western Cape, the results of which will impact on all of us for many years to come, but for the cloud…
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