I saw two posts after each other in my Facebook timeline; one laying out the stark reality of privilege during COVID-19, and the other claiming “It’s okay to grieve… [things like your cancelled trip or your baby shower]”. It’s a real tension: Acknowledging your privilege — because if you are reading this, you are probably…
In this time of virus, a lot of us are trying to accomplish new things we didn’t have the time or motivation to do before. We’re trying to learn new skills. We’re trying to unlearn old habits. We’re trying to exercise more. We’re trying to eat better with what we have available. We’re trying to…
Is not the point of art to help us see beyond the art itself and into both that of which the art is formed and what it is framing? Or to put it another way; the form and function of art together speak into a scope beyond that which either alone could reach. This is,…
I am under the (possibly quite mistaken) impression that we all have an internal publishing department. But as I have no idea what your internal world is like, I’m just going to share my own. My internal editor checks EVERY. SINGLE. WORD I type. He’s not nearly as attentive when I talk, but the moment…
I’m writing this blog because Francois Esterhuizen suggested it. And because honestly, it’s something I’ve been wanting to do for almost 20 years. Not the blog, per se. But a place — and more importantly, internal permission — to share the overwhelming pressure of information, ideas, stories and intellectual currency I consume and largely… let…
