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 […]

MY MUSE HET NIE GROEN OË NIE

Ek het altyd gedink dat wanneer ek aangesig tot aangesien met my Muse sou staan, haar oë groen sal wees. Weet nie hoekom nie, net gedink dit sou haar laat […]

YOUTH MONTH

The Great Brak River Youth Café celebrated Youth Month during June, and with that hosted many great events to celebrate the Youth in our community. The theme for Youth Month […]

ALKOHOLIESE EERSTES!

Sedert die mens fermentasie sowat 7 000 jaar gelede in Mesopotamië (Irak) ontdek het, was daar baie alkoholiese eerstes. Suid-Afrika was ’n betreklike laatkommer, maar sy produsente (en dalk verbruikers […]

SCOTLAND – HASTE YE BACK!

Scotland is a small country, in square kilometres much smaller than the Western Cape and at its narrowest point a mere 38 km. Although public transport is efficient and easily […]