Category: Articles

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. Ek het onlangs die voorreg gehad om na ’n uitstalling…

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 date of return, and then I settle down to look at all the empty pages, so full of promise and adventure. In…

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 uitstaan … toe nie. Die mees algemene oogkleur in die wêreld is bruin. Wetenskaplikes…

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 this year was Youth Arise, and arise they did – from our very own…

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 ook!) het die verlore tyd gou ingehaal. Die…

SCOTLAND – HASTE YE BACK!

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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 accessible in the central parts of the country, having your own transport…

NORVAL FOUNDATION ART MUSEUM

Finally we got to visit this art museum and sculpture garden next door to Steenberg Wine Estate in Cape Town’s Constantia /Tokai area. Featuring artists in the visual arts from all over Africa, the museum has a beautiful setting below the…

GREAT BRAK RIVER ART ROUTE IS EXPANDING!

At the beginning of March 2022 three new sculptures by Anton Smit were erected in Great Brak River as part of the town’s Art Route. Beginning of wisdom (grey head, front) and Astronomer’s head (in the background) were placed in front…

MY PA, MEESTER CLIFFORD (CLIFFIE) JACOBS

Hulle het baie arm grootgeword. Sy pa, Izak, was ’n smous wat met sy donkiekar vrugte en lekkergoed verkoop het. Daar was nie geld vir verdere studies nie, daarom het hy na st. 8 (Gr. 10) vir ’n wyle gaan werk om vir sy eie studies te…

ART ADVENTURES WITH WATERCOLOUR

If you as a budding artist, like me, have often felt the pull of the ocean, stopped to smell the flowers on the side of a less-travelled road, noticed the beautiful sights of a glorious landscape – and couldn’t help but feel that you’d…

TEXTILE ART

Ricky Timms, a well-known textile artist and quilter says: “Art is a language and language is what we use to express everything. Art is an avenue whereby our voices can be heard and our opinions expressed.” What is textile art? Textile…

“DIS ’N TEKEN”…

Een van my gunstelingskrywers, Patricia Cornwell, bring blykbaar binnekort weer ’n nuwe boek uit. Met dit in gedagte, besluit ek om sommer weer haar hele reeks van voor af te lees. Eers val daar ’n foto van my nagraadse gradeplegtigheid…