tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54490613342051671932024-03-05T10:25:57.911+02:00fra(a)iingAnairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.comBlogger847125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-25693257925351613952019-05-02T09:53:00.002+02:002019-05-02T09:53:58.275+02:00Here and Now.This blog Here is closed for the time being.
I am Now on Instagram (actually, have been for the past 4 years) @mariana.swart
&Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-23355276435835788892016-05-09T14:50:00.000+02:002016-05-09T14:50:15.646+02:00Buddha.Buddha (mixed media)
Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-85847398688117853592016-04-28T14:31:00.000+02:002016-04-28T14:31:02.928+02:00Bennu.Experimenting with acrylic.
(101955) Bennu (acrylic on canvas)Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-89832776477217915172016-03-26T10:59:00.000+02:002016-03-26T10:59:00.661+02:00#288 and #289.In October 2013 a boat carrying more than 500 Eritrean and Somalian migrants sank off the coast at Lampedusa, Italy. More than 360 people drowned. One of them, a young woman, drowned while giving birth to her baby. They were labelled victim #288 and #289. Her name was later found to be Yohanna.
Read this article about borders and identity by Frances Stonor Saunders:
Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-52445359916244807652016-03-01T21:46:00.000+02:002016-03-01T21:46:49.256+02:00Waiting for the light.Journal entry after the Lily mine cave-in near Barberton. More than 80 miners were brought to safety, but three mine employees - Yvonne Mnisi, Pretty Mabuza and Solomon Nyarenda - were trapped in a container office that was swallowed by the massive sinkhole. To date they have not been rescued. Last signs of life were detected 20 days ago.
Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-64771751322897614672016-02-15T10:54:00.002+02:002016-02-15T10:54:42.696+02:00Medusa.Art journal page - She was a Medusa of resentments ...
Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-44962604323951719222016-01-17T19:02:00.001+02:002016-01-17T19:02:26.506+02:00A Hoi Polloi Cabinet of Curiosities.Submission for the Cabinets of Curiosities exhibition in December 2015:
Statement:
This work
addresses issues of exclusivity, value, wealth vs poverty, ownership, lack of access vs
accessibility, privilege and status.
The original
Wunderkammern were limited to those who could afford them, and thus were
markers of privilege, status and exclusivity. Those who collected the ‘Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-55419755916304189552016-01-09T17:35:00.000+02:002016-01-09T17:43:19.507+02:00The Man and the Log.The Man and the Log
- A cautionary tale -
Once upon a time there was a man.
He was an intelligent, well-spoken, handsome and accomplished man.
One day he decided to go for a swim. "I deserve it," he thought. "I definitely deserve a nice swim."
"Oh, no," people warned him, "but do not swim here! There are dangerous currents in the sea here. Rather go to the beach further along the coast."
But theAnairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-63695602722043541892016-01-09T16:25:00.000+02:002016-01-09T16:25:39.536+02:00Insomnia.“O sleep! O gentle sleep! Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness?” (from Henry IV)
Insomnia (Oil on board)
Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-74080078078052400792016-01-05T12:26:00.003+02:002016-01-05T12:26:58.909+02:00Happiness.Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-1731181937751296612016-01-02T18:32:00.000+02:002016-01-02T18:32:05.377+02:00The Smile.Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-90994392603136373312015-12-27T12:40:00.001+02:002015-12-27T12:40:20.733+02:00 Summertime... and the livin' is easy .....
Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-81696748867925826682015-12-26T12:57:00.001+02:002015-12-26T12:57:51.311+02:00Worry.Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-82720408643360986522015-12-22T15:30:00.000+02:002015-12-22T15:30:44.969+02:00Waiting.... for stuff to arrive and for other stuff to go; for things to stop, and for others to start; for things to change & for other things to go back to the way they were.
Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-30502779520505571212015-12-03T10:49:00.000+02:002015-12-03T10:49:27.527+02:00WTF??When it comes to the way people act, there is some stuff I just don't get ...
Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-57215885090645251372015-11-27T08:53:00.000+02:002015-11-27T08:53:22.938+02:00Not character building.Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-56857494109929262072015-11-23T22:39:00.001+02:002015-11-23T22:39:31.777+02:00Stubborn.Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-35705858240114056792015-11-03T23:23:00.000+02:002015-11-03T23:23:10.647+02:00What I think.Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-40763824822723251302015-11-03T23:16:00.003+02:002015-11-03T23:16:46.437+02:00Quiet Mind.
Take a break sometimes. It is good for you.
Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-54032270638988566012015-10-31T21:40:00.000+02:002015-10-31T21:40:35.550+02:00Kindness.Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-30596806140378504432015-10-30T07:13:00.000+02:002015-10-30T07:13:22.276+02:00Dreams.Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-87023133796460709542015-10-29T13:33:00.001+02:002019-11-16T11:15:33.887+02:00Don't speak to me.
Sometimes the noise in one's head is of one's own making.
Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-15377013729879415962015-10-13T11:53:00.001+02:002015-10-13T11:53:32.238+02:00My Artist's Statement.
Not long ago I was asked to provide my artist's statement for a group exhibition. I thought and thought and agonized a bit and then agonized some more and finally wrote two short paragraphs in simple English to describe what it was that I was after. And was then inspired to write a short poem to add to my statement. So after all this effort and agony I was rather taken aback Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-85191726382562210272015-10-13T08:35:00.000+02:002015-10-13T08:35:52.036+02:00Happy Birthday!!The Little Bookcase is 1 year old, and a good year that has been. People are using it, taking books and leaving their own books to be shared.
Happy Birthday, dear Little Bookcase! May you have a long and happy life, and may your tummy always be filled with good stuff.
Anairamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626269831496499230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449061334205167193.post-55727707672934966452015-09-27T17:56:00.000+02:002015-09-27T17:56:57.001+02:00Small Thoughts.I often have them. Nothing deep, or witty, or brilliant necessarily. Just small thoughts.
Small Thoughts I (collage, stitching, pen and ink drawing, found object)
Small Thoughts II (collage, stitching, pen and ink drawing, found object)
Small Thoughts III (collage, stitching, pen and ink drawing, found object)
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