Cape Town 2020

Learn the Culture: 1st Thursdays Every first Thursday of the month in downtown Cape Town some of the art galleries open for free, and food places have deals on food and drinks. I was able to have the opportunity to take part in the festivities this past Thursday. We started by going to a digital media studio that served free wine and provided us with space and material to play around with our own art. I had my first drink in SA there; a dry white wine. I don't know if it was good wine or not; I've never been a fan of wine. Communion wine is good 😜 I used pencil, which is the medium of art I have by far the most experience in (besides engineering, but that's a topic for another day). I was thinking about Jesus! Thankfully too, the glass of wine didn't effect me. Contemplations Over a Glass of Wine We went through one small art gallery, and one persons art particularly intrigued me. It was done by a lady who was coping with fear. The colors and themes of wing

Learn the Culture: African Dance I pray that I can portray accurately to the extent of my knowledge what is African dance and what it means to the African people. As you know I'm in the process of learning the Zulu warrior dance, and have just purchased my first lappa for next Wednesday's dance! A lappa is basically a long skirt, but the patterns, like the dances, are stunning! Professor Rani told us to get one that "speaks to you, so that you can look at it and remember these times." I originally wanted one with green, like Rani's beautiful pants, but after seeing some patterns with red, I realize I need some red in mine, the color of war. I picked on out that has beautiful circular patterns of red and blue in concentric circles with white contrasting brilliantly with them. Later I realized I had picked the color's of my country. Enough of my treasure hunting! I would like to talk about some of the things I've learned by ear and eye of African dance.