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How did humans ever come to agree that one of the primary ways they would represent their experience of the world is through the rectangular shape? The rectangle is rare in the natural world but it is the shape of the canvas almost invariably used by the artist to paint on. Rectangles are about limits […]
I’m lucky enough to live on a river in northern Johannesburg and have done so for 25 years now. The river has her moods – mainly she burbles along most of the year at knee depth, continuously exposing the granite and tangled roots underneath, but sometimes in summer rainfall season she roars close to the boundaries of […]
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“Those roles which, being neither those of hero nor Heroine, Confidante nor Villain, but which were none the less essential to bring about the Recognition or the denouement were called the Fifth Business in drama and Opera companies organized according to the old style; the player who acted these parts was often referred to as […]
Reis na ’n land ver, ver van hier . . . Eendag lank, lank gelede was daar ‘n storie wat om die kampvuur vertel is. Soveel mense het die storie oorvertel dat dit sterk geword en ontsnap het. Vandag word dit in raadsale en kantore, teaters en huise vertel. Marzanne van den Berg het gaan […]
The way the story starts has a lot to do with tradition and culture and a whole lot to do with holding attention of the reader and the listener. Here are some samples: Views: 4
Life is story. What we know of the world and ourselves is made up of countless stories that we hear, tell to ourselves and share with others. But stories don’t just describe, they literally construct who we are, our relationship to the world and the way in which the world relates to us. You can see […]