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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvHVeHgSPO4&feature=youtu.be
Stop by opposite the University of North West in Mahikeng and get served with Mo'Molemi, Khuli Chana, and more from as little as R10!!
Delivery also made! O batla mang for lunch? lol!
#THE POWER OF BRANDING#
Monday 16 April 2012
The Art of Trekking
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“You need to get out your house, get off your block and see something, go do something, go change something, or else you fall for nothing. You need to travel the world”. No words ring true than those offered by Jean Grae on the song Block Party. It is hard to believe that in these times, there are people who are not open to exploring the millions of opportunities available to them to travel and experience a different reality to that which they know. The general thinking seems to be around the misleading perception that one needs to have loads of money to leave their front door. Planning is of course always necessary, but people need not let the fear of unknown territory and possible culture barriers paralyse them from experiencing the rewards one gains through travelling. Different the gains may be many have sworn to have returned with a renewed spirit.
When Sho’t Left media campaigns spread like the flu germ in a first grade class a few years ago, there was an unspoken yet electrifying sense that we were certainly moving towards a reality that was indeed brimmed to capacity with tangible hope. Attracting young South African people, who possessed gypsy-like souls and had wanderlust spirits, travelling was finally reflected to be one that excites and can be accessible to anyone, anywhere. Nothing reflects better the energy of the travelling person than the words of one of the greatest storytellers from Mafikeng, Mo Molemi, in his sophomore album, Motzamai – Rebel Without A Pause, with the title song Motzamai. His hoarse laced words churn out, “Ntshutele ka tsela ke a itsamaela/ke ya madiso/ ke ya go phudutsa mabele/ Ke ya go phota/ke ya go tlhatlhola ketlele/Don’t matter ko ke yang a ko ntshutele ke a itsamaela (o ska nkemela)//Ntshutele ka tsela ke a itsameala/ ke ya Lesotho/ ke ya go palama dithaba/ ke ya Lusaka/ ke ya go reka dinawa ko Blantyre/ going to a better world suta ke a itsamela/”. The song paints a vivid picture of one trekking along paths with adventures brimmed with mysticism and fun.
Bringing it back from idealistic spheres, there are many opportunities for artists within the country to travel cross-continental and internationally. Art Moves Africa, an organisation that sponsors artists to travel within the continent, has seen many artists go on artistic, cultural expeditions by doing what they love and sharing it with like-minded individuals. Many other avenues are available to make our travels a reality. All we have to do is inquire, research and make the first move to exploring ourselves more deeply, opening our eyes more wider and appreciating the challenges that we may overcome during our endless creative darkness that affects most of our creative souls.
Pursuit to fly free...
picture by: Tshenolo Mabale
Suddenly, the feeling of pure dread and total confusion sets in my life and I find myself having to make many decisions all at once. I am shocked by all the demands that life is throwing my way and I have a constant urge to leave it all behind and run..run..run… But ofcourse, I cannot run from my life. It is me and this leaves me with many sleepless nights and very bad dark rings.
Suddenly, I feel that the things I wanted two years ago are not what I want now and going forward in my life. It’s almost like I have been re-born into this new world and the feeling to explore burns deep within my souls’ core. My impulsive, independent nature and carefree spirit, combined with this non-ignorable desire to fly free, leaves the people I care about deeply hurt and detached. It breaks my heart to watch theirs break yet I am somehow content with the repercussions of my decisions. It is this feeling of accepting what others’ reaction to my sometimes foolhardy choices, that I struggle with. Am I really a selfish person, only concerned about my needs at any given moment, that I’m okay with people’s reaction to my choices no matter which way they go or are these truly the wheels of change occurring within me and in my life that no matter how hard I try, because my needs and feelings are different/changing, they will occur anyways due to simple nature? Does this even make sense? Am I the only 20something that has tumultuous weeks and extreme levels of opposing emotions in one hour?
I am most grateful of all the blessings in my life, from friends, parents, work, etc but why do I feel like sometimes I want them all to disappear? I constantly get nudged by this strong feeling to run free and explore this God-given earth and it tugs at my heart every second of everyday. I want to leave it all behind and start anew. My spirit calls for re-birth and I yearn to be at a place where I feel like “I am nothing and everything. A place between dark and light, where all becomes right”.
Is it that I cannot stand the heat? Is it that I cannot handle the continuing pressures of my work that can get personal? Or is it that I cannot stand the personal pressures that come with handling other people’s hearts?
In quiet moments and even frantic ones, I always remember a film I watched recently that spoke deeply to my BEing. In Into the Wild, Christopher McCandless, a young man, leaves his middle class existence in pursuit of freedom from relationships and obligations. He gives up his family and all his possessions, to spend time with nature, with ‘real’ existence, away from the trappings of the modern world. He decides to trek around America ending up in Alaska and 20 months leading up to his Great Adventure, his travels lead him to self- discovery, to examine and appreciate the world around him and heal from his troubled childhood. Christopher eventually dies in an old school bus, in the freezing Alaska, alone and isolated.
For me, inasmuch as the film might indirectly be affirming the apparent fact that, “Happiness is only real when shared” through Christopher’s somewhat sad end, his decision to give up all his possessions and let his spirit reign free was what captured me. I wondered if I’d be able to give up all that I have to find peace in my soul. Are we as people, so free within ourselves to let go of our spouses, our partners, our children, should they make that decision? We are so obsessed with possession that we forget that we really, truly don’t own anything except our souls. All this confusion is caused by trying to rationalize what I know to be true about me. The very nature of me is free and that will never change. Let us all fly free+
Suddenly, I feel that the things I wanted two years ago are not what I want now and going forward in my life. It’s almost like I have been re-born into this new world and the feeling to explore burns deep within my souls’ core. My impulsive, independent nature and carefree spirit, combined with this non-ignorable desire to fly free, leaves the people I care about deeply hurt and detached. It breaks my heart to watch theirs break yet I am somehow content with the repercussions of my decisions. It is this feeling of accepting what others’ reaction to my sometimes foolhardy choices, that I struggle with. Am I really a selfish person, only concerned about my needs at any given moment, that I’m okay with people’s reaction to my choices no matter which way they go or are these truly the wheels of change occurring within me and in my life that no matter how hard I try, because my needs and feelings are different/changing, they will occur anyways due to simple nature? Does this even make sense? Am I the only 20something that has tumultuous weeks and extreme levels of opposing emotions in one hour?
I am most grateful of all the blessings in my life, from friends, parents, work, etc but why do I feel like sometimes I want them all to disappear? I constantly get nudged by this strong feeling to run free and explore this God-given earth and it tugs at my heart every second of everyday. I want to leave it all behind and start anew. My spirit calls for re-birth and I yearn to be at a place where I feel like “I am nothing and everything. A place between dark and light, where all becomes right”.
Is it that I cannot stand the heat? Is it that I cannot handle the continuing pressures of my work that can get personal? Or is it that I cannot stand the personal pressures that come with handling other people’s hearts?
In quiet moments and even frantic ones, I always remember a film I watched recently that spoke deeply to my BEing. In Into the Wild, Christopher McCandless, a young man, leaves his middle class existence in pursuit of freedom from relationships and obligations. He gives up his family and all his possessions, to spend time with nature, with ‘real’ existence, away from the trappings of the modern world. He decides to trek around America ending up in Alaska and 20 months leading up to his Great Adventure, his travels lead him to self- discovery, to examine and appreciate the world around him and heal from his troubled childhood. Christopher eventually dies in an old school bus, in the freezing Alaska, alone and isolated.
For me, inasmuch as the film might indirectly be affirming the apparent fact that, “Happiness is only real when shared” through Christopher’s somewhat sad end, his decision to give up all his possessions and let his spirit reign free was what captured me. I wondered if I’d be able to give up all that I have to find peace in my soul. Are we as people, so free within ourselves to let go of our spouses, our partners, our children, should they make that decision? We are so obsessed with possession that we forget that we really, truly don’t own anything except our souls. All this confusion is caused by trying to rationalize what I know to be true about me. The very nature of me is free and that will never change. Let us all fly free+
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