MURAL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

Philadelphia has had its share, historically, of cultural discrimination, racial tension and race riots. The 1960s and early 1970s were particularly turbulent times, with drug-related gang warfare plaguing the city. […]

SAGRADA FAMILIA, BARCELONA

To get into this incredibly famous cathedral designed (although not finished by) Antoni Gaudí, a Catalan architect from Spain, you first have to book a time slot. Then you have […]

REIS NA DIE ONBEKENDE

We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us. Baie mense het vervaard rondgekyk toe ek genoem het dat ek en my suster na Armenië, Georgië […]

DIE KREATIEWE PROSES

Tydens die aanvoorwerk vir die Musefees, het dit my weereens opgeval hoe omvattend die kreatiewe prosesse is wat lei tot die skep van ’n kunswerk. In die lig hiervan is […]

THE HISTORY OF MOSAICS

With the Muse Festival and its abundance of creativity around the corner, perhaps a brief look at the history of mosaics might be in order. The history of mosaic dates […]

A ROCKY FRIENDSHIP – VAN GOGH AND GAUGUIN

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) and Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) both experimented with the expressive possibilities of color and line to create distinct personal styles of painting. Working in France at the […]

ONTMOET JOU MUSE!

Met die Augustuswind wat ruk en pluk aan my rok se pante is ek maar bly dat hoed en sambreel nie deel gevorm het van my uitrusting nie. Tog is […]

HANDS UP COLLECTION

Never has there been a time when hands were so important – clean hands, but not touching hands. Yet open hands, caring hands, praying hands, giving hands … In July […]

KOM ONS VAT HANDE!

Telkens word ek verras wanneer daar insidente plaasvind wat later oorspoel in wonderlike geleenthede van inspirasie wat met ander gedeel  kan word. Maar wag, laat ek by die begin  begin. […]

LOVE AFFAIR WITH TURKEY

The first thing I do when I have booked a flight to Turkey is to buy a travel diary. I create a calendar starting with the date of departure, the […]