Week 8 The day the Earth moved How the Turkey earthquake tore a 300-kilometre rupture through the Earth’s surface

An attempt to make sense of the earthquake in Turkey that ripped open an olive grove.An attempt to make sense of the quake in Turkey that ripped open an olive groveMidnight Monday 13 February 2023 I was doing art in my lounge while my wife was sleeping when I received a whatsapp message from my brother-in-law living in Wellington, Western Cape, South Africa. I was shocked and intrigued at the same time. Being a lawyer for more than 42 years, one...

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Week 7- A THING OF BEAUTY ON MY PAVEMENT

 A thing of beautyThe day is a blank sheet when waking up this morning. I spent some time during the midnight hours to sit quietly reading in our sitting room. Carlo Rovelli write lucidly and some people might even understand everything what he wrote about in HELGOLAND. To start off with: I didn’t even know who or what HELGOLAND is or was or might be? Was it a science-fiction thriller? What does HELGOLAND mean? My one friend lent me his book;...

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Week 6 – exotic animals in SA completely out of its natural habitat

 Progression of my tiger ink drawing in protest against exotic animals in private captivityProgression of my tiger ink drawing in protest against exotic animals in private captivityProgression of my tiger ink drawing in protest against exotic animals in private captivityProgression of my tiger ink drawing in protest against exotic animals in private captivityProgression of my tiger ink drawing in protest against exotic animals in private captivityProgression...

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Week 5 SOCIETY IS UTTERLY CORRUPT AND DEPRAVED – IS THERE REDEMPTION?

Orbea variegata - Carrion flower in my garden [Kaapse Fynbos]At the Herb FarmAt the Herb FarmAt the Herb FarmAt the Herb FarmPaul Kennedy. Advocate Paul Kennedy. Advocate Paul Kennedy SC. One of our pillars in the legal fraternity of South Africa and in the Southern African region. He moved amongst the cognoscenti of the South African community. He held an acting appointment as a judge of the South African High Court. He was, inter alia, a human...

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WEEK 4 What is in your hand? Let’s play around with this question.

The hand without the wristThe hand with the shirt's cuffThe hand with the shirt's cuff What do you have in your hand? – that is a question that reverberates continually in my mind. Indeed, what do I have in my hand? And what do you have in your hand? This is a loaded question. Especially if we start to play around with it. I can play around with this question and arrive at surprising answers if only I ask different questions. I can ask for instance whether...

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WEEK 3 White stinkwood tree – Celtis Africana and the Stone/Rock of Ages

  Stone art! Stacking stones is a silent art form. I love the English description for this silent art form: it is ephemeral. Ephemeral – this is a loaded word; full of nuances and new meanings it can mean: fleeting; short-lived; transitory; momentary; transient, brief; short, temporary; passing; impermanent; evanescent – all of this in brief moment of time.  It is not long lasting – it tumbles any time. Even while you are creating...

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Week 2 Physical work – degrading? Or shall we respect the artisan?

 Burnard McKenzie - my friendly plumber “Judaism has always shunned the Greek idea that physical work is menial, only appropriate for slaves.  As William Chomsky has pointed out, “The Aristotelian lofty aloofness, which regarded manual labor as degrading, and those engaged in it as inferior people, who are unworthy and incapable of education, was utterly alien to the Hebrew mind.” [page 290; OUR FATHER ABRAHAM JEWISH ROOTS OF THE CHRISTIAN...

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