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Plettenberg Land Art Festival
This is what I got up to, aside from singing with pianist. I used a space curated by fellow artist Andree. She cleared and created a sacred circle made by alien trees. There is a concerted effort made to eradicate them so indigenous trees can flourish with abandon. Yet, as I lay on my back […]
swallow the koolaid darling. Go ahead. Take a sip
of course things are gonna get weird around me. Silly sausage.
Experience taught me that it is dangerous to write Music and cook. Here’s why… Boiled eggs explode. Pans left on the stove bellow smoke into the entire kitchen. Once the curtains caught fire and flared. Rice burns and I smoke more when writing Music. Mostly because I am having conversations with myself as I pace. […]
Notebooks. Love & Music
Every notebook has a quote sprawled on the first page. ‘To love is to give a hostage to fate’ I declared a few years ago. Rilke, Rumi, Anais Nin, Andre Brink and even my granny Gilda’s words (Love is a form of creativity) have found their way into my books along with cryptic scribbles about […]
dreaming music
I was sorting out my life, being alone for the first time. My Dreaming Music album was the result. My favorite track would be Quicksilver. My friend helped me with the lyrics over….whiskey, chocolates, coffee and a cigar. No, that was the evening before. I was terribly spoilt. A wonderful human all round. He helped […]
About creativity!
a higher octave of being
I have surrendered to the idea of living within the mystery. Life itself being a delicate piece of Music constructed note by note. Each person and experience allowing me to become acquainted with the curvature of my heart. And in time or perhaps through it, a song is composed, discordant in places where sorrow is […]
hanging with my kid
Although she sounds young, my daughter is studying her Masters in Computer Science. We have the best chats while sitting in the car. And man…does this kid complain a lot…
In the stars
Venus is retrograding. And life is being shaken up a tad. My daughter, the scientist-astrologer, looked at my chart and said “Now is not a good time to start up a relationship.” Is there ever a good time, I wondered. On the subject of time I realised I am always recording a new album in […]