Posted by in Uncategorized I am not one to dwell when making important decisions. From as early as I can remember, I’ve always been known to be a fast decision maker. Whether it had to do with the clothes I would want to wear to the boys/men I would (and did) date or to the countries I had set…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized It takes quite a lot to infuriate me. Really. One, I have become quite jaded, I must reluctantly admit. People (me included) will disappoint and irritate you on a daily basis (sometimes hourly… exaggeration is underrated anyway!). Nothing new under the stars. It is the way our social fabric is manufactured. Luckily, age will don…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Over the past few years, I have realised that summers have been my “springs”… a time for me to recharge and reflect on the passing of the first semester of a given year but also and strangely enough, an incredibly prolific, intense period of planning, laying out and executing what may have been mere wishes…Read more »
Posted by in Encounters Meet Guadeloupean singer, songwriter & musician, Erik Pédurand I remember when I first set foot in Jamaica in 2008. Amidst raging sound systems, ardent tropical moisture, languid clamor and familiarity, I felt strangely at home and foreign all at once. But the feeling of being lost in translation did not come from the newness or…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized There is something about this year, about 2019 that calls for softness, gentleness, deep and authentic well-being… maybe because the world is everything but soft, but gentle, but reassuring. I guess part of this visceral yearning comes from wanting time to slow down, to skip a beat, to pause so as to let life unfold.…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized I wanted to start the new year writing about something that compels me, something that moves me deeply but also something that gives me hope because honestly, Barack made a hit urging us to believe and to hope but I do wonder how much hope we can honestly spruce up in this day and age. …Read more »
Posted by in Encounters To those who think and say that what is past is past and that it is a waste of time and energy to dwell on reparations, restitutions and repercussions (!), we say that there is no such thing as the past when it comes to colonialism and its revolting consequences. There is no such thing…Read more »
Posted by in Encounters There is something raw, but also fragile in the eyes of Makhúkhú Molepo. Khú, as he also likes to be called, first told me that he understands photography through architecture and that his fascination with the latter comes from his intent studying of light when captured in the brevity of the moment. It is the…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Earlier this year, I had my first Ifá yearly reading from a well-respected and kind (the soothing kind, the appeasing kind, the warm kind) Babalawo (who also happens to be one of my closest sister friend’s cousin… the world is but a small place). For those who may not be familiar with Ifá, Wikipedia lays…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized I think I can earnestly say that I have somewhat been at odds with my (professional) self so far this year. Yes, the statement is blunt. True yet probably a tad exaggerated but hopefully not definitive. At least… I think. There is something healthy about wanting to do something that will attract and if possible…Read more »
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