Cat-a-Gram

15 September 2012

From the Melville Cat:

Heather told me about her Instagram for Art’s Sake project. Since most of the Instagram photos Heather takes are of me (which makes sense – I’m the most interesting member of this household), I decided to submit my own post for the project. A Cat-a-Gram, if you will.

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Fronds Unfurling

14 September 2012

Installment #2 in the Instagram for Art’s Sake series.

A tree fern in the garden of the Lucky 5 Star. New fronds are in the foreground, old fronds are in the background.

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Focusing Inward With Instagram

13 September 2012

I’ve always been a storyteller. For the last two years, this blog has been a place where I combine words and photos to tell stories. I haven’t thought of my photos as creative or artistic, at least not consciously. First and foremost, my photos are storytelling tools.

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Don't Mind Me. I'm Working on Myself.

11 September 2012

I recently sat in my therapist’s office, weaving my latest tale of woe. When I finished, she looked at me in that measured way that therapists do, and said:

“How ready are you to really work on yourself?”

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A Very Furry Birthday at The Plaza

09 September 2012

I’ve written several times about Joburg’s Oriental Plaza – a giant Indian shopping mall in Fordsburg. “The Plaza”, as locals call it, is one of my favorite spots in town. So when my friend Anita called me up on her birthday and invited me to go to The Plaza to pick up a rabbit fur coat, I dropped everything and complied.

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Not Cool, Nike. Not Cool.

04 September 2012

UPDATE: This morning I received a call from the brand communications manager for Nike South Africa. He apologized profusely for the misuse of my photo and agreed to compensate me for the photo’s usage. Of course this doesn’t undo the damage completely, but I’m pleased that Nike owned up to the mistake and offered to resolve the situation in a reasonable way. Nike, you have regained a little bit of your coolness now, at least in my eyes.

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