The voice of the people

In a small work of art I have been pursuing recently, is the idea of the voice of the people has been silenced. As evidenced by the last few day news and in the wake of the 40th anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre. Some thoughts come to mind, firstly however much the SABC attempts to silence all discussion and news of protests in the time leading up to the national election, luckily for the nation, it is not 1984, and there is this little thing called social media, is an excellent tool for spreading dissension and subverted knowledge, to a wider audience. The second is, that not much appears to have changed between 1976 and this day in 2016. The poor are still uneducated, the factions are mostly still tribal  (if the whispers are to be believed) and our lives are once again ruled by a ruling elite who are so out of touch with reality to think that they can do what they like without fear of consequence. 

Pin head

For anyone pursuing, post graduate studies I am one must find a topic as small as a pin head on which to write in great depth.

Of course the real trick is to identify the right pin head in a sea of irrelevant and unrelated pin heads.

Located in the text of a million books you don't have the time to read, on a subject you are unsure of, in the time frame required by faculty, in a way which is meaningful to yourself and your practice, which can be sustained through a potential 3-5 years period of inquiry. To say that I have not located the pin head of genius at this point may be a bit of an understatement.  Of Course one of the other major problems to the pursuit of this unicorn topic, is that is may be right in front of you, but located under the mountain of books you're trying to read, and lost entirely to your view. 

Of Course the ability to untwist the wild and loopy nature of one's own thoughts is considered critical to this project, which today seems somewhat insurmountable. Oh well, onward to continuing the search. 

Brigs.

I'm Sorry

Sometimes I wish the world was fair, that the deserving rose to the top. That hard work was always rewarded with success. I really wish our education system was more equitable. That some students weren't choosing between food, accommodation & Fees & equipment, or supplies. 

They weren't already comply screwed over by the schooling system to begin with. I wish we didn't set these kids up to fail. I wish I didn't have to watch them struggle through 8 hours of a studio exam, only to fail them anyway, because let's face it, this is the first point in their life they have had to use the computer on which the exam is set. I wish they didn't have to perfect a language, and learn 100 aditional skills outsdie of the new skills it takes to pass their exams. 

Why cant we do more, be better citizans and govement institutions? We should live in a world which is FAIR.

Mostly I just wish life was fair.