30 September 2011

'The Moments' amidst the chaos has a review on the new and innovative magazine  Urban Edge Magazine. I absolutely loved the article as it reminded me of the opening night and the uber chic crowd that graced me with their presence that night. Thank you to Jana Du Plessis for the amazing review and Martin Venter for the images. The exhibition ends tomorrow , and so my last post will be my second last post for the year.

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Day 21 . 13 .05.2011

A still moment in the chaos

As I predicted, Jana du Plessis would be the one person to understand my scattered ideas and help me to direct it. Things are falling into place slowly and I couldn’t be happier. My concept seems stronger and stronger every time I speak to my mentors and those who have experience in what I am trying to achieve. It’s finalized; my concept is solid and no longer generic.

Today is my day off and I feel like exploring the city on my own, as I used to when photography was still a fresh medium to me. I now understand why naïve art is so successful. I think it’s because its emotion is so pure (due to lack of knowledge) and there are no expectations when in the act, its simply fun. I hope I can find that again.

I am meeting Deryck van Steenderen tomorrow morning. I haven’t gone to Rococo Studio Gallery in a while, and I think its time to go in just to visualize the event. Visiting the place will remind me that there is no longer to take it day by day. It is time to work all day everyday.

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Day 20 . 12 .05.2011

Shining your light on the world…

I am starting to get a lot of good responses for this exhibition. I wonder how it is possible to receive so much support and love from people, when they don’t even know the concept/theme.

I’m not complaining; don’t get me wrong, I just find it so fascinating. 20 days after the birth of 131 concept and I am feeling good.  I always knew what I wanted and where I wanted to be, but never did I think it would be happening right now.

So I have a meeting today with my Copy writing lecturer Jana du Plessis. She seems to help direct my scattered brain in one direction at all times without fail. I am so excited and confident that when I am done with her, I will be ready to move forward and perhaps much faster than I am at the moment.

I have a lot of work this week, which is something I have been continuously mentioning in my posts. Assignments are pouring in and I can’t seem to find a balance in spending an hour in my busy day, to focus on the admin part of this exhibition. My timetable is changing a bit, and if all goes well, Friday will be my off day from campus. If my prediction is correct, I can finally focus on responding to the emails and calls for this week. Anyway, back to the books.

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Day 13 . 05 .05.2011

Early Post…

My first lecture of the day starts at 11:30. So as planned, I would wake up slightly later than usual, and do all the ‘morning’ things I don’t get to do, like eating breakfast and walking around the house in my gown. It feels as if there is never time to do those kinds of things, and so when an opportunity presents itself, I am going in HARD. The weather is slightly off putting, but reality is that its autumn/winter and that summer and the sun will soon become foreign to us all in Cape Town.  

Woke up to a link sent by my lovely friend Asanda Sizani (Fashion Editor of Elle – this name dropping thing is weird but it must be done). If there is anyone in this world who knows something about timing, it’s her. I won’t go on about her, as I am guaranteed to get a message from her saying how embarrassed she is. “Invent your world. Surround yourself with people, colour, sounds and work that nourish you”. Just that on its own substantiates my statement in referring to her as a woman of timing.

I need to speak to my Creative Development lecturer about my idea’s for my exhibition today. I tried to look for her in that small campus of mine, but when it comes to looking for someone at Vega; it feels as if our campus is as big as UCT. Everyone is always on the move.  My Creative Development navigator (as they prefer to be referred to as instead of lecturer) is Carol-Anne Gainer. Now this woman is insightful. Not only does she work at Vega, but she is also an artist. We have many navigator’s working permanently and doing what they love freelancing , like Jana du Plessis ( copywriting navigator) with the launch of her book titled ‘Vat ‘n Gap’.  It’s great and makes everything they say entirely more subjective, which is always better.

Check this out for a whole lot of inspiration and words of encouragement. I feel different and much better, about the exhibition and in general, from yesterday because of this à

http://tinybuddha.com/blog/50-creative-questions-to-create-the-life-you-really-want/

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