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27 May 2020

Home

[spacer height=”20px”] Home is where you are. Home is where your essence is. Home is not physical. Home is where you lay your head. Home is what gives you butterflies. My body of work focuses on home as a subjective place/meaning that can be different for everyone. It explores what home means to me but also what I think Home might mean to other people. Home is a poem. Home is a movie. Home is grandma. Home is my favourite […]

27 May 2020

Blessed Balcony Blues

 Blues     In  Giovanni’s  Room,  James  Baldwin  says  “Perhaps  home  is  not  a  place  but  simply  an   irrevocable  condition”.  ‘Stay  at  home’  became  an  idea  of  momentary  and  ambiguous   existence.  I  found  comfort  outside  my  balcony,  I  experienced  warm  affections  without   touch,  through  a  wave  and  or  smile  through  my  lens.  I  smile.        In  finding  deep  appreciation  as  love  surrounds  me,  and  unlearning  selfish  acts of  being  self  involved,  is  rewarding.  Having  the […]

25 May 2020

HOME SWEET HOME

[spacer height=”20px”] Covid-19 has affected us physically and mentally. One cannot ignore the reality of fear that comes with an invisible virus and the stressful life challenges that come with it. There is no doubt that lockdown and social distancing are essential efforts used by the government to curb the rapid spread of this deadly intruder. Is home really sweet when there is restricted movements, uncertainty and stress in dealing with the reality of what we are experiencing? Constant news […]

25 May 2020

Moments & Sunsets

[spacer height=”20px”] The best moments in life come when the sun sets to reveal the stars – The Golden Hour.[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] It is between the hours of slow-moving traffic, and thoughts of what is for dinner, that I come alive as I say my last goodbyes. [spacer height=”20px”] Quite contradictory but very reputable . [spacer height=”20px”] The beauty of basking in the glory of the enchanting scene of the sun as it sets, can trigger a feeling that is […]

25 May 2020

The Bond

[spacer height=”20px”] Home is not a place…it’s a feeling.         [spacer height=”20px”] What I love most about my home is whom I share it with, the bond I have with my nephews. I love how they are very different, but they all give me the same feeling, with them I am home