Early in March I took a whole week of leave and for that week I visited Stellenbosch (about 20km from home) to enjoy days filled with a celebration of the Afrikaans language and lots of art were seen...
I loved this poster saying "Mouthful of heavenly Afrikaans"...
The art of Louis Jansen van Vuuren spoke to me...
And it was lovely attending a walk-about of the art by the artist himself...
...and still there was a wonderful selection of art at lots of galleries all over Stellenbosch...
...and lots and lots of other artists were featured - very inspiring!!
I met Bart Moeyaert a Dutch poet and saw him in action reading his poems... The Dutch poet Ester Perquim was also talking about her poetry and reading from it...
A lot of South African writers talked about their newest publications - the most well known must be Deon Meyer... who talked about his new action triller "Kobra" (Cobra in English...
Through all the excitement I managed to do a little bit of crocheting too... :)
It is very difficult to put in words what this week filled with magical words and art meant to me... it let me came alive to the reality of who i am... it gave me the confidence and energy to stay on the route of pursuing my creative dreams...
wow, what a paradise escape!
ReplyDeleteBaie inspirerende artikel Liezl! Ek love die hekelwerkie wat saam ingesluip het! :)
ReplyDeleteIt was truely a 'paradise escape' Nini. And so wonderful to share it with like minded people :)
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