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VAN NUUSKIERIGHEID IS DIE ALBUMS VOL

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My ouers, oom en tannie het ons land oor die jare deurkruis. Hulle het ’n menigte plekke besoek, interessante goed beleef en wonderlike mense ontmoet. Ek kan my verluister aan hul vertellinge van plekke en unieke belewenisse wat hul op hul…

DIGTER LOODS BOEK SE TWEEDE DRUK OP GROOT-BRAK

Sedert die bekendstelling van deel vanaand my boom deur tomas van Klein-Brak op Internasionale Vigsdag op 1 Desember 2022 is die eerste oplaag van honderd getekende en genommerde boeke opgeraap. Van die terugvoer op die bundel is hartroerend:…

5 WAYS TO PRACTICE GRATITUDE

Gratitude is one of the healthiest qualities and emotions available to all. Being grateful improves relationships, relieves stress, improves self-esteem, and even boosts our immune system. While it is a big key to a happy life, thankfulness…

JOU PLAN VIR 2023?

Gemoedelik word die nuwe jaar begroet – dankbaar dat ’n  volle COVID-vrye jaar verby is waarin ons nie huis toe gestuur is met aktetassies, lêers, skoolboeke en ekstras van alles net ingeval ons nie vinnig weer by die inkoopsentrum kan…

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. In 1970 crime was rated Philadelphia’s…

SAGRADA FAMILIA, BARCELONA

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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 to go through an entry process that is more complicated than a…

REIS NA DIE ONBEKENDE

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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 en Azerbeidjan gaan reis. As hulle nie dadelik ’n atlas of tannie Google nader getrek…

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 ’n paar kunstenaars genader om ons ’n kykie in hul kreatiewe prosesse…

THE HISTORY OF MOSAICS

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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 back some 4 000 years or more, initially with the use of terracotta cones…

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 end of the 19th century, the two friends…

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 die Augustuswinde die voorloper van die lentereën – buig en wieg dus eerder soos ’n jong struik…

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 2020 the SAQG (South African Quilters Guild) quilt teachers who are members…