a brown study
when i was much younger, mamma would dress me up in brown. brown criss-cross sandals, dark brown pants and lighter brown shirts. and why not? for brown is the smell of the garden, sodden after last week’s rain. it is the feel of your hand, twined in mine. the taste of bread, fresh and warm. [...]
harakeke!
since we first moved to aotearoa nz a little over a year ago, i’ve wanted to learn a bit of the arts/crafts of the maori. harakeke weaving/plaiting seemed a good place to start, but it wasn’t till a coupla months ago that i’ve had the time AND the money to attend classes. this is the [...]
towers of babble
‘the towers of babble’ refers to the mythological tower of babel that humanity built to challenge heaven. they were punished by god, who confused their languages so they could no longer communicate with each other. with no communication, there was no hope of completing the tower; and people spread out over the earth. there has [...]
horn, horn & horn
it must be fairly obvious to those of you that come here that i rather like skulls. i can’t really account for it- whether it is the head-hunting heritage showing itself, an excess of heavy metal imagery or even a childish fascination with dead things. ah well. these are made from polymer clay, four colours [...]
twists & turns
it is so easy to presume that others see the same world we do. in response to bah con’s photo essay on the feet of people working on a construction(?) site, joe commented that arab men recognise their veiled wives by their feet. in a world that is so face-fixated, that somehow seems exotic. how [...]
a mizo culture map
“Mizoram has the most variegated hilly terrain in the eastern part of India. The hills are steep (avg. height 1000 metres) and separated by rivers which flow either to the north or south creating deep gorges between the hill ranges. The highest peak in Mizoram is the Phawngpui (Blue Mountain) with a height of 2210 [...]
