Last Sunday, I auditioned for South Pacific, the musical to be put on by the Irene Dramatic Society: an amateur dramatic society that puts on professional productions.
I’ve been cast as Cable – a principal role! -, the American soldier whom falls in love with a native. Oorah!
Life is great.

It’s a paradox that defines me: not afraid to go into a difficult or troubling moment to understand, to confront face, but yet unable to stay in a moment. Or maybe it’s no longer a paradox; maybe I think that I go into the intensity but I actually I don’t. It’s not clear yet.
I’ looking [...]

Lauren, like many others, picked up on my tendency to resort to humor in difficult or troubling situations. It’s not new information and I’m fully aware of it.
A large part of my appeal with people is that I’m witty, funny, and humorous. It’s the way I am. Recently, I’ve been getting myself to really think [...]

I saw the e-mail about Meisner classes being offered at Fusion Studio in Bryanston and without thinking about it, I e-mailed, paid, and signed up.
And I showed up on my first day with my notebook and pencil, and started taking notes, enjoying the fact that I’m a ’student’ again.
I got up to do the repetition, [...]

I’m lost for an explanation when I try to figure out why I’ve found it hard to write this post. I’ve been wanting to talk about my faith and how it’s changing, growing ever so slowly, and becoming… real.
But everytime I’ve sat down in front of Wordpress, I just can’t get them out. And it’s [...]

I now have 2 albums worth of my photographs that I’ve been taking over the past year. I’m quite proud of the progress that I’ve made.
I set up a invitation-only album on Picasa, where I invited my pro and semi-pro photographer friends to critique my work. I did get feedback and comments, but [...]

Turner
Update: some beautiful paintings… will add links/images of them hereon for all artists I post in this category

Francois Boucher

Vermeer

My friend Sam used to be an art history lecturer and I had told her, around the time we went to Cape Town, that I did want to learn more about art: genres, styles, and movements. So, after sending me a general overview by e-mail, she handed over a bag, almost bursting, of magazines. Each [...]