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HA!ART
creations with an aesthetic bend
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let
me in
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black and white image of a forest portal (HM Apr 2016) |
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minimal |
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nothing
in particular
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a poem about.. nothing in particular! (HM Nov 2020) |
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POEMS |
2-3
swinging |
173
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winnie
the pooh
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cynicism and spirptual naivete both find a human connection in the
shadows of Sedona's haunting red-rock mountains (JD Jan 2018) |
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3-2
fun |
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piano
recordings on a beautiful day
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sitting down behind our Otto Bach upright while nature is singing
out loud outside. four pieces culminated, somewhat impressionistic.
ending on a lyrical note. (HM Nov 2020) |
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RECORDINGS |
1-2
classical |
16:12 |
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across
the big divide
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twilight images taken while strolling around the Brooklyn side of
Brooklyn Bridge, reflective of a love for the country of the big
divide: light and dark and rich and poor, great and small. and then,
the mighty bridge! (HM Nov 2011) |
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SLIDESHOWS |
2-3
mechanical |
78
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the
girl and the tree
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mystical female figure interlaced with flowers (JD Apr 2014) |
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aesthetic |
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HA!MIND
issue-driven and food-for-thought creations
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dark
planet dance
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recorded on request for a dance piece. minimalist meets romantic.
quietude meets a flooding. a dance for darker times. (HM Nov 2020)
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RECORDINGS
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3-1
flowing feeling |
06:40 |
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what
comes first
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everything is in play, but certain things are more foundational
than others. how do i know which is which? (HM Nov 2020)
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02
POEMS
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2-1
reflective |
178
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in
the beginning was the Word not
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on the biblical primacy of the Word, the wish for an empty mind
and the lure of bread. and how Mira's birth brings it all together
(HM Nov 2020)
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ESSAYS
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1-1
core, origins, instinct |
2283
words |
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drying
times
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the unprecedented scale of the California wild fires comes amidst
unprecedented dry conditions. but there are also other fires resulting
from dry conditions that are not so obvious (HM Nov 2020)
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02
POEMS
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2-2
descriptive |
126
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the
tribe of red and blue
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in conversation with a nation extremely polarized and incapacitated
by that. is healing the rift possible at all? (HM Oct 2020)
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ESSAYS
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3-3
politics, human condition |
1757
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IMPROVISATION
NOW Part 6
Improvisation
is political
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investigating how improvisation is political, the root meanings
of politics and leadership, how this reflects on the way we practise
democracy today and how improvisation can inform and inspire a
more fully participatory form of it. (HM Oct 2020)
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ESSAYS
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explanatory |
2679
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HA!LIFE
creations drawing from daily life, on the road and
stage
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Blue-eyed
Boy
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a narrative based on my father's fight with cancer, the tension
between faith and nature and the pain of a man dying in the flower
of his youth (HM Nov 2020)
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PROSE
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3-1
dramatic |
3548
words
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Kologha
forest walk
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10 minutes walk from where we stay, an indigenous forest with
smells, textures and shapes from ages deep past (HM, JD Aug 2020)
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SLIDESHOWS
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1-3
serene |
54
pictures
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inspiration
perspiration
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a philosophical song improvised on request from an audience member.
the theme: that inspiration only (and always) follows perspiration
(HM Sep 2015)
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RECORDINGS
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2-1
experimental |
07:10
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those
army days (2) "the rookie roster"
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in the second delivery of conscription reminiscences, i relate
some aspects of basic training - a period so stressful that the
only refuge i had was to flee into my imagination. what an absurd
experience in aid of an unjustifiable cause! (HM Oct 2020)
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01
ESSAYS
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2-3
technology, mechanism |
3386
words
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nyebho's
dark night
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in 2005 i was ask to create footage for a play based on the story
of a shipwreck on the Eastern Cape coast, 18th cent. This is the
late Nyebho Swartbooi, improvising on the briefest of cues. A
homage to his talents and our friendship (HM Oct 2020)
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VIDEO
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emotive |
08:59
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