I'm thinking about the kind of nostalgia that is typified by an irresistible yen to inhabit the irrecoverable Before, and how this feeling intensifies as we age. While it doesn't hamper living in the Now, there is something thrilling about [...]
Monday, you're the asshole. Tuesday, they're the asshole. Forgive each other. These are not permanent conditions. Your spouse is not meant to fill every assigned role in your life. Yes, they are your best friend, but you also have other [...]
I asked AI Chatbot ChatGPT to generate poems and flash fiction in my style of writing. I’ll post some of the results below. I don’t think the AI has enough training data to replicate ‘my voice’ and that it is [...]
I started writing this at the peak of the third wave in 2021, when everyday brought with it the name of someone no longer with us. We have lost My mother writes the names of everyone who's passed on since [...]
Essential olive-infused CBD fruit oil from the community gardens of La Marou Found art earrings by Fontanella Parchesa Twice-spun silk gilet from Plok+Raya's pre-2021 androgynous range Marshall Tupping's fair-trade rayon face masks with bouclé ear ties Ready-to-bake vegan banana bread [...]
I come from a community who gathers. But in this time of distance, there are only solitary rituals to mourn those who pass. We can’t sit next to each other, pass supaarahs from hand to hand. In each of our [...]
I recently partnered with Canon South Africa to produce a short video with my top five tips for better food photography, and to share more of my photography practice on Instagram. […]
I've been trying to write a poem about my aunt, my father's sister, who passed way on July 21st, 2019.
Press Release Ingrid Jonker Prize 2020 goes to a poignant collection of poems distinguished by a photographer’s instinct The winner of the Ingrid Jonker Prize for a debut volume of poetry in English published in 2018 and 2019 has been [...]