#musings

The most perfect of lies caught up in an infinite loop of its own web, a connectedness that cannot be explained by the preceding or of what to come; a randomness that cannot be untangled. A lie that reproduces

Sometimes it feels like HOPE is slowly dying out as gloom and doom increasingly takes over the world.

There is an idea, if it comes from Maurice Merleau-Ponty or from Hans-Georg Gadamer I am not sure, that simply states: unity-in-difference. The African philosophy of ubuntu for some scholars hold a similar

i am stuck between here and there nowhere and everywhere at once only to realise that i was slowly dissolving into the fabric of the universe a grain of sand nothing and everything The day before, we arrived

We stopped at a local dam on our way to our next destination. The first day of the road trip was coming to an end, and it was fitting. We stopped at a beautiful spot where the sun was just beginning to

I am finding it increasingly hard to focus on the smaller things (like I used to do) with all of the changes in my life. It is funny, we always hear about people looking at their hero figures, envying

I have been wanting to slow down for a while now, especially after my PhD, but it feels like things are just moving faster and faster. I was awarded a short term post-doctoral fellowship which in theory

There is nothing like a bushveld (Kruger) or savannah sunset and sunrise. It is one of the most beautiful sightings, for myself, and for many others as well. You always hear about people longing for the

The funny thing about visiting the Kruger National Park as a photographer is that you will essentially have a "graveyard" filled with photographs that you do not have a story linked. That is,

It was halfway through the second day in the Kruger National Park. We were desperately looking for a stopover, a place where we could get a bathroom. In the Kruger, you cannot just stop, get out of your

On the first day of our trip to the Kruger National Park, we saw an elephant taking a mud bath. Now, on the second day in the Kruger we saw another elephant but this time taking a normal bath, probably

Thinking back on the crazy year on the eve of the new year has become a normal part of ending the year off. Maybe this is because of the ingrained normalcy of thinking about life in these rigid structures

The movement was quick. I saw the bird. I am not sure if it saw me. I jumped into action, changing my lenses. It jumped from tree to tree. I managed to sneak up on it. I let my finger on the shutter, and

I bought a bunch of Elif Shafak's books on a book sale. But in the years since, I have not had the chance to read them. Someone posted a story on their Instagram about how this book left them still, staying

It feels like a nightmare. The longer you stare, the scarier it gets. I place myself in the web, tangled and stuck in the snare of this demonic creature. Its venom liquifies the inners of its victims.

Written for @mariannewest's Freewrite Writing Prompt Day 2951: a dreaded report I rarely post twice on one day. In fact, I often do well to post twice in one month. But I just saw a notification that today

This month, we had a death in the family. And death can be a mirror - a mirror in which our convenient self-delusions crumble. I believe that we honor the dead by speaking honestly about them, and I've

The lake is dry, water is frozen. Can't get wet without exerting extra effort. A reminder that even the things that come easy are bound to get hard with time. Or it's vice versa. Ice melts back to liquid

I would love to say that since the beginning of this year, life in my country has been one rollercoaster after another but that would be me downplaying the reality of things. Since the year I was born