
Illustration | Broken Meditation
Words and illustrations by Nosipho Nxele
Three years ago I stumbled upon a Philosophy book called Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Decartes. Three years later I am reacting to how Decartes had felt. I have often found myself to be mistaken with regard to matters that I formerly thought were certain, such as Religion, Life, Politics & God. Therefore, ‘I resolve to sweep away all the pre-conceptions, rebuilding my knowledge from the ground up, and accepting as true only those claims which are absolutely certain.’
The use of color represents the dejection towards all that I thought I was. It also represents meditation, intuition, sensitivity, depth, freedom and imagination during the process of realising that all I have meditated on had been a lie.











This piece was first published in Edition 14 of Ja. magazine.

