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Limit to Your Love

No one does "hauntingly beautiful" for me like James Blake. Limit to Your Love sends chills down my spine, in a good way. 

Excuses, Places, Spaces.

It must have been annoying typing the long address to this blog (killing time, procrastinating etc) expecting something new and exciting, something recently discovered or recently shared and instead being confronted with old, tired posts I had published over a month ago. It must have been annoying and disappointing and for that I apologise. I'm sure you don't want to hear it (again) but I've been extremely busy and whenever I do have time I don't have energy and the result is this - cliched apologies over month long absences.

The best way to wipe the dust off this blog is to show you where I've been recently. Places, spaces, valued moments. Enjoy.

National Arts Fest 2013: 

Opening Ceremony S/S 2014

Weird and Wonderful. 

HIGHSNOBIETY

Native Work

In Andrew Putter's recent project Native Work he presents us with black and white photos of black South Africans in various traditional, Xhosa attire juxtaposed by the very same individuals in colour photos dressed in contemporary western attire. I found this extremely thought provoking; when looking at the pictures you can't help but think about the implications of colonialism and how the rapid infiltration of the West (and Western lifestyle) in Africa somewhat compromised our cultural sense of self.

STUDIO AFRICA

STEVENSON GALLERY 

Thai-Etiquette | The Travelling Men

The Street Etiquette team does it again! Joshua Kissi and Travis Gumbs,  known for their penchant for travel and men's fashion, recently took a trip to Thailand and, once again, I am blown away by their ready and eager willingness to assimilate themselves into the culture and lifestyle (no matter how far from 'lavish' it might be) of a country all in the name of attaining the authentic travelling experience. 

I wish we all had the privilege to travel with the SE team so that we might also learn this enlightened way of experiencing new places (sans fancy, slightly impersonal hotels and aloof, generic tourism spaces) but I am also going to make it my personal goal to look this good when I travel; these guys make bermuda shorts look like a nice thing. Baffles me. 

Next time Josh and Trav - take me with you, I promise I'll be good. 

Check out what they had to say, as well as their mad-cool video here

A Sauvage | A Portrait