Learning Love In The Age of Succulents

I somehow managed to kill a succulent in the worst drought Cape Town has seen in 100 years…

We’re All Restaurants: Treating Emotional Responsibility Like Allergies

A Letter to Pat & Ara at Block 6127192.

Today, I really miss you, brother & sister. I’ll keep the scent of last night’s party…

Maps, Projections & Perspectives

Our view of the world & its things are very much primed based on the mental models we grew up with (and still maintain). One such example is the classic world map: the Mercator projection. This is what most of us regards as the “world” (even Google Maps uses it).

The Lives We Lead

If you are like me, you always have a cloud of existential dread hovering over you. For some it manifests in depressive nihilism, but I’ve been lucky that it mostly manifests like a sunset. It will all set one day, but fuck me, at least it’s all been a beautiful spectacle.

Patient Impatience & The Loud Silence Of The Karoo

Burnout: Picking Your Battles

In the past year and a half, I’ve burnt out twice. In December 2016, just as holidays started, I experienced exhaustion for 4 days straight. I couldn’t eat, and just wanted to sleep the whole day. For an extended period this year from June to October, I became disillusioned…

Telling Stories On The Sea Point Promenade

One of my consistent overarching passions is learning to tell stories. I foresee it…

The Musicians’ Endless WIPs: Time To Release Them!

If you are anything like me, your music production folder looks something like the picture below. An endless list of half-baked melodies and ideas that will likely forever remain relegated to a corner of your hard-drive, never having the gift…

AfrikaBurn 2016 — X — A reflection.

It is Saturday afternoon. Aeons of Karoo dust have the replaced the layers of the default world that have been shed: people, thoughts about the past & future & that one email you should’ve replied to before you lost cellphone signal. It’s all gone.