Fok Nie (maar dankie)

Another Afrikaans classic, Fok Nie ( maar dankie ).  There is something wonderful about the infinite politeness of Afrikaans people together...

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Headache Head

 I don’t know if you are someone who suffers from megrains and headache, but. I can commiserate. There are only so many times one can go to ...

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Ja - Nie ( yes -no )

In South Africa we have a saying, JA NIE.  In translation, it means yes - no.  Given today’s news, America pulls out of UN human rights comm...

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Private confessions

I reasilsed today, I never got to say good bye.  I was watching this movie, you know the one where the family huddles around the bed of a Il...

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Brain swamp

A condition I like to call brainswamp. When no matter what you do, your brain just pulls a nope. Usually I find this occurs after long stret...

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So, I’ve been working on this whole, further studying thing for a whil now. I must say, someone said to me the other day, you must be really...

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Sadomasochistic tenancies

  I’ve been reflecting a lot lately on loss, grief and so on. At some point I shall share those sketch’s. In the mean time, a thought on los...

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Treading water

  When your colleague asks why you haven't done X piece of work and you completely freak out at the poor man.  Because there is so much ...

5:19 PM
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Mindfulness or something like that

  Mindfulness: is one constiderd mindful when one is, mindful of the extent of mental chaos. But feel somewhat powerless to change it? What ...

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Architecture

  Architecture that strange disease, that kind of dull  malaise one feels, on a Friday in September when all you need is a good long holiday...

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A bucket full of tears

  Some years it seems may best be described as a bucket full of tears. Let just say, it's been a tough year. When one finds oneself sitt...

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Art Fairs for Introverts

  Really the best way to experience a crowded art fair, is with head phones, even if you have to take them off every 10 min. To chat to some...

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The secret life of gold fish

  Gold fish so zen, so mirror pools and Japanese gardens. So inner peace, and mastery of chaos swimming about in their little glass bowls. M...

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Doggin / Loggin

  Well if you've ever had a dog this one needs no explanation. With special thanks to (just) Alice, her dog Finn and his log Logan. 

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Wall props

  Wall props, along with people who only see dogs and children at social gatherings, are their friends the wall props. At any gathering ther...

7:22 PM
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Introvert

  I was just at a social gathering of sorts. Art was on the wall, art type people where around, also some architects whom I know kind of. I ...

7:42 PM
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Site map of research

  It would have been a lot simpler if I'd studied a hard science, math, geology. Something with guide lines and clear methodology, somet...

8:25 PM
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Jellytot consummation in the PHD process

  Let's call it a process, and it requires Jellytots lots of Jelly Tots. Let's get one thing strait. Everything Is  more like guidel...

8:22 PM
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Idea for the trees

  Doing a PHD by practice is not for sissies. You not only have to invent the practice you with to use, but also define a question which wil...

8:21 PM
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Hidden cracks

  When you've added the last drop of pressure to an overloaded structure. It is not the last grain of sand or the last drop of water whi...

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