COMPLETE INDEX

as from 24 Jun 2024


JOURNEYS

01 ESSAYS
02 POEMS
03 GEDIGTE
04 GEDICHTEN
05 PROSE
06 SERIES
07 RECORDINGS
08 SOUNDTRACKS
09 DRAWINGS
10 PHOTOGRAPHY
11 SLIDE SHOWS
12 VIDEOS
13 FILMS

90's ARCHIVE

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JOURNEYS

 

title
nr of items
approx duration
 description
date posted
Coping with Covid
20
2 hrs
 Since the first South African lockdown in March 2020, grappling with the pandemic resulted in a number of writings and creations ..
210702
Mira unfolding
11
1 hr
 She is far from being an artist yet. She is a child. But self-expression and creativity happens all the time. This journey brings together of what lies at the root of what, one day, might be the full-grown artist, plus a few perspectives on her.
210802
Mystical Moves
21
75 mins
 within the mystical, boundaries are vague, time seems to drift, it is the absence of the clarifying burns of light, where distinctions soften and the whole comes into sight. the mystical slows down life in order for it to heal
211205
Cities of the World
20
40 mins
 A visual tour of impactful views of a few major urban centres that we frequent on our travels. Most pictures are limited selections from existing slide shows.
220107
The Beloved Country
24
90 mins
 material that reflects something of SA's essence
220907
The Beautiful
38
100 mins
 To qualify as something beautiful, there needs to be a certain economy of expression, a proportionality. Art and beauty is often equated and this is valid not as an idealization of reality, but a crystalization of it.
221027
Trauma
30
100 mins
 The nature of trauma, pain, healing. The ramifications of trauma - the loneliness, the dissociation, the sadness. The violence, the search, the long path of recovery.
230110
The Odd One Out
43
100 mins
 What is it to be the odd one out? It is something odd, yes, but also slightly humorous, slightly lonely, somewhat strange, somewhat cozy, somewhat still..
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01 ESSAYS

HA! O E cat title HA! O E title DATE word count HA! O E description HA! O E date posted
0 explanatory Oor die wereld van spontane musiekmaak 040110 1441 transkripsie van 'n onderhoud tussen Rozanne Stoman en HA!Man - hoofsaaklik oor spontane musiekmaak - die rol daarvan asook die praktyk van 'n loopbaan te maak daarvan (HM Nov 2004) 200906
0 explanatory Answers to Questions by Kids from Mafeking 050531 2489 A peep into interactions with a class of black youngsters in a dusty town of the North West Province, to whom I gave a workshop. (HM May 2005) 200921
0 explanatory A music student's questions 050822 772 answers to two questions by a music student - how to incorporate improvisation into a practise session and, on the relationship between improvising successfully and knowing one's instrument (HM Aug 2005) 200823
0 explanatory the final part 151029 313 in communication with Joke, who is writing the text for "Relentless Universe" i give my thoughts on the final of the nine parts.. the culmination of it all (HM Nov 2015) 190816
0 explanatory THE NINE PARTS 170730 4956 explaining the nine parts of a HA! performance on the basis of the "3D analysis" to Joke (HM Jul 2017) 200809
1-1 core, instinct, the whole Healing and the World 010806 391 perhaps relevant to our times, I wrote this back in August 2001 as I reflected on the state of the world in terms of healing - is it an objective or rather a matter of process? does the healer need healing too? (HA!Man) 190711
1-1 core, instinct, the whole it flows even there 090701 816 a rather intimate discussion of an insight of how self-sex can be fulfilling and bring the ego into balance (HM Jul 2009) 210214
1-1 core, instinct, the whole Positive affirmation versus silence 131014 1408 an advertisement for the handicapped to be positive about themselves leads to the experience of a course in positive thinking and the question: how much can thinking really change reality? (JD Oct 2014) 210820
1-1 core, instinct, the whole to you, Mira, after 15 months 190704 2796 addressing my first born child on her fifteenth month, even though she cannot understand me. thoughts about her entering our lives, where she's at now and how i wish to accompany her on her life's journey (HM Jul 2019) 190711
1-1 core, instinct, the whole in the beginning was the Word not 201106 2283 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) 201108
1-1 core, instinct, the whole born as body 220119 2590 while i cannot express in words what it is to live the body, i can search for pathways of meaning to reconnect with it. while she is still only three, it is she who offers the hope for a balanced humanity (HM Jan 2022) 220125
1-1 core, instinct, the whole pain, pain, pain 220807 2097 "pain is not an intrusion. pain is not a separate sensation to be handled besides an injury. pain is us. pain is our response to a violation. pain is the rallying cry. pain is the care we take to remain whole." (HM Aug 2022) 220810
1-2 art, aesthetics on a criticism i received 000918 656 reflections on a certain criticism that i did not go the full length while performing, that my expression did not properly surfaced, that i was still holding back.. (HM Sep 2000) 190711
1-2 art, aesthetics what can i say in an age 020001 A4 hand a free-flow reflection on the position of the individual within a sea of individualism - the artist as world-on-its-own as opposed to the words-on-their-owns of the branded individual (HM Jan 2002) 190816
1-2 art, aesthetics my poems 020530 327 grappling with the spontaneous way of writing a poem, its cultural implications (HM May 2002) 190711
1-2 art, aesthetics Poison 041217 980 grappling with the dichotomy of praise and despair, of being genius and getting nowhere. then finding a view of things three-dimensionally, drawing down limits, the limits of a river flow. self-obsessed, but redeemed. (HM Dec 2004) 200504
1-2 art, aesthetics the silent beginning 220418 1529 an elaboration on the response i gave to a man who was unhappy with the way i started my performance - he wanted to connect with someone with an identity. i stead, hi presented myself as a crying baby. (HM Apr 2022) 220420
1-3 spirituality, connection spirituality 060712 8 on the essence of spirituality (HM Jul 2006) 200726
1-3 spirituality, connection early xtians 070329 A4 hand on the remnants of early christian communities in present day Damascus (HM March 2007) 200816
1-3 spirituality, connection when the moment reaches eternity 090102 367 how the playing of a cello says something about the global healing of humanity (HM Jan 2009) 201108
1-3 spirituality, connection We heard the wind 190131 519 how confronting love can be (JD Jan 2019) 190803
1-3 spirituality, connection we hoorden de wind 190131 476 hoe confronterend de liefde kan zijn (JD Jan 2019) 190803
1-3 spirituality, connection enough of the God-fearers 190909 1554 when an article appeared on the religious bent of a certain South African businessman, i felt i had to say something about a number of powerful people who caused destruction while seeking cover in their beliefs (HM Sept 2019) 190910
1-3 spirituality, connection stay small while growing up 191204 A4 hand mother to daughter before the world of rationality opens up (JD Dec 2019) 191203
1-3 spirituality, connection faith 191227 1916 an exposition of a new understanding of faith as an integral component of all experience of reality as well as the implications of this for science and religion of our day (HM Dec 2019) 200101
1-3 spirituality, connection faith (2) 191229 2438 a further look into the nature of faith and what it says about the meaning of life, or deeper still, where did life come from and how can it be defined (HM Dec 2019) 200123
1-3 spirituality, connection this is the good friday 200410 1663 written amidst the Coronavirus-crisis, after having listened to a dominee (priest) giving an online sermon, remembering my church-going childhood - how can we work together in a society where spirituality still largely functions as a cult? (HM Apr 2020) 200411
1-3 spirituality, connection CULT 201010 6125 CULT - a biief treatment of the evolution of religion and cults, how Christianity started out as a cult to become a world religion, and how its cultic roots impacted on western societies - up to the crises of the present day (HM Oct 2020) 201011
1-3 spirituality, connection arguments on Christmas eve 201221 1510 two friends get stuck on a hiking trail. on Christmas eve. two friends who like to argue. and only one of them misses the traditional celebrations.. (HM Dec 2020) 201221
1-3 spirituality, connection Guilt and Innocence - the robbery of childhood 220417 1597 innocence as a necessary condition for childhood and the play of childhood a necessary foundation for adulthood. how how a love - physical and spiritual - too much to bear kills innocence makes a whole culture to float in the air (HM Apr 2022) 220420
1-3 spirituality, connection Guilt and Innocence - the robbery of childhood 220417 1597 innocence as a necessary condition for childhood and the play of childhood a necessary foundation for adulthood. how how a love - physical and spiritual - too much to bear kills innocence makes a whole culture to float in the air (HM Apr 2022) 220420
1-3 spirituality, connection The Mid-Eastern Crucible 231104 2498 An essay in response to the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas from 7 October 2023. Delving into this near impossible topic by looking at what it would take to heal age old rifts and what this could mean for the rest of the world. (HM Nov 2023) 231114
2-1 reflective, searching the sun is coming out 000000 A4 hand x2 what happens when one sees two opposites as a paradoxical unity: pure science and pure belief both become impossible (one of my early expressions of this insight) (HM 1997) 220518
2-1 reflective, searching death and life 060717 218 brief thoughts on the downwardness of death and our obsession with staying alive (M Jul 2006) 200921
2-1 reflective, searching inner ecology 160907 190 the (damaged) ecology that is within each one's reach.. (HM Sept 2016) 200405
2-1 reflective, searching What is it to be a man 160927 1565 For 10 000 years to be a man meant teaming up with other men to build a civilization. Now that civilization is in existential peril, the question presents itself again: what is it then, to be a man? (HM Sep 2016) 211110
2-1 reflective, searching on educating a toddler at the piano 200627 1562 thoughts around music education on occasion of Mira's first musical expression on the piano (barely) (HM Jun 2020) 200628
2-1 reflective, searching winter words 200719 599 it is as if the cold froze my brain, the words come forward only haltingly, and sparingly, the meaning of winter to clarify (HM Jul 2020) 200719
2-1 reflective, searching life, what is life! 220319 2640 how life cannot be captured by words, and how science and guru's tend to kill it off (HM Mar 2022) 220322
2-2 sciences, descriptive lalaland 031115 258 thoughts on my first visit to Hollywood, how i have fallen a bit in love with a place that was not what i thought it was (HM Nov 2003) 200329
2-2 sciences, descriptive OOS-KAAP: Baarmoeder van Suid-Afrika 050424 1025 'n Opstel oor my belewing van die Oos-Kaap, geskryf op aanvraag van die De Kat tydskrif wat dit destyds gepubliseer het (HM Apr 2005) 200510
2-2 sciences, descriptive graveyards in South Africa 130208 1744 an honest comparison between burials in Europe and in South Africa (JD Feb 2013) 210904
2-2 sciences, descriptive as long as something keeps moving 141016 776 anecdotes from Joke's earliest visits to Johannesburg evoke the old question of the interdependency of light and dark (JD Oct 2014) 210725
2-2 sciences, descriptive on whether science brought us further .. 191120 1852 science reacted againts religion's denigration of the material realm. but did science bring true respect for the material? i always thought it did, until.. (HM Nov 2019) 191123
2-2 sciences, descriptive a few of future facts and freaktures 191216 121 projections of our warming future can freak out. here are a few of those and what to do about it (source: "The Uninhabitable Planet" by David Wallace-Wells). (HM Dec 2019) 191222
2-2 sciences, descriptive virus-krisis-piessus 200326 470 Mira verjaar en die aarde staan uiteindelik stil met die hulp van 'n piepklein organismetjie. Selfs die heiliges bly nie onaangeraak nie. (HM March 2020) 200329
2-2 sciences, descriptive The Afrikaner 210104 2404 who is the Afrikaner and what has this (my) nation to show for after a very short history that includes the dark shadows of Apartheid? anything to learn here? (HM Jan 2021) 210105
2-2 sciences, descriptive it is in Stellenbosch 210403 1799 a brief catalogue of events that had a formative influence on my life during the times i resided in Stellenbosch, spanning a decade from 1986 onwards. Stellenbosch is a visionary place and therefore rife with disillusionment (HM Apr 2021) 210405
2-2 sciences, descriptive on robots - let's just get this one straight 211014 2345 is it even possible to recreate a human being? can robots ever become human? this is what i want to get straight: the answer is NO. (HM Oct 2021) 211018
2-2 sciences, descriptive which earth to discover 211107 712 on reading the news that NASA's pet project for the next ten years will be finding life on other planets. oh, what a Fruitful exercise while the planet is burning! (HM Nov 2021) 211116
2-2 sciences, descriptive Through the Transkei 220128 2138 the land where Mandela was born carries special significance, a part of South Africa that is often avoided, but in the end is unavoidable (HM Jan 2022) 220129
2-2 sciences, descriptive Road through the Karoo 230321 1.5 hr rec recording my voice while driving on the N1 between Beaufort West and Laingsburg, resulting in rambling reflections on the role of the Karoo shaping Afrikaner character; and on land, shaping life and culture in general (HM Mar 2023) 230326
2-2 sciences, descriptive the train to Bruges 230424 2639 reflections on what it is and feels to be an artist, the necessity of movement for existence to exist, a friend who wants to prevent the universe from ending and the dark side of Belgium (HM Apr 2023) 230426
2-2 sciences, descriptive Bruges 240401 982 unbroken reflective observations on the (at least) 1000 year old treasure chest that i call home (for now) (HM Apr 2024) 240401
2-3 technology, produciivity the organization of all knowledge 210710 A4 hand 02 on the researched and terrifying fact that hyperlinks, which are the only thing that keeps the body of online knowledge together (sort of), are constantly fraying, even in the most secure environments, like law. (HM Jul 2021) 210720
2-3 technology, produciivity That Self-Driving Car .. 220329 2055 i read on the fact that the drive to switch society to self-driving cars somehow stalled, that prompted me to delve into the reasons why artificial intelligence (AI) would never be able to drive better than us, except for driving us nuts (HM March 2022) 220330
2-3 technology, produciivity late night whispers 230131 1hr voice adressing the problem of equatig human creativity with that of AI, stemming from an age old tendency to essentialize reality, whether it be numbers or information, and how this falling narcissism relates to the suppression of feeling (HM Jan 2023) 230208
2-3 technology, productivity the chase 090707 241 the way i keep believing that i can reach the end-point of all the work i myself keep setting up to do. is it worth it? (HM Jul 2007) 210214
2-3 technology, productivity every revolution comes with a priceless price 190810 879 an open essay stringing thoughts about singing and sounding, babies and birds, what is called human advances and the umpteenth industrial revolution, ending with a story of the human conuncrum of a birth drowned by technology (HM Aug 2019) 190810
2-3 technology, productivity smart and positively dead 191009 1047 writing for the sake of witing leads to something to say, especially about the so-called smartness being sold to us these days and the lifelessness of technology (HM Oct 2019) 191013
2-3 technology, productivity full metal pocket 201128 1232 dialogue-eteering around an overlooked reason why the internet brought on more division than its promise of connectedness (HM Nov 2020) 201130
2-3 technology, productivity babies without bodies 220425 A4 hand x3 writing by hand, i reflect on the power of social media to shrink life, to crunch the boundaries of intimacy and lead many adolescents to despair (HM Apr 2022) 220426
2-3 technology, productivity confubaliation 220508 1086 story and gutterly expression of the breakdown of a car, breaking down the earth, breaking the spirit, and yet won't kill it in the end (HM May 2022) 220511
2-3 technology, productivity On the Limits of Technology 230518 3747 For once i need to draw the line on both the awe and fear around the latest technological "revolution" which some even equates to the invention of the wheel and the printing press. (HM May 2023) 230523
3-1 ethics, feelings On Violence 010604 538 thinking about the nature of volence after seeing a drug war movie (HM Jun 2001) 190928
3-1 ethics, feelings woe the world 020410 290 morose thoughts on the state of humanity: "the battle for holistic living on a large scale is lost, the body of the human species has set the tone irrevocably" (HM Apr 2002) 191114
3-1 ethics, feelings dark-speaking Africa 031202 204 quite a hard expression of frustration with those who "dark-speak" africa (HM Dec 2003) 200329
3-1 ethics, feelings Are you negative about South Africa? 050402 1997 During the presidency of Mbeki, the constant negative talk about the country got to me. The negative talk had always been there, and still is. It does not seem to recognize and appreciate anything positive, however obvious it may be. (HM Apr 2005) 200705
3-1 ethics, feelings Angry Reflection 060514 1214 letting rip on the state of humanity regards runaway climate change. but then, arriving at some sort of un-final note.. (HM May 2006) 200621
3-1 ethics, feelings Mozart and Mugabe 060713 132 a harsh look at the harsh reality of Europe's glory days (HM Jul 2006) 200802
3-1 ethics, feelings Burden 060821 319 when the reality of climate change (global warming) hits home (the heart), despair knocks loudly on the door (HM Aug 2006) 200614
3-1 ethics, feelings Grand Canyon 061105 629 "I looked into the abyss. For the first time, since my yearly visits to the States started in 2001, I felt as if I could truly love America." (HM Nov 2006) 200809
3-1 ethics, feelings the tires are burning 190804 708 thoughts and fears and questions in the midst of a typical service delivery protest in South Africa (JD Aug 1908) 190810
3-1 ethics, feelings all these men! 190824 2409 a serious complaint against men in leadership positions today who hark back to a time when the masculine principle still dominated (HM Aug 2019) 190826
3-1 ethics, feelings dirty soils and secrets 200305 1556 about things that hit emotionally over the last months - a sort of flood just to say it all, get it out of my inner maelstrom - from Brett Kavanaugh's lies to sights of wretchedness around Cape Town's streets.. (HM Mar 2020) 200308
3-1 ethics, feelings mondmaskers en zelfrugelerende emoties 200502 1241 Mijn zelfgemaakte mondmasker en de woede die dat bij Mira oproept, doen mij verlangen naar een wildere, meer ongerepte uiting van mijn emoties. (JD May 2020) 200504
3-1 ethics, feelings mouth masks and self regulating emotions 200502 1344 My homemade mouth mask and the anger this evokes in Mira, make me long for a more wild, untamed expression of my emotions. (JD May 2020) 200504
3-1 ethics, feelings ochtend 200519 386 the trouble with keeping feelings in check. especially deep longings that one regards as being wrong to have (JD May 2020) 200830
3-1 ethics, feelings race, racial, racist 200621 2833 during times of protests against racism all around the world, my thoughts work around the meaning of race, what it is to be racist when everybody seems to confess colour blindness and how to go about race relations in a more mature way (HM Jun 2020) 200621
3-1 ethics, feelings I am used to 200912 456 what one can get used to about persisting poverty, and what not (JD Sept 2020) 200915
3-1 ethics, feelings bleeding heart 201210 A4 hand when innocent civilians are killed when men pull triggers, it is those with bleeding hearts that rush forward to save, to mend. but a heart being a heart, is each heart then not a bleeding one? (HM Dec 2020) 201214
3-1 ethics, feelings crying 210114 A4 hand thoughts on crying, how it can be much more than the tears of pain and sorrow (HM Jan 2021) 210117
3-1 ethics, feelings the problem with the problem of evil 211024 2023 If we believe that there is a perfect Good in existence that created everything, the existence evil should be impossible, right? But is this even the right question to ask? (HM Oct 2021) 211102
3-1 ethics, feelings an analysis of the poem called rapist 220704 2394 an elaboration on the insight that there is not only a parallel but a strong historical relationship between the false sense of empowerment as provided by the Christ faith, that of the abuse of a weaker one and war making (HM Jul 2022) 220707
3-1 ethics, feelings what is right and what is wrong 231021 1179 the crisis in the Middle East with Israel and Palestine at the core of it, has flurried up huge clouds of moral confusion. trying to get to the bottom of what is right and wrong with heart and gut and mind (HM Oct 2023) 231025
3-2 economy, consume on the spur of the moment 000912 862 on how our behaviour gets hijacked by external stimuli, placing us under the control of someone or something else. comsumerism as the loss of control (HM Sep 2000) 190711
3-2 economy, consume on the diving Rand 020111 548 a litle tirade against speculators who at the day made huge profits betting the South African Rand down (HM Jan 2002) 190826
3-2 economy, consume BUY 071022 1175 a torrent of thoughts and feelings around our consumer culture, written from a mega church building in Kansas City (HM Oct 2007) 200830
3-2 economy, consume competition 200902 3285 competition is the hallmark of capitalism. but is it the best way to achieve material results? also in politics - is party-political competition delivering the best for society? is competition what it is cracked up to be? (HM Sep 2020) 200906
3-2 economy, consume levitating man 210511 1430 returning to the theme of male domination in our culture, a look at the desire to flout gravity, whether as a saint, a trickster or a multi-billionaire (HM May 2021) 210512
3-2 economy, consume happy birthday!! 211203 1102 an argumentative conversation between two friends regards the meaning, or the lack of meaning when celebrating birthdays (HM Nov 2021) 211201
3-2 economy, consume Why! It is a New Year 220101 A4 hand thoughts on what we are celebrating, the forward push of technology, the slowing down for a virus and why nothing is absolutely new (HM Jan 2022) 211224
3-2 economy, consume consumer prayer 220204 1644 in desperation, the Great Producer is called upon to to make an end to the absurdities of the modern day consumer experience (HM Feb 2022) 220205
3-2 economy, consume there is never enough 220606 1690 thinking about the economy as a stupid, who still thinks an economy is about being economical (HM Jun 2022) 220525
3-3 politics, human condition Sorry spots 010530 639 lamenting how bad leadership infects the whole body politic and more (HM May 2001) 190711
3-3 politics, human condition on the presidential election 011226 409 a view on america before having visited that country that is like.. "Packaging. Comfy. Must feel like being in a McDonalds bag." (HM Dec 2001) 240201
3-3 politics, human condition state of the day 020129 475 ruminating on the state of the human world some months after 9/11 (HM Jan 2002) 191020
3-3 politics, human condition War and Sickness 020418 1047 on the human condition during the time of George Bush, and more lovers of war and sicknesses (HM Apr 2002) 190711
3-3 politics, human condition the river flow 060714 235 of static understandings versus the reality of flow, or the flowing reality (HM Jul 2006) 200921
3-3 politics, human condition Maturity 060921 789 Looking at three cases - a musician friend's breakdown, humankind's development and South Africa's political transformation - through the lens of childhood, adolescence and maturity (HM Sept 2006) 200628
3-3 politics, human condition human maturity 070524 472 .. or the lack of it. the reality of the limitations of our existence on earth - and the way she knows us, and her power to draw us back down (HM May 2007) 200823
3-3 politics, human condition global agenda for humanity's maturity 080926 536 from the premise that as a still growing species, we find ourselves in the adolescent phase of our story on planet earth. maturity still lies ahead of us. how would an agenda look like to advance purposefully towards this? (HM Sep 2008) 201025
3-3 politics, human condition a global shift 120120 558 in response to Barack Obama's acceptance speech after his re-election - identifying two aspects of a global shift without anticipating the significant backlash to come (HM Jan 2012) 220802
3-3 politics, human condition Mandela died 140123 424 on the death of Mandela, the significance of his character and how we can be inspired by it (HM Jan 2014) 220819
3-3 politics, human condition we are a nervous bunch 140721 721 about humanity being nervous and then doing things that compounds the condition (HM Jul 2014) 221216
3-3 politics, human condition airport hub 170314 1621 reflections on the state of humanity, seen from the perspective of an airport hub (HM March 2017) 190830
3-3 politics, human condition weltshmerzerig 200521 326 Uiteindelijk kwam alles, in zijn falen, een soort van heel erg goed. Maar dat soort kleffe eindes lazen wij - weltshmerzerig - toen nooit. (JD May 2020) 200524
3-3 politics, human condition the false split between The Left and The Right 200830 3245 How to find common ground between Conservatives and Liberals who treat each other like aliens. and yes, why, with the rise of extremism and the retreat of religion, this is a necessary thing to do. (HM Aug 2020) 200831
3-3 politics, human condition Dear Mr President 201004 485 Joke has been unable to visit her family and home country since the lockdown. The associated longings is a sacrifice wilingly made. But business people, those with the money, they can fly around freely. How come, mr President? (JD Oct 2020) 201006
3-3 politics, human condition the tribe of red and blue 201019 1757 in conversation with a nation extremely polarized and incapacitated by that. is healing the rift possible at all? (HM Oct 2020) 201025
3-3 politics, human condition The Meaning of the Pandemic 210205 4291 There is a lot of noise in a world with an array of approaches to the COVID-19 reality. Who is right and who is wrong? Besides the effort to get past this, is there any shared meaning that we can derive from this historical disruption? (HM Feb 2021) 210215
3-3 politics, human condition a tale of two countries 210613 3371 both South Africa and America has inherent qualities to gives them global significance. but this specialness cannot be taken for granted and comes with huge responsibility (HM Jun 2021) 210614
3-3 politics, human condition Political Leadership 210718 4383 This essay argues for the centrality of politics in all spheres of life, that is a business of the heart, not the mind, and that we have not yet matured in the way we do politics - the main reason why we distrust it so much. (HM Jul 2021) 210812
3-3 politics, human condition happiness is 220212 1628 well, yes, what is it? it happens, you know when it does. it is many things, is paradoxical, it slips like water (HM Feb 2022) 220214

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02 POEMS

HA! O E cat title HA! O E title DATE word count HA! O E description HA! O E date posted
1-1 primal, the whole first words 000920 63 the feeling i had when "born" as "the HA!Man" (HM late 1990's) 190711
1-1 primal, the whole babies 010529 4 something about babies (HM May 2001) 190928
1-1 primal, the whole in the dark 030811 210 thoughts on the Dark as our beginnings and ultimate destination (HM Aug 2003) 190711
1-1 primal, the whole everywhere 031129 76 an ode to your physical beauty (HM Nov 2003) 190711
1-1 primal, the whole the sum 041130 152 the eternity of anonymous love-making (HM Nov 2004) 200621
1-1 primal, the whole breasts 070815 119 the touch the mother earth the breasts the stilness of that moment (HM Aug 2007) 200906
1-1 primal, the whole female orgasm 140101 179 experimental description of female orgasm (JD Jan 2014) 190910
1-1 primal, the whole the beginnings of a world 140101 68 experimental description of love (JD Jan 2014) 190910
1-1 primal, the whole the road less travelled 140101 55 short poem on a sexual encounter (JD Jan 2014) 190816
1-1 primal, the whole evening walk 140201 30 written on a melancholic evening walk (JD Feb 2014) 190803
1-1 primal, the whole the dolphin's way home 190319 1056 an ode to our baby girl and how she knows how to grow without any rational concept (yet) (JD Mar 2019) 190830
1-1 primal, the whole the story of the mountain 200619 144 when asked about sensitive things, on tends to talk in parables. sex is one such a thing (HM Jun 2020) 200621
1-1 primal, the whole sex 201223 176 it is there. it is everywhere. easily forgotten (HM Dec 2020) 210112
1-1 primal, the whole maddened by music 210321 253 upon meeting a man who fell between the cracks of Western classical music and the intensity of his own feelings (HM Mar 2021) 210325
1-1 primal, the whole i have COVID 210414 255 o realizing that i have been infected by the Corona virus, that i am part of the pandemic, that i am part of a human family that could have been much stronger against this (HM Apr 2021) 210414
1-1 primal, the whole fatherly absence 210512 154 a letter to Mira, hypothetically from the future, when she can read and i can apologize to her for my absence during these months (HM May 2021) 210512
1-1 primal, the whole trauma 210827 192 several perspectives (HM Aug 2021) 210827
1-1 primal, the whole for the life of Corona 211113 139 if i do have a choice, i will withstand you as one living entity versus another! (HM Nov 2021) 211116
1-1 primal, the whole boundaries 220325 130 how the body is the ultimate boundary, making choice, being and love possible (HM Apr 2022) 220405
1-1 primal, the whole boundaries 220325 130 how the body is the ultimate boundary, making choice, being and love possible (HM Apr 2022) 220420
1-1 primal, the whole until 220415 180 what the body does with unbearable pain. and how it heals from there. (HM Apr 2022) 220426
1-1 primal, the whole it is mine! 220507 194 the nasty and natural little possessiveness of little children.. what would happen if left unchecked? (HM May 2022) 220511
1-1 primal, the whole i do not want to die! 221106 395 Mira tells me cryingly, i do not want to die one day! she's four years old. what do i, the father, say? (HM Nov 2022) 221117
1-2 art, expressiveness kenilworth 010317 298 about a head full of words and the futility of the individual (HM March 2001) 190711
1-2 art, expressiveness supposed i'm not supposed to 020001 A4 hand the fine line between the sensual intimacy and that of performance (HM Jan 2002) 191030
1-2 art, expressiveness the poet is 020001 A4 hand on the the hate-love reltionship with the poet (HM Jan 2002) 190910
1-2 art, expressiveness who are the sweet artists 020001 A4 hand slogans about art and artists (HM Jan 2002) 190810
1-2 art, expressiveness you would not 020001 A4 hand a free flow of words resulting in a conversation with one who defends art being for art's sake (HM Jan 2002) 190810
1-2 art, expressiveness rehearsal 020320 A4 hand on how the invitation to perform is an altar of seduction (HM March 2002) 191114
1-2 art, expressiveness cuteness 030516 A4 hand a cry against the cutification of reality (in response to watching a film recommended to me) (HM May 2003) 200405
1-2 art, expressiveness amen then 030820 A4 hand of life's frustrations, especially you being so far away (HM Aug 2003) 200411
1-2 art, expressiveness on art 050619 A4 hand slogans from an artist, intoxicated with art (HM Jun 2005) 200628
1-2 art, expressiveness a ballerina's bow 120101 188 A contemplative love poem with the narrative of how a ballerina dares to show her emotions on stage. (DB, Jan 2012) 190711
1-2 art, expressiveness happy poet in de the garden 140101 399 image of the poet as a sculptor, searching for what happiness is by examining its opposite (JD Jan 2014) 190810
1-2 art, expressiveness the girl and the tree 160101 391 a fairy-tale's quest for meaning, in the form of a short dialogue (JD Jan 2016) 190711
1-2 art, expressiveness in praise of dance 160831 320 once i read a poem - the poet was asked to write something about dancing. and the poet went into praising dance. what would i have written in response to such a request? (HM Aug 2016) 200830
1-2 art, expressiveness bieber 170523 82 superstars and the impossibility of transferring responsibility (HM May 2017) 200628
1-2 art, expressiveness and add one thing 190120 246 so much has been said and written and created before. why adding anything to all this weight? (JD Jan 2019) 210802
1-2 art, expressiveness yet another quest (2 of 3) 190710 235 "whistling the day away" - finding one's expressive voice against the pressure of past precedent (JD, Jul 2019) 190711
1-3 spiritual, relational drops 000000 A4 hand the rain drops, the you next to me in bed, and how this feels with silences interspersed (HM during the 90's) 190727
1-3 spiritual, relational darkspot 000920 207 the light only comes when going into the dark (HM Sep 2000) 190711
1-3 spiritual, relational reality 000920 190 the struggle to return to the present (HM Sep 2000) 190711
1-3 spiritual, relational little gods 010606 52 on the top-heaviness of the brain (HM Jun 2001) 190711
1-3 spiritual, relational past times 011114 48 how love penetrates on different levels (HM Nov 2001) 240201
1-3 spiritual, relational love's comeback 011230 68 it can leave you shattered, you resolve it will never be again, but love so often makes a comeback (HM Dec 2001) 190810
1-3 spiritual, relational still 020001 A4 hand lamenting the loss of body and how everything spiritual is of the flesh (HM Jan 2002) 190928
1-3 spiritual, relational wing flap feather 020001 A4 hand whether there is still beauty to behold while the earth is in danger (HM Jan 2002) 190810
1-3 spiritual, relational so jesus never really existed 020210 A4 hand does Jesus need to have ever existed, in order to be real? (HM Feb 2002) 200712
1-3 spiritual, relational on love 020212 300 an expression of the not-readiness to settle into a maturing relationship, the choice to remain in the throes of love (HM Feb 2002) 191114
1-3 spiritual, relational i love you 020304 257 how the manifestation of a real woman can arrest the man and his dream images. love enters where the ideal steps aside (HM March 2002) 191114
1-3 spiritual, relational compost 020416 127 the meaning if meaning in the light (darkness) of compost (HM Apr 2002) 191114
1-3 spiritual, relational talk 020510 127 on the difficulty of talking straight in a relationship (HM May 2002) 191203
1-3 spiritual, relational wide 020625 13 text against image of dramatic cloud formations - the way nature calls forth love (HM Jun 2002) 210613
1-3 spiritual, relational love is what we try to 020928 A4 hand love is what we try to understand to our detriment (HM Sept 2002) 200214
1-3 spiritual, relational is it not incredible that 021021 A4 hand on the outrageousness of both fiath and the human condition (HM Oct 2002) 200226
1-3 spiritual, relational dear mountain 030409 A4 hand an ode to the Hogsback mountainand its spiritual power (HM Apr 2003) 200329
1-3 spiritual, relational all the women i ever had 030420 81 finding oneself in the mirror of love(s) (HM Apr 2003) 200405
1-3 spiritual, relational christ they the all rugby ice-creams 030712 A4 hand word-play on the liteness of the light of faith (HM Jul 2003) 200510
1-3 spiritual, relational murderess 031129 157 the descent into death through the drunken charms of a rapacious woman (HM Nov 2003) 200329
1-3 spiritual, relational matches 040322 87 how things only happen in the end, despite all heavenly plans (HM March 2004) 200420
1-3 spiritual, relational close 040827 104 a plea against neediness (HM Aug 2004) 200504
1-3 spiritual, relational may all the sweethearts here unite 050119 246 love - the same old story, over and over again, yet always so very unique (JD Jan 2005) 190810
1-3 spiritual, relational angels 070119 108 a cry against living like angels: by looking too much to the (fatherly) sky, we grew blind to the (motherly) earth, eating away at her, to our own peril and destruction (HM Nov 2007) 200816
1-3 spiritual, relational if then yellow lines stop 071113 A4 hand when, if then, souls are born (HM Nov 2007) 201006
1-3 spiritual, relational one humungous HA! 080625 136 a poetic description of the moment that gave me insight as to the meaning and/or non-meaning of life (HM Jun 2008) 201102
1-3 spiritual, relational my longing 100101 61 a short and mysterious poem on the nature of longing (JD Nov 2010) 190711
1-3 spiritual, relational the puppeteer 100101 187 description of a destructive relationship (JD Jan 2010) 191030
1-3 spiritual, relational be 120101 217 A love poem with a strong longing at the core, addressing the loved one. (JD Jan 2012) 190711
1-3 spiritual, relational I miss you 120101 178 A love poem on missing someone, with unfinished sentences to portray thoughts that get blocked by sadness. (JD, Jan 2012) 190711
1-3 spiritual, relational limit 121001 94 A poem on the paradoxal beauty of divorces, written for the Flemish humanistic magazine Antenne. (JD, Jan 2012)
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1-3 spiritual, relational ragged edges 140101 207 love poem, inspired by the ragged edges in the clothes of loved one (JD Jan 2014) 190910
1-3 spiritual, relational rustling 140101 124 comparing language to the rustling of leaves (JD Jan 2014) 190826
1-3 spiritual, relational so lunch it is 141011 152 written in a coffee shop after a tense conversation (HM Oct 2011) 210214
1-3 spiritual, relational what makes you sexy 150316 102 physical attraction is never just physical (HM March 2015) 200411
1-3 spiritual, relational trust is built 150927 213 written after a relational fall-out, facing the end, the edge, and yet do not come crushing down (HM Sep 2015) 200906
1-3 spiritual, relational wonder 151028 113 in wonder of the way this relationship sails past all the old endings, the seemingly eternal barriers of my being (HM Oct 2015) 200226
1-3 spiritual, relational little love poem 160101 43 very short and playful love poem (JD Jan 2016) 190917
1-3 spiritual, relational a home I can not name 161010 326 on meeting Francois for the first time, as improvised in Kansas City, 2016 (JD Oct 2016) 190917
1-3 spiritual, relational in all of these 170406 120 how i could only love you for those things that are more difficult and beyond my control (HM Apr 2017) 190803
1-3 spiritual, relational Lake Michelle 190816 478 trying to capture an oh so ever fugitive moment of happiness at a South African lakeside (JD Aug 2019) 191123
1-3 spiritual, relational that wind still lake 190821 253 a longing for a place where deeper thoughts can flow and breathe (JD Aug 2019) 200320
1-3 spiritual, relational strength 200301 330 a recently written love poem in two parts, on how real love changes you for the better (JD Jan 2003) 200304
1-3 spiritual, relational the flowers know 200320 286 how the flowers keep knowing the time, even during the coronavirus crisis (JD March 2020) 200320
1-3 spiritual, relational stitches 200401 80 A love poem. The hopeful side of things. (JD Apr 2020) 200601
1-3 spiritual, relational I dreamed of you 200510 714 Description of a dream about a man I was once in love with. I found it in an old notebook and tweaked the text a bit. I reminds me of the bittersweet taste of unfulfilled desires. (JD May 2020) 200517
1-3 spiritual, relational three women in yellow dresses 210119 141 where to find the hope in these strange times? sometimes, it's right in front of you (JD Jan 2021) 210130
1-3 spiritual, relational Joke (pronounced yoo-kuh) 210223 236 Joke is no joke is the life of my love is this moment of remembrance (HM Feb 2021) 210303
1-3 spiritual, relational i had a dream 210617 144 it is the night before they arrive - mother and daughter. after three months of fatherly absence. i recall a recent dream. (HM Jun 2021) 210621
1-3 spiritual, relational undoings 210719 142 the simple earthly things that stabilize the world within (and by extension, the world without) (HM Jul 2021) 210718
1-3 spiritual, relational i love you 210819 83 why i love you cuts through all the obvious (HM Aug 2021) 210910
1-3 spiritual, relational rain is us 210909 76 rain is millions of drops, like us. it brings us together. (HM Sep 2021) 210917
1-3 spiritual, relational starbucks in pretoria 220215 108 if i could freeze this moment .. (HM Feb 2022) 220228
1-3 spiritual, relational eternity 221002 80 where ever did the notion of a fixed eternity originate from? (HM Oct 2022) 221002
1-3 spiritual, relational the great, great Teddy bear 221016 325 how to explain to a child why people pray to a someone when that someone is nowhere to be seen (HM Oct 2022) 221018
1-3 spiritual, relational crisp 221120 112 a verbal take on the brilliance of a summer day after the rains (HM Nov 2022) 221124
1-3 spiritual, relational rainbow 230303 211 on encountering a massive rainbow, driving through the Karoo (HM Mar 2023) 230306
2-1 reflective, play a search on 000000 A4 hand some sugestions for life, especially the lesson of searching (HM late 1990's) 190711
2-1 reflective, play arr 000000 A4 hand the world is arr....ogant. disillusioned, sheepish (HM late 1990's) 190711
2-1 reflective, play kna 000911 165 word flow with a lot of "a!"s (including kna) (HM Sep 2000) 190711
2-1 reflective, play then it is 020001 A4 hand abstract sketch of a lazy afternoon, and then.. (HM Jan 2002) 190711
2-1 reflective, play this i have only now realized 020001 A4 hand expressing an insight as to the meaning of laziness (HM Jan 2002) 190826
2-1 reflective, play breathing 031129 35 on the nature and need of breathing (HM Nov 2003) 200304
2-1 reflective, play underlying 040912 31 this underlying thing.. (HM Sept 2004) 200608
2-1 reflective, play ness 041216 116 fumbling over words after a near-breakdown (HM Dec 2004) 200524
2-1 reflective, play i wish 041220 A4 hand somewhere from a deep downer: a wish-list (HM Dec 2004) 200517
2-1 reflective, play god is the past person 060115 A4 hand a few insights in an overcrowded city (HM Nov 2006) 200705
2-1 reflective, play now of course it is 060705 A4 hand reflecting on humanity's relationship with Time and Death (HM Jul 2006) 200726
2-1 reflective, play for now it is this 070221 A4 hand what is the point of winning an argument? why do we argue? how do we change? or don't we? (HM Feb 2007) 200809
2-1 reflective, play come to me without the asking 070623 A4 hand in the process of finding oneself, you still call out your neediness (HM Jun 2007) 200906
2-1 reflective, play naked 070913 A4 hand on the meaning of nakedness (HM Sep 2007) 200915
2-1 reflective, play airport 090410 95 disjuncted thoughts while waiting the disjuncted landscape of an airport, somewhere on this disjuncted planet (HM Apr 2009) 210130
2-1 reflective, play jealousy 090709 12 what is it, really? (HM Jul 2009) 210214
2-1 reflective, play the hole in my cookie 100101 204 childhood thoughts on nothingness (JD Jan 2010) 191030
2-1 reflective, play ageing 130803 75 how the meaning of love ages through life (JD Aug 2013) 210725
2-1 reflective, play to time 140101 180 on relating to time with contradictory feelings (JD Jan 2014) 190826
2-1 reflective, play worlds like lines 140101 425 experimental poem on the meaning behind words (JD Jan 2014) 190910
2-1 reflective, play the secret of the universe 150115 214 written while reading a book on the overlap between religion and science, realizing how both are sidestepping subjectivity, and are compensating for that by turning symbols into realities (HM Jan 2015) 190711
2-1 reflective, play words of listnessness 160810 A4 hand a lot of essnessness (HM Aug 2016) 200426
2-1 reflective, play no gain without forgetting 160826 81 on going through the wall of fear.. (HM Aug 2016) 190719
2-1 reflective, play in this way 161208 121 loose and disjunct ideas creating a somber mood - written while waiting to board in some airport (HM Dec 2008) 200628
2-1 reflective, play warming hands 171212 146 of cold and the warmth of words and everything that's wrong with the computer (HM Dec 2017) 200320
2-1 reflective, play insights from the downside 181008 102 on an ambivalent relationship with clichÚs (JD Oct 2018) 210814
2-1 reflective, play some questions 190121 217 poetic reflection on the nature of questions (JD Jan 2019) 191013
2-1 reflective, play the quest 190122 139 how a deep quest in life is never really over (JD Jan 2019 190810
2-1 reflective, play afternoon nap 190716 189 on the joy of closing your eyes and seeing your thoughts pass by (JD Jul 2019) 190928
2-1 reflective, play allowance 190920 518 narrative poem on the nature of allowance (JD Sept 2019) 191013
2-1 reflective, play my longing 200728 38 Text with graphic. The power and mysteries of a deep longing hiding in a flower. (JD Jul 2020) 200802
2-1 reflective, play what comes first 201106 178 everything is in play, but certain things are more foundational than others. how do i know which is which? (HM Nov 2020) 201108
2-1 reflective, play this moment of soul 201212 352 the question. what soul is. the question is soul. this searching moment. skyscrapers? when is music soulless? (HM Dec 2020) 201214
2-1 reflective, play not for nothing the 210427 193 we live in spite of half sentences and fade-off meanings (HM Apr 2021) 210505
2-1 reflective, play the zombie state 210518 271 a poetic effort to give expression to a state of being in a non-state, as it lacks a beginning and an end (HM May 2021) 210517
2-1 reflective, play the debate 210602 A4 hand why is it that the debate is always just between atheists and believers? where is the third party? (HM Jun 2021) 210603
2-1 reflective, play the universal blot 210604 401 why, is life really such a wonderful thing? what if this is the one thing that went wrong in the universe. but who am i to ask such a question? (HM Jun 2021) 210606
2-1 reflective, play i am trying to give words 211221 418 when the flood comes, the brain needs to flow. where are the words, where is the order that expresses and enables this flow? (HM Dec 2021) 211224
2-1 reflective, play arachnophobia 220118 167 a phobiatic free association of words and non, unlike any liking for juices and or disturbances (HM Kan 2022) 220125
2-1 reflective, play against 220718 93 four examples of the essential importance of the dark and difficult dimension (HM Jul 2022) 220719
2-1 reflective, play t 220823 A4 hand dream-style with single letters punctuating creative word-play and a few rational phrases (HM Aug 2022) 220828
2-1 reflective, play i wish 220907 97 a poem for a morning of despondency, and yet i am not despondent (HM Sep 2022) 220912
2-1 reflective, play love is limited 221230 103 Starting with "love is limited", each line hooks on the last mentioned concept and somehow circles back to - and motivates that - love is limited. (HM Dec 2022) 230110
2-1 reflective, play but i did think of you 230213 A4 hand .. and in a very hurry hush you've bushed me / unconrollably / four shucks in a bow (HM Feb 2023) 230216
2-1 reflective, play that is nature 230512 238 when does something or an act or a way of being qualify as being "natural?" a number of qualifications poetically proposed (HM May 2023) 230512
2-1 reflective, play Side Notes 1 & 2 240110 A5 hand of things going off the charts and trying to chart them and then.. well.. why not fall off and down completely? (HM Jan 2024) 240115
2-1 reflective, play exclamation mark 240331 124 exclamation marks stand up straight. question marks curve and bend (HM Mar 2024) 240401
2-2 science, observe science and maths 010515 137 loose impressions around a world infused by the scientific perspective (HM May 2001) 190711
2-2 science, observe to be a man 031129 76 manhood in its pure form (HM Nov 2003) 200320
2-2 science, observe in new york 1 031206 75 thoughts as i lie awake at night, in the niddle of Manhattan 200320
2-2 science, observe in new york 2 031206 31 thoughts as i lie awake at night, in the niddle of Manhattan 200320
2-2 science, observe in new york 3 031206 19 thoughts as i lie awake at night, in the niddle of Manhattan 200320
2-2 science, observe you have come here lately 040902 A4 hand what are these little things eating away at my skin? (i cannot remember - ants? fleas?) (HM Sept 2004) 200420
2-2 science, observe bends 100101 134 I compare the way life goes with the shape of the lines of a leaf. (JD, Jan 2010) 190711
2-2 science, observe change 120101 170 An associative poem on how our impressions of what reality is, constantly change. (DB, Jan 2012) 190711
2-2 science, observe sensual song of mother nature 130101 250 mother nature speaks to reveal aspects of her her character (JD, Jan 2013) 190711
2-2 science, observe being tired was no option 140101 157 portrait of a difficult woman (JD Jan 2014) 190803
2-2 science, observe forgetting, forget 140110 235 meeting with a man suffering from dementia (JD Jan 2014) 190803
2-2 science, observe recycle 160412 120 a plea for knowledge as a living entity, worthy of decomposition (HM Apr 2016) 200705
2-2 science, observe yet another quest (1 of 3) 190629 349 three poems reflecting on the long path of finding one's own voice, against the pull of the past but helped forward by nature itself (JD Jul 2019) "you were a queen" - the long journey of finding one's artistic voice (JD, Jun 2019) 190711
2-2 science, observe the speed of my wandering feet 190826 334 thoughts on an early morning walk (JD Aug 2019) 191123
2-2 science, observe a carpet of rain 200101 239 standing in our South African garden, watching the mountains, trying to capture that feeling of being in awe of nature (JD Jan 2020) 200101
2-2 science, observe your mama, your papa, are fighting their share 200331 651 while you just turned two years old, so much is happening, that one day will be a story (JD March 2020) 200405
2-2 science, observe scream 200428 414 how it is when the little Mira tests her anger limits - terrible two's, as they say (HM Apr 2020) 200504
2-2 science, observe woven and whipped 200724 97 words to express something of the enchanting view of one of humanity's most menacing environmental disasters: plastic left to whip around by the wind (dumping grounds, Stutterheim) (HM Jul 2020) 200726
2-2 science, observe mafia man 200727 248 based on the character of Frank Sheeran, as played by Robert de Niro in the film The Irishman (dir Martin Scorcese, 2019) (HM Jul 2020) 200802
2-2 science, observe psychopath 200907 153 written after seeing the movie "Nightcrawler", portraying the extremes that the media can get into, all for The Story. the old story of money and power. and how it deforms individuals. and their societies. (HM Sep 2020) 200921
2-2 science, observe drying times 201101 126 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) 201102
2-2 science, observe Stellenbosch stands for an idea 210402 188 my parents met as the ideal couple in an ideal town with images of the ideal years in Afrikaner history, which was all just an idea (HM Apr 2021) 210405
2-2 science, observe evolution 210623 131 the contention that random mutations and natural selection cannot fully explain the evolutionary process (HM Jun 2021) 210628
2-2 science, observe unreliable 210812 A4 hand the seasons are not reliable anymore. because we are not. (HM Aug 2021) 210904
2-2 science, observe in praise of anger 211128 275 how anger has its necessary place and how it deforms when neglected (HM Nov 2021) 211130
2-2 science, observe target 211210 127 stream-of-consciousness poem the hints on the tension between male violence and female restorativeness (HM Dec 2021) 211210
2-2 science, observe Katelijne 220125 271 i met her on the streets of Cape Town, me the busker, she the tourist. she had a black hole and i depressed people with my playing (HM Jan 2022) 220129
2-2 science, observe a dog's life 220516 155 what do we insinuate when talking about someone living a dog's life? it does have something to do with my uneasy relationship with dogs (HM May 2022) 220518
2-2 science, observe BASEL 220610 180 it is the good city. the bad is unseen. and for that, you pay (HM Jun 2022) 220615
2-2 science, observe then as is when 220719 753 stream of subconscious word dancing and cajoling that gradually refers to a recent performance in a Catholic church and an afterwards pizza meal (HM Jul 2022) 220719
2-2 science, observe Nieu Bethesda 221201 100 Nieu Bethesda, the town in a time warp, who gave birth to the art of Helen Martins, has turned into a tourist destination. Why do we even come here? (HM Dec 2022) 221207
2-2 science, observe outside and inside 230603 363 snippets of current life experience from the world outside and the one within and the struggle to connect the two (HM Jun 2023) 230603
2-2 science, observe somewhere 240513 578 it is a hop-scotch jump over the hills and valleys of the contemporary hobbly world, trying and failing to be not too pessimistic (HM May 2024) 240520
2-3 rhythm, technology do you believe that 000000 A4 hand of belief and food and what not (HM late 1990's) 190711
2-3 rhythm, technology scream 000803 166 is it about screaming or kappenarre? (HM Aug 2000) 190711
2-3 rhythm, technology keyboard 000920 166 a moment dedicated to the thing i am now typing with (HM Sep 2000) 190711
2-3 rhythm, technology it 001228 171 this poem got stuck on "it" and "whatever it says, i don't know" (HM Dec 2000)
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2-3 rhythm, technology thatthing 010529 62 what is that thing again? (HM May 2001) 190803
2-3 rhythm, technology incensed 010808 126 reaction to losing precious data because of computer failure (HM Aug 2001) 190719
2-3 rhythm, technology bushveld sequence 020113 510 wrting while alone in a bushveld home during holiday times (HM Jan 2002) 191030
2-3 rhythm, technology upside down 020122 148 being bothered by a fly, lying down (HM Jan 02) 190826
2-3 rhythm, technology nothing complete 020824 A4 hand freely-associated words leading to a date (HM Aug 2002) 200214
2-3 rhythm, technology freedom o 030225 A4 hand drowning in data! singing about breaking free from d-d-d-d-d-d-d-data! (HM Feb 2003) 200226
2-3 rhythm, technology considering 060524 A4 hand considering, notwithstanding - left, centre and right in the middle.. (it will all be clearer some day in advance) (HM Jun 2006) 200719
2-3 rhythm, technology busy 061001 94 poetic self-motivation. or self down-putting (result is the same) (HM Oct 2006) 200802
2-3 rhythm, technology Illuminati 090605 107 a playful and joking take on the issue (or notion?) of the Illuminati (HM Jun 2009) 210214
2-3 rhythm, technology yet another quest (3 of 3) 190629 156 "it's the artful inspiration" - how nature inspires inspiration to flow freely (JD, Jun 2019) 190711
2-3 rhythm, technology i went cold 191104 169 pictures of ice and snow adn the story they tell about me, white-skinned by the cold (HM Oct 2019) 191114
2-3 rhythm, technology forever more, we believe we are too slow 200411 A4 hand while writing again by hand, my thoughts wander towards out deep-seated faith in technology and how badly we compare to our "primitive" forebears (HM Apr 2020) 200510
2-3 rhythm, technology sports without winners 201018 626 a dialogue around the argument for practising sports not on the basis of winners and losers. excuse me. what..? (HM Oct 2020) 201018
2-3 rhythm, technology nothing in particular 201117 173 a poem about.. nothing in particular! (HM Nov 2020) 201123
2-3 rhythm, technology a new year's eve 201231 116 a feeling of fatigue as the year turns during the COVID-19 pandemic (HM Dec 2020) 210105
2-3 rhythm, technology can you, wordy word? 220208 194 as i am asking you if you can dance, o word, i try to make my words dance (HM Feb 2022) 220214
2-3 rhythm, technology say the can can 220306 167 a play on the word can and the uncanny fact that there is a very necessary can-not in life (HM March 2022) 220307
2-3 rhythm, technology sand and sea 220326 152 a child's game of wonder still sits with me. and now i have a child to play it with! (HM Mar 2022) 220330
2-3 rhythm, technology This Car 220819 391 a months long drama with our car lead up to this poem / not a poem. a car is a machine and yet gets under one's skin. the oily thing messes with the planet and our feelings. especially if you're utterly dependent on it (HM Aug 2022) 220819
3-1 emotive, loss appreciatenot 000920 420 speaking from a within deep depression (HM Sep 2000) 190711
3-1 emotive, loss you 000920 720 killing the ideal form that's hanging out here, the watching eye (HM Sep 2000) 190711
3-1 emotive, loss youyou 000920 148 to a phantasmagorical other (HM Sep 2000) 190711
3-1 emotive, loss home 011117 27 africa as roundness, as home (written in a bar, Chintsa, Eat London district) - printed on a view of an African field (HM Nov 2001) 220322
3-1 emotive, loss softly, kindly 020001 A4 hand of being vulnerable in this fast moving world (HM Jan 2002) 191020
3-1 emotive, loss the letter 020131 105 i opened a letter addressed to me, no, it was opened already! no! (HM Jan 2002) 191114
3-1 emotive, loss peace, peace, peace 020518 A4 hand a critical look at America's work ethic (HM May 2002) 191203
3-1 emotive, loss only so much 020601 A4 hand one can only handle so much.. (HM Jun 2002) 191211
3-1 emotive, loss rot 040912 186 when love is lost and i cannot give any more (HM Sept 2004) 200608
3-1 emotive, loss perhaps the deepest mark 070722 A4 hand having the civilizational blues after attending the National Arts Festival: "on a day like this.. who cares?" (HM Jul 2007) 200823
3-1 emotive, loss my white feet 071012 106 my white feet landing in Africa and what that means (HM Oct 2007) 201006
3-1 emotive, loss come to me 080627 A4 hand a yearning that does not want to yearn, a search for contentment that yet is not (HM Jun 2008) 210105
3-1 emotive, loss on my own 090616 160 how intensity and complexity in life - in relationships! - breed a longing to be on my own (HM Jun 2009) 210214
3-1 emotive, loss fireworks 130420 581 imaginary conversation with my soul on what my sadness looks like (JD Apr 2013) 190810
3-1 emotive, loss like a balloon 130901 213 As improvised in Los Angeles, US. On wanting to fly away due to love problems and sadness (DB, Sept 2014) 190711
3-1 emotive, loss me and my sadness 140101 288 how to put limits around sadness and allow it a the same time (JD Jan 2014) 190816
3-1 emotive, loss nostalgia, or the right to cry 140101 332 what is the origin of tears? (JD Jan 2014) 190826
3-1 emotive, loss the girl and the waves 140101 91 reflective metaphor on the nature of sadness (JD Jan 2014) 190816
3-1 emotive, loss I arrive in Africa 160101 326 poetic interpretation of what gives me hope that Africa will survive the rather dark challenges, as improvised during a house concert (JD Jan 2016) 190917
3-1 emotive, loss the madness makes me homesick 160101 544 inspired by seeing images of dead refugee bodies washin up at the European shores, political, protest (JD, Jan 2016) 190711
3-1 emotive, loss burn 170225 136 impressions after visiting a commune of fundamentalist faith in the searing heat of a warming globe (HM Feb 2017) 200304
3-1 emotive, loss weeping willows 190904 1084 quite a personal text, written in a luxurious hotel by the Vaal river in South Africa, trying to come to terms with me fears, evoked by riots nearby (JD Sept 2019) 191123
3-1 emotive, loss poor poor men 191203 392 the destructive leaders who should hava been artists and teachers in stead (HM Dec 2019) 191203
3-1 emotive, loss to the man in the mall 191228 405 addressing a man in the mall, who shouted at me 'not all blacks are dangerous!', trying to explain to him what had just happened to me (JD Dec 2019) 200105
3-1 emotive, loss tunnel vision 200401 366 a very hard look at the reigning business culture, and the attitude of the (mostly) men towards life (HM Apr 2020) 200405
3-1 emotive, loss countryside blues 200725 24 the countryside can get you down, slow you down, never in a straight line (JD Jul 2020) 200726
3-1 emotive, loss NO 200926 A4 hand the deliberate pain of setting a limit. and listening to her, screaming (HM Sep 2020) 200928
3-1 emotive, loss the dying seed 201010 97 the moment when the ultimate limit of existence is shared (HM Oct 2020) 201011
3-1 emotive, loss friendless 201129 155 can friendship survive the drift of fact-free islands? (HM Nov 2020) 201130
3-1 emotive, loss corona 201205 121 the pandemic is taking its toll, in harsh terms, but also in subtle ones (HM Dec 2020) 201208
3-1 emotive, loss to be far 210419 121 my daughter, Mira is on the other side of the earth. i am the missing father. for now. (HM Apr 2021) 210419
3-1 emotive, loss utopia! 210922 152 what it takes to reach utopia and whether i have what it takes! (HM Sept 2021) 210926
3-1 emotive, loss the mother cries 211024 195 when a family comes together around pain (HM Oct 2021) 211102
3-1 emotive, loss bright red blood 220111 505 we drove past an accident on a highway near East London. a young black man was hit by an expensive car. this is the story of the moment we saw his body (HM Jan 2022) 220116
3-1 emotive, loss big body small body 220330 272 on the structure of sexual abuse and how brokenness keeps cutting the world in two (HM Mar 2022) 220405
3-1 emotive, loss there used to be 220604 219 on our growing loss of innocence (HM Jun 2022) 220525
3-1 emotive, loss rapist 220627 175 the confluence between rape, religion and war (HM Jun 2022) 220628
3-1 emotive, loss oil 220723 111 it is one thing to say we are running out of a non-renewable resource. it is another question to ask why we extracted it in the first place (HM Jul 2022) 220728
3-1 emotive, loss a hopeless case 220916 136 when pain is hardened by the infliction of pain, redemption fades off (HM Sep 2022) 220922
3-1 emotive, loss the secret 221005 115 trauma is it not, until the secret is revealed (HM Oct 2022) 221009
3-1 emotive, loss when i am asking 221011 100 written during a time that i needed to ask repeatedly to borrow money from friends (HM Oct 2022) 221018
3-1 emotive, loss survival 221211 180 survival is vereywhere and is not easily overcome (HM Dec 2022) 221216
3-1 emotive, loss pain and the cross 230411 282 don't look at Golgotha. look at the suffering of mostly women in this world. then do something about it (HM Apr 2023) 230415
3-1 emotive, loss crocodiles that can talk 230419 412 war and resurrection to the mind of a child (HM Apr 2023) 230426
3-1 emotive, loss it's not fair 230517 427 in a school class in Belgium, i was overcome with emotion when talking about my friend, Nyebho Swartbooi, who commited suicide (HM May 2023) 230519
3-1 emotive, loss I am not on Whatsapp 230715 317 everybody is using is so why on earth are you not on Whatsapp! (HM Jul 2023) 230720
3-1 emotive, loss The Crash 230724 525 describing - and questioning - my late night habit of watching cars and other mahcines crash and tumble, roll and crumble as YouTube offers them aplenty (HM Jul 2023) 230727
3-1 emotive, loss how much did you lose 230818 714 dealing with loss in itself, that moment of complete disruption and what it means to recover from that (HM Aug 2023) 231014
3-1 emotive, loss in the pit of it 230818 439 dealing with the feelings around the loss of the heart of my life business - my laptop - and a whole bunch of data not being backed up (HM Aug 2023) 231014
3-1 emotive, loss this must not be 231020 542 why i refused to watch visuals from children being bombed in Palestine (HM Oct 2023) 231025
3-1 emotive, loss the deeply wounded 231114 207 written after listening to an interview with a lawyer in the Netherlands who tried to save the life of a man, guilty of a most heinous crime (HM Nov 2023) 231114
3-1 emotive, loss i want to hide 240213 144 when the burden of knowing much about the world at large becomes to heavy to bear (HM Feb 2024) 240213
3-1 emotive, loss the bomb 240310 413 after watching the film "Oppenheimer" - reflections on the question regards The Bomb (HM Mar 2024) 240313
3-2 consume, festive hallohallo 000921 48 the knowing of not knowing (HM Sep 2000) 190711
3-2 consume, festive they say 020001 A4 hand they say all goes down if the economy tanks. i say let's rejoice with the universe (HM Jan 2002) 190711
3-2 consume, festive commotion 020320 118 a short poem in Afrikaans and English (line ofr line non-strickt translations) about the way a good night's sleep can turn mountainous problems into dust (HM MArch 2002) 191114
3-2 consume, festive really 020410 A4 hand expressing the mismatch i had between my desire to maintain a healthy diet and the social pressures to eat whatever while on tour - which was always (HM Apr 2002) 191114
3-2 consume, festive north west eyes 030401 204 after a school performance, these are some thoughts towards the teacher who had been present (HM Apr 2003) 200304
3-2 consume, festive abundance 040412 175 making peace with a daily flow, the joy of taking each single step. the ocean of abundance will arrive with a whimper (HM Apr 2004) 200517
3-2 consume, festive now i must write, now 040811 A4 hand an ode to spring time beauty in Grahamstown (HM Aug 2004) 200504
3-2 consume, festive eatinglate 060303 A4 hand the drama of the late night snack (HM March 2006) 200712
3-2 consume, festive kick the dust 071015 147 keep on kicking the earth,as we must defy death (HM Oct 2007) 201018
3-2 consume, festive failure 080520 263 pleased by failure (HM May 2008) 201018
3-2 consume, festive Mira is watching the world 190123 270 inspired by one of the many moving moments, observing our daughter Mira (JD Jan 2019) 190923
3-2 consume, festive suddenly 191231 214 a brief expression of a sudden joyful sense of freedom, to be performed with strong lyrical music (JD Dec 2019) 200105
3-2 consume, festive conspiracy theory 200520 177 inside the consumer machine, and how a virus came to throw a spanner in the works (HM May 2020) 200524
3-2 consume, festive she's small, still 200715 143 a brief reflection on how the living little one fills the days of our lives *HM Jul 2020) 200719
3-2 consume, festive the day they left for Europe 201118 232 during the first year of the pandemic lockdown, Joke and Mira left for Europe for a month due to Joke's father's illness. just after seeing them off at the airport, i treated myself to a pizza and wrote this poem (HM Nov 2020) 210820
3-2 consume, festive The You 210218 870 look around. listen. watch. a thousand messages about and for You. every hour, every day. all lies. and yet we keep believing the God of our times. (HM Feb 2021) 210221
3-2 consume, festive you sold me 211107 246 an overview of the history of advertising, with its culmination in surveillance capitalism (HM Nov 2021) 211110
3-2 consume, festive all your bits and pieces 211122 324 a personalized take on how surveillance capitalism works (HM Nov 2021) 211123
3-2 consume, festive is that how it used to be 220222 193 how time turned differently and changed me for an hour as Mira and I splashed around a swimming pool (Feb 2022) 220228
3-2 consume, festive that is it! 220316 216 about that moment when joy sets in (HM March 2022) 220316
3-2 consume, festive dongledidoo 221222 184 playful wordplay, like a drunkenness at year-end (HM Dec 2022) 221228
3-2 consume, festive all our souls intact 230118 176 American Indians believed that taking a photograph of someone is to cut away a slice of his or her soul.. To be, or to capture? (HM Jan 2023) 230119
3-2 consume, festive just as i thought 230128 61 just as i thought i was the poor one .. (HM Jan 2023) 230201
3-2 consume, festive watergeddon 230219 853 water brought us life, water might take it all away again (HM Feb 2022) 230224
3-2 consume, festive fuel of society 230308 171 on overhearing men in a coffee shop talking business (HM Mar 2023) 230315
3-2 consume, festive she is 230404 97 a fruitless effort to describe the joy of a father daughter relationship (HM Apr 2023) 230404
3-3 all-embracing they travelled 020001 A4 hand the long story of how they (which is us) became something so very different (HM Jan 2002) 190711
3-3 all-embracing home is africa 020625 23 home is Africa.. (HM Jun 2002) 191211
3-3 all-embracing maybe 020807 50 maybe we should just accept we humans have failed (HM Aug 2002) 200113
3-3 all-embracing drunk 070517 67 the human condition (HM May 2007) 200830
3-3 all-embracing dangling feet 071005 151 a poem written for the production "Foot Fantasia", on the way humanity started drifting, disconnected from the earth (HM Oct 2007) 200928
3-3 all-embracing township feet 071014 173 wondering whether there is something to township life that is more desirable than the moneyed life that so many aspire to (HM Oct 2007) 201011
3-3 all-embracing late afternoon 080328 91 poem written while stuck in traffic near a construction site (HM Mar 2008) 201108
3-3 all-embracing perhaps not the 080509 A4 hand how memory fails us, but we still walk until the end, even within the space of a short poem (HM May 2008) 201025
3-3 all-embracing dictator 090401 A4 hand i visited Syria in 2009, before the brutal civil war started. i took a photo of Assad's face on one of the posters and images of him, all over the country. and then, reflecting back, i wrote a poem (HM Apr 2009) 210130
3-3 all-embracing africa, being home 121005 338 a European discovering Africa as humanity's embracing mother during a first visit (JD Oct 2012) 210712
3-3 all-embracing as long as 160901 418 a poetic interpretation of what hope means to me (JD, Sept 2016) 190711
3-3 all-embracing lullaby for someone who worries too much 160901 107 A playful and short lullaby, rich of images. (JD, Sept 2016) 190711
3-3 all-embracing I am. That is a fact 190716 1785 Inspired by an Ubuntu saying of connectedness mixed with my own sense of confusion. Written with jazz music in mind. (JD Jul 2019) 190727
3-3 all-embracing diminish 191011 134 perhaps it is not humans who alone go forward while all the rest are suffering. perhaps we all are slowly going down (HM Oct 2019) 191013
3-3 all-embracing cellular 200404 510 what a tiny little virus managed to achieve, and to say to us (HM Apr 2020) 200405
3-3 all-embracing the butterflies continue 200404 309 during the times of the coronavirus, there should be crying, and hope, as the butterflies continue (JD Apr 2020) 200405
3-3 all-embracing a form of us 200424 160 a dreamy ode to ephemeral happiness (JD Apr 2020) 200426
3-3 all-embracing world-wearily 200521 354 of the days of our youth when ideals were high and achievements low (JD May 2020) 200608
3-3 all-embracing Hitler 200711 344 it's rather easy to distance oneself from Hitler, the monster. but he could be very kind. and what we still do, can be pretty monstrous (HM 200712
3-3 all-embracing more than a feeling 210121 86 after a walk with Joke and Mira, a poem about happiness (HM Jan 2021) 210125
3-3 all-embracing planetary talk 220104 344 a planet close to the sun reflects on the priviledge it has to be so stable. it never wants to drift of into the zone where earth is orbiting, opening itself up to the danger of life.. (Jan 2022) 220107
3-3 all-embracing still life 220131 421 the givens of a normal touring day (HM Feb 2022) 220206
3-3 all-embracing grandparents 220620 99 a few appreciative thoughts on those in the twilight zone (HM Jun 2022) 220622
3-3 all-embracing performing to the handicapped 220712 142 once a year, an organization in the Netherlands arranges for me to play to several houses where handicapped people are being taken care of. an expression of what this has come to mean to me (HM Jul 2022) 220713
3-3 all-embracing a slight tickery tick 220808 139 still life of a happy moment (HM Aug 2022) 220810
3-3 all-embracing progress 230606 584 that the earth is not flat does not mean there are no limits (HM Jun 2013) 230610

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HA! O E cat title HA! O E title DATE word count HA! O E description HA! O E date posted
1-1 primordiaal, seks lÛ lekker laag 000000 A4 hand saadplanting, Ûrens in die grond, Ûrens in die natuur, Ûrens alleen (HM late 1990's) 190711
1-1 primordiaal, seks le lekker laag op jou se maag 020503 A4 hand ver verlate enkeling masturbeer in die son (HM Mei 2002) 191203
1-1 primordiaal, seks en skielik skud dit weer 020909 A4 hand die drang om lewe, lewe as 'n seksdaad (HM Sept 2002) 200226
1-1 primordiaal, seks grot 031129 122 oor die verborge glories van die lus (HM Nov 2003) 200329
1-1 primordiaal, seks geel wol trui 040711 A4 hand die glyende vreugdes van vrye liefde en die onbekostigbaarheid darvan (HM Jul 2004) 200614
1-1 primordiaal, seks armoede 070212 145 hoe 'n droom die enkellopende se seksuele honger probeer voed (HM Feb 2007) 201006
1-1 primordiaal, seks wortel 070609 120 'n poging om woorde te gee aan die opbou van seksuele ekstase as 'n bewustelike eksistensiele daad (HM Jun 2007) 201108
1-1 primordiaal, seks gras verdor 090507 A4 hand oor die HoÙveldse gras en die stof waaruit dit gebore word, en waarnatoe dit weer sterf. soos ek. soos die mensestof. (HM Mei 2009) 210206
1-1 primordiaal, seks gattelik 210217 A4 hand sak af na die stilte waar die windgattiglike wind praat sonder twyfel (HM Feb 2021) 210221
1-2 kunstenaarwees, skep kompioeter 000920 238 wanneer moegheid grense verskuif (of die ontstaan van kuns) (HM Sep 2000) 190711
1-2 kunstenaarwees, skep laat die riviere vloei 020229 98 omtrent die belang van die wat broos en klein is, vir almal (HM Feb 2002) 200823
1-2 kunstenaarwees, skep dit dryf dan 060315 A4 hand 'n pleidooi vir die poÙsie as ongekunstelde weerbarsting (HM Maart 2006) 200719
1-2 kunstenaarwees, skep vandag 060606 228 genialiteit is 'n spel vir aandag.. jou honger vir die hoogtes formeer jou gang.. blaas dit op met onaantasbare vergesigte (HM Jun 2006) 200928
1-3 relasie, spiritualieit alleen 001017 191 oor 'n verlore liefde (HM Okt 2000) 190711
1-3 relasie, spiritualieit skuld 010606 70 oor skuld en vryheid (HM Jun 2001) 190711
1-3 relasie, spiritualieit jy het gehuil 020606 A4 hand op die punt waar 'n verhouding of volwasse word, of pad maak vir die vryheid van alleenheid (HM Jun 2002) 191211
1-3 relasie, spiritualieit die liefde 031129 15 waar die liefde lÛ (HM Nov 2003) 200320
1-3 relasie, spiritualieit deur my gryn 050521 A4 hand die verwording en noodsaaklike uitwassing van 'n diepgaande verhouding (HM May 2005) 201011
1-3 relasie, spiritualieit sommige dae 060411 148 die kurwes en skommelinge binne 'n liefdesverhouding (HM Apr 2006) 200719
1-3 relasie, spiritualieit aan jou 060606 190 jy waai my selfversugtinge deurmekaar - 'n dalkies eerlike kyk na myself (HM Jun 2006) 200802
1-3 relasie, spiritualieit ek glo hart 061217 A4 hand die herontdekking van liefde in 'n tyd van psigologiese droogte (HM Des 2006) 200830
1-3 relasie, spiritualieit nag 090201 85 'n oomblik in nog 'n vreemde bed, langs jou, op reis (HM Feb 2009) 210130
1-3 relasie, spiritualieit en al een 090410 86 hoe jy erens bly hang ooral waar ek ook mag gaan (HM Apr 2009) 210206
1-3 relasie, spiritualieit as jy so daar lÛ 200202 88 liefde vir iemand wat deur donker dale gaan (HM Feb 2020) 200601
1-3 relasie, spiritualieit 10 jaar 200521 109 terugblik op 'n verhouding en hoe 'n mens op mekaar inwerk (HM Jun 2020) 200614
1-3 relasie, spiritualieit krimp 230703 405 waarnemings van 'n bejaarde christendame en haar steun op die woorde van die Here (HM Jul 2023) 230707
2-1 nadenkend, eksperimenteer eentweedrie 010529 22 hoekom drie so baie drie is (HM Mei 2001) 190727
2-1 nadenkend, eksperimenteer my gevrete binnekant 020416 A4 hand teks gebore uit 'n moment van depressie, die sluimerende angs - is my lewe op sand gebou, of nie? (HM Apr 2002) 191203
2-1 nadenkend, eksperimenteer en dis net hier waar 020919 A4 hand iets oor die woordomdompelende konkreetheid van die hier en die nou (HM Sept 2002) 200226
2-1 nadenkend, eksperimenteer ek's dom 020922 54 geskryf in 'n tyd van klein en onbenullig voel met net 'n sweempie van hoop (HM Sept 2002) 200608
2-1 nadenkend, eksperimenteer deurmekaar se garammel 040417 A4 hand vrylopende gedagtes oor die doodloop van liniÙriteit (HM Apr 2004) 200921
2-1 nadenkend, eksperimenteer laat spat 050306 68 ek wil jou, wil jou nie, verwarde gevoelens.. (HM Maart 2005) 200628
2-1 nadenkend, eksperimenteer maar dit maak nie sin nie, man! 060416 A4 hand hoekom ek nie dink dat die lewe vir altyd aangaan nie (HM Apr 2006) 200726
2-1 nadenkend, eksperimenteer reis ek rerig 061101 242 oor die aard van reis, as jy elke jaar 80 000km om die aarde wandel.. (HM Nov 2006) 200816
2-1 nadenkend, eksperimenteer nog al tyd 090410 136 'n kort gedig geskryf in 'n tyd toe die druk van 'n lewe te maak my inspirasies begin verbysteek het en geboorte aan die twyfel begin gee het. en tog.. (HM Apr 2009) 220503
2-1 nadenkend, eksperimenteer Vicks is nie nodig nie 200728 185 frustrasies ten tyde van 'n pandemie (HM Jul 2020) 200816
2-2 beskrywend, wetenskap tralies 010809 46 'n gedagte oor witmense wat Suid-Afrika verlaat (HM Aug 2001) 190803
2-2 beskrywend, wetenskap draaikolk die wetenskaplike 030108 A4 hand 'n woordranker in Dornach, Switserland, tydens winter (HM Jan 2003) 201102
2-2 beskrywend, wetenskap Rita 030821 454 ek dink terug aan my ervarings saam met literere kenner Rita Gerrits, wat my in die jare negentig dikwels in Stellenbosch gehuisves het (HM Aug 2003) 200304
2-2 beskrywend, wetenskap londen 031011 85 'n kort beskrwying van een van my vroee ervarings van die stad Londen (HM Okt 2003) 200411
2-2 beskrywend, wetenskap so het dit gekom 040310 A4 hand 'n warreboel van gedagtes wat oorbombel soos dit kom. en tog draai dit om en om 'n paar dinge: skryf, Kaapstad, karre en jy (HM Maart 2004) 200420
2-2 beskrywend, wetenskap stellemkos 040912 54 alles is nie kuispluis op Stellenbosch (HM Sep 2004) 200504
2-2 beskrywend, wetenskap new york 041109 96 new york is erg, veral as dit erg gaan met jou (HM Nov 2004) 200614
2-2 beskrywend, wetenskap ek onder kan jy wil nie 051103 A4 hand probleem om my woede te beteuel (HM Nov 2005) 201018
2-2 beskrywend, wetenskap die spur 080314 A4 hand ek en Lara (Kirsten) sit in die bekende kettingrestaurant en ek neem gewoon 'n paar dinge waar (HM Mar 2008) 220802
2-2 beskrywend, wetenskap jy, klein grassie 090519 A4 hand in gesprek met 'n grassie, wat ons in gemeen het, en wat nie (HM Mei 2009) 210214
2-2 beskrywend, wetenskap die k*k van kanker 151031 404 'n sel-snyende (en kragwoord-belaaide) uitvaar teen die siekte wat naastes gesteel het. 'n verklaring van 'n anti-kanker lewensingesteldheid (HM Okt 2015) 201011
2-2 beskrywend, wetenskap FACEBOOK GEDIG 160123 155 'n spotgedig met myself wat so lank huiwer of ek op Facebook moet bly of moet afstap. 'n spotgedig met Facebook. (HM Jan 2016) 210318
2-2 beskrywend, wetenskap tannie Anna 191221 164 sy en haar generasie was onkreukbaar, so op die oppervlak langs (HM Des 2019) 191222
2-2 beskrywend, wetenskap Orania 201221 131 Orania is 'n privaat eiendom-nedersetting wat kultuursuiwerheid en algemene netheid najaag waarmee niemand fout behoort te vind nie. (HM Des 2020) 201221
2-2 beskrywend, wetenskap skrootwerf lewe 220101 319 skets van 'n eenentintigste-eeu voort-trekkende Afrikaner (HM Jan 2022) 211224
2-2 beskrywend, wetenskap 'n Stellenboschse tydstap 220409 156 ek wandel weer in Stellenbosch soos 35 jaar gelede. maar die tyd het aangestap.. (HM Ape 2022) 220420
2-2 beskrywend, wetenskap 'n Stellenboschse tydstap 220409 156 ek wandel weer in Stellenbosch soos 35 jaar gelede. maar die tyd het aangestap.. (HM Ape 2022) 220420
2-2 beskrywend, wetenskap Bosveld 230319 114 'n woord oor die Bosveld terwyl in die Bosveld (HM Maart 2023) 230326
2-3 dansend, tegniek kieleman 000801 A4 hand dis plaas, kos en verlotte (HM Aug 2000) 190711
2-3 dansend, tegniek vreeslik 000823 A4 hand ietwat anngejaagd, deurdrukkend, ietwat ontploffend (HM Aug 2000) 190928
2-3 dansend, tegniek dit is 001017 109 bogpraat TEENoor jou (HM Okt 2000) 190711
2-3 dansend, tegniek op en af 010808 100 dinge gaan mos maar altyd.. op en af (HM Aug 2001) 190711
2-3 dansend, tegniek warm wind 011226 139 hoe tegnologie ons op 'n afstand hou van dinge wat werklik werklik is (HM Des 2001) 190719
2-3 dansend, tegniek Bill 020603 72 woeker met die kompioeter (HM Jun 2002) 191211
2-3 dansend, tegniek klitterklatter 020829 146 golf van vrye assosiase, woordevloei, deurmekaar wantrouedenatte.. (HM Aug 2002) 200214
2-3 dansend, tegniek Die draaikolk van die Lewe 030408 A4 hand die lewe draai as ons naai en dit is fraai (HM Apr 2003) 240201
2-3 dansend, tegniek ek staan in die bank en wag vir haar 030429 128 oor 'n netelige klein oomblik in die bank (HM Apr 2003) 200320
2-3 dansend, tegniek ek probeer die keer 041017 A4 hand 'n spinnerak van vigs, vryheid, chaos en troetelhondjies (HM Okt 2004) 200705
2-3 dansend, tegniek boksombende 041212 55 'n dronk gedig ver weg van 'n spell check (HM Des 2004) 200517
2-3 dansend, tegniek sloop 041212 129 woede sluip na die oppervalk telkens as die taal verval - en dan roep ek 'n regterhand in om die vuilwerk vir my te doen (HM Dec 2004) 200524
2-3 dansend, tegniek lensiesop 050306 196 sagkens met die verganklikheid, met herinnering aan bybelse figure (HM Maart 2005) 200621
2-3 dansend, tegniek vinks 070121 A4 hand die gedig eindig so: daar is sewe hoepelkadetvreters / in die / zings (HM Jan 2007) 200915
2-3 dansend, tegniek ek leef 40 081115 A4 hand 'n malle hubris by die aanbreek van my 40e lewensjaar (HM Nov 2008) 210105
2-3 dansend, tegniek maaimaaimaai 151202 118 sommer net oor ek en die wereld, en toe kom jy hier ingewaai (HM Des 2015) 191020
2-3 dansend, tegniek gediggie vir 190915 449 'n soort van rammelende gediggie vir Mira soos wat ek haar kyk en voel en wonder (HM Spet 2019) 190917
2-3 dansend, tegniek priek prak 190928 180 'n ge-priekprak oor alles en nog wat (HM Sept 2019) 190928
2-3 dansend, tegniek bollesnol 200909 698 oor perde en woordbolletjies, dae van inperkings en die omwalminge van die natuur (HM Sep 2020) 200915
2-3 dansend, tegniek die krag is af 210710 A4 hand vir eens sal ek onomwonde kla soos dit 'n beskaafde betaam. ongeag, ongeag (HM Jul 2021) 210713
3-1 emosie, bewuswording selfverdediging 020123 242 ek het my foute, maar is vergewebaar! (HM Jan 2002) 191020
3-1 emosie, bewuswording grond 020625 8 wat grond aan jou doen (HM Jun 2002) 200113
3-1 emosie, bewuswording ja, ou ha!man 030324 149 op soek na hoop na 'n angsaanval - gedurende die vroee dae van HA!Man te wees.. (HM Maart 2003) 200405
3-1 emosie, bewuswording die berg 031129 138 oor die volharding om daar bo te kom.. (HM Nov 2003) 200304
3-1 emosie, bewuswording punt 031129 79 die punt wat bly ontwyk, behalwe in 'n oomblik van pyn (HM Nov 2003) 200510
3-1 emosie, bewuswording blik 050427 88 'n platgetrapte blikkie het my jou trane laat voel (HM Apr 2005) 200809
3-1 emosie, bewuswording 11 September 060124 110 beskrywing van 'n depresserende moment (HM Jan 2006) 200712
3-1 emosie, bewuswording verstoot 061231 104 dat alles uiteindelik goed moet wees, of sal wees, dit sal ons omkry (HM Des 2006) 200906
3-1 emosie, bewuswording vervlorenheid 070404 161 tussen dag en nag lÛ die onvatbaarheid van die lewe, die vind in verlorenheid (HM Apr 2007) 201102
3-1 emosie, bewuswording ingeboorte 071004 94 die innerlikheid van kaalgestroop wees (HM Oct 2007) 200915
3-1 emosie, bewuswording ek is eintlik so bang 081202 A4 hand die onsekerheid oor self-versekerdhede (HM Des 2008) 210105
3-1 emosie, bewuswording Selfkritiek 090514 22 die voortvarendheid van HA!Man te wees (HM May 2009) 210206
3-1 emosie, bewuswording vorentoe bly hyg 190810 343 die gejeuk om vooruit te kom - dit is nou vooruit al jou idees en beplanninge! (HM Aug 2019) 190810
3-1 emosie, bewuswording uitgelewerde Afrikaner 191123 A4 hand 'n beklaging van anders te wees as somminge vriende en familie - 'n volksvreemde in hulle oe.. (HM Nov 2019) 191123
3-1 emosie, bewuswording toekomsgesprek 211204 161 teen hulle wat die toekoms voorspelbaar wil maak (HM Des 2021) 211201
3-1 emosie, bewuswording skielik is alles poësie 230224 199 ouer word en die maalstroom van dinge, en tog, iets spreek (HM Feb 2023) 230224
3-1 emosie, bewuswording strontvale 240301 212 as die wereld my moeg maak en ek die uitsig verloor (HM Mar 2024) 240313
3-2 feestelik, rykdom balsaal 000823 A4 hand die balsaal waar die rykes pryk is ook die bron van die groot bom wat bo die aarde uitblom (HM Aug 2000) 190711
3-2 feestelik, rykdom jy weet mos 000920 660 'n veeldelige gedig wat swig onder die kookpot van 'n vloeiende woordgerommel ('n geskommel) - oor 'n woestyn, tierlantyntjies en kolwyntjies en die onnidge ophaal van die army. en nog. (HM Sep 2000) 190711
3-2 feestelik, rykdom kieliemandjaro 010515 222 kom saam met my, kom ons jaag die verstand die dryfsand in (HM May 2001) 190711
3-2 feestelik, rykdom is daar enigiets wat ek vi jou 030409 60 my binnekant vreet my op maar ek kan nie sonder die ander (HM Apr 2003) 200320
3-2 feestelik, rykdom 41 jaar oud 070318 64 geskryf op my 41e verjaardag - 'n kort waardering van die aanstap van jare (HM March 2007) 201025
3-2 feestelik, rykdom dit is dan nou so dat 090553 A4 hand lawwig bly dat daar nou een is wat saam met my ry (HM Mei 2009) 210214
3-2 feestelik, rykdom hello Mira 211015 206 oor spelende pa-wees vir Mira gedurende 'n tyd van baie aandag (HM Okt 2021) 211018
3-2 feestelik, rykdom die nasionale kakwedstryd van nederland 220705 534 ek sit saam met 'n vriend en TV kyk in Nederland. en daar verskyn dit toe - 'n kakspel - 'n aanbieding met kak (ja, presies dit) as tema. geweldig informerend. geweldig. geweldig! (HM Jul 2022) 220707
3-3 omarmend, tuiskoms my lewe 031215 236 'n hoopvolle oorsig van my lewe op 'n stadium waar dit nog moeilik gegaan het (HM Dec 2003) 200426
3-3 omarmend, tuiskoms mensereis 061123 195 die mensheidsverhaal as reis - waarheen? (HM Nov 2006) 200823
3-3 omarmend, tuiskoms funny-ie 090725 A4 hand "wanneer dit rol en lÛ / en nonsens sÛ / niks meer as 'n rymelary / 'n deurmekaar gevry.." (HM Jul 2009) 210214
3-3 omarmend, tuiskoms onder 'n oorhangende rots 201020 79 uiteindelik die land, die stof, wat 'n Europese identiteit verskuif tot 'n nuwe self-benaming (HM Okt 2020) 201025
3-3 omarmend, tuiskoms op die rand 211107 311 hiermee wil ek maar net se dat ek staan op die rand as dit kom by verkiesings and braaivleispartye. en dis nie altyd lekker nie. (HM Nov 2021) 211110
3-3 omarmend, tuiskoms julle sit 221028 220 'n gedig oor ou mense. ou mense wat in 'n ouetehuis sit en luister na my tjellospel (HM Okt 2022) 221102

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04 GEDICHTEN

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1-1 primair, seksualiteit het minst begane pad 140101 51 kort gedicht over seks met een man (JD Jan 2014) 190816
1-1 primair, seksualiteit al dat 200224 176 on ways a small child can bring healing to a big human (JD Feb 2020) 200809
1-1 primair, seksualiteit alleen als ze slaapt 201018 26 when Mira is sleeping.. (JD Oct 2020) 201018
1-2 creativiteit, uitdrukking gelukkige dichter in de tuin 140101 410 beeld van de dichter als een beeldhouwer, op zoek naar wat geluk is door het tegendeel ervan te onderzoeken (JD Jan 2014) 190810
1-3 relaties, sereniteit blauw 100101 662 Een impressionistisch, associatief en muzikaal liefdesgedicht waarin ik met het thema eb en vloed speel. (JD, Jan 2010) 190711
1-3 relaties, sereniteit eindes 100101 83 Een gedicht over de paradoxale schoonheid van echtscheidingen, geschreven voor het humanistisch tijdschrift Antenne. (JD, Jan 2010) 190711
1-3 relaties, sereniteit ruisen 140101 129 vergelijking van taal met het ruisen van bladeren (JD Jan 2014) 190826
1-3 relaties, sereniteit opnieuw 181205 202 de meest onmogelijke berg kan alleen worden overwonnen door stap voor stap te vertrouwen (JD Dec 2018) 210809
2-1 beschouwend later 060502 83 of the journey of losing in order to find again (JD May 2006) 200524
2-1 beschouwend het gaatje in mijn zandkoek 100101 187 De poÙtische inleiding van mijn eerste dichtbundel 'verandering'. (JD, Jan 2010) 190711
2-1 beschouwend voor de tijd 140101 166 een verhouding tot tijd met tegenstrijdige gevoelens (JD Jan 2014) 190826
2-2 beschrijvend Diminuendo 130307 670 the way nature writes history in South Africa (JD Mar 2013) 190719
2-2 beschrijvend moe zijn was geen optie 140101 148 portret van een moeilijke vrouw (JD Jan 2014) 190803
2-2 beskrywend vergeten, vergeet 140110 231 ontmoeting met dementerende man (JD Jan 2014) 190803
3-1 gevoelvol, ethisch verlangen 100101 60 een kort en mystiek gedicht over de aard van verlangen (JD, Oct 2010) 190711
3-1 gevoelvol, ethisch vuurwerk 130420 264 ingebeeld gesprek met mijn ziel over wat verdriet is (JD Apr 2013) 190810
3-1 gevoelvol, ethisch het meisje en de golven 140101 82 beschouwende metafoor over verdriet (JD Jan 2014) 190816
3-1 gevoelvol, ethisch ik en mijn verdriet 140101 277 hoe grenzen stellen aan verdriet en het tegelijk toe te laten? (JD Jan 2014) 190816
3-1 gevoelvol, ethisch nostalgie, of het recht om te huilen 140101 335 wat is de oorsprong van tranen? (JD Jan 2014) 190826
3-1 gevoelvol, ethisch avondwandeling 140201 29 geschreven tijdens een melancholische avondwandeling (JD Feb 2014) 190803
3-1 gevoelvol, ethisch de waanzin geeft mij heimwee 170101 566 Een aanklacht tegen de politieke en economische waanzin waardoor mensen dood aanspoelen op de Europese stranden. (JD, Jan 2017)
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3-1 gevoelvol, ethisch monoloog van de voorzichtigheid 181209 218 een lijst van de dingen waarvoor ik me verontschuldig, in het bijzonder voor de vrouw die ik vandaag niet ben (JD Dec 2018) 211002
3-1 gevoelvol, ethisch weemoed 190130 print the plain fact of being sad (JD Jan 2019) 200420
3-2 feestelijk in het shopping centrum 200322 122 the little shopping mall adventures of a two year old (JD March 2020) 200329
3-3 alles-omhelzend zolang 170101 402 Een poÙtische en beeldrijke opsomming van wat hoop in deze tijden voor mij betekent. ((JD, Jan 2017) 190711
3-3 alles-omhelzend Ik ben. Dat is een feit. 190716 1505 Ge´nspireerd door een Ubuntu gezegde over verbondenheid, gemengd met mijn eigen gevoel van verwarring. Geschreven met jazz muziek in gedachten. (JD Jul 2019) 190727
3-3 alles-omhelzend een vorm van ons 200424 145 een dromerig ode aan vluchtig geluk (JD Apr 2020) 200426

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05 PROSE

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1-1 youth, health Bart 131108 2387 Joke visits Canada for the first time, meeting family who have emigrated from Belgium. The visit brings forth the memory of her late uncle Bart and an unexpected desire for safety and child-like innocence. (JD Nov 2013) 210712
1-1 youth, health the story of Mira's birth 180420 7292 Joke's rendition of the dramatic and profound event that turned her into a mother (JD Apr 2018) 200426
1-1 youth, health teeth story 210814 4205 i suffered through a number of bad tooth abscesses. and i lost teeth in the process. i rebelled against my dentist, not visiting for years. the end of the story is that i have it under control. and my dentist find it difficult to believe (HM Aug 2021) 210814
1-3 romance geskryf 000920 3391 'n geskryf wat uitloop op 'n eksistensiele insig: 'n soort self-tuiskoms, 'n neutralisering van die ideale vrou daarbuite, deur die vrou in my as deelnemer te verwelkom. (HM Sept 2000) 190727
1-3 romance een kathedraal van waarheid 040101 4498 Kortverhaal ge´nspireerd op het leven van Lev Tolstoj en zijn vrouw Sonja. De gebeurtenissen spelen zich af begin vorige eeuw op hun landgoed Jasnaja Poljana. Werd in 2004 gepubliceerd in het Vlaamse literaire tijdschrift "Deus Ex Machina" (JD, Jan 2004) 190711
1-3 romance Ismael 110710 1140 the story of my relationship with an Arab man in Antwerp, an illegal immigrant (JD Jul 2011) 190727
1-3 romance she lives in an apartment 221001 2147 an improvised tale of a woman who had good luck and decided to withdraw into her comfort, and how a cat changed all of that (HM Oct 2022) 221002
2-1 philosophical the road to reality 100101 572 On meeting a special older man in a bookshop in Antwerp. He found some profound wisdom in a physical law and shared that with me. (JD, Jan 2010) 190711
2-1 philosophical dialogue between a madman and a madman 210211 1102 madness as the result of emotional deprivation. one taking refuge in the right brain, the other in the left (HM Feb 2021) 210214
2-2 descriptive Nyebho's theatre group 180525 2577 On meeting Nyebho and the friends of his new theatre group in Grahamstown. How the vast differences in our economical situation moves me so deeply. (JD, May 2018) 190711
2-2 descriptive the art of the loser 200712 1886 inside the mind of the man who wrote The Art of the Deal, drawing from the book's index, as dotted down once while browsing through an airport bookshop (HM Jul 2020) 200712
2-2 descriptive Bibliotheek Stutterheim 210222 671 anecdotes around our town library that seems to have stood still since priorities in South Africa shifted from advanced public services to building proper houses for millions of shack dwellers (JD Feb 2021) 210325
2-2 descriptive a European man 210427 2747 this is an effort to write a story. the character that presents itself is a European man taking a walk. this is where the story begins and might end too. what is so particular about a European man taking a walk? (HM Apr 2021) 210505
2-2 descriptive stuck at night and a case of mental instability 230817 19min stuck in Bloemfontein with no place to sleep, I report from the cabin of my van about the very Afrikaner - but also human - scenario that lead to this predicament (HM Aug 2023) 231014
2-3 explanatory de cursus in Spa 160101 9219 tragikomisch relaas van een mislukte cursus in Spa, Belgie (JD Jan 2016) 190923
2-3 explanatory the day of which I thought it would never happen 160101 1169 On the first beheading by ISIS in Europe, the killing of a priest in the Norht of France. (JD, Jan 2016) 190711
2-3 explanatory de deur 200301 1771 Mira wordt om onbegrijpelijke redenen kwaad op een deur in Kaapstad. Het zet mij aan tot licht ironische gedachten over borstvoeding, schrijven, alcohol drinken. (JD March 2011) 200420
2-3 explanatory the door 200301 1845 Mira gets mad at a door in Cape Town, for incomprehensible reasons. It evokes ironic thoughts about breastfeeding, writing, drinking alcohol. (JD March 2011) 200420
2-3 explanatory Driving through Namibia 210618 5778 the very true story of things that kept going wrong on the road while on a performance tour through the outstretched land of Namibia.. and of Botswana (HM Jun 2021) 210621
2-3 explanatory man without a map 220724 2106 a brief story inspired by Google (HM Jul 2022) 220728
3-1 dramatic De Verzorger 040801 5536 een intense dialoog tussen twee boezemvrienden, ge´nspireerd op de roman "Misdaad en Straf" van Dostojewski. Geschreven in 2004 voor mijn toenmalige theatergroep "Het Zesde Bedrijf". (JD, Aug 2004) 190711
3-1 dramatic The Caretaker 040801 5536 An intense dialogue between two best friends, inspired on the novel "Crime and Punishment" by Dostoyewski. Written in 2004 for my former theatre group "The Sixth Act" (JD, Aug 2004) 190711
3-1 dramatic Mr Kim 060111 1185 the bizarre real life story of a South Korean driver losing it on a highway (HM Jan 2006) 200420
3-1 dramatic that one voice 151003 913 the evening at the Green Mill described, Joke's poem, and then the black man who eventually left the building (HM Oct 2015) 210613
3-1 dramatic Lesotho 160701 120804 A school teacher in rural Lesotho, a South African musician and a seamstress from Belgium weave a tapestry of relational drama, bringing together complicated contrasts and the tenacity of hope (JD Jul 2016) 201221
3-1 dramatic my angels 160701 12159 A school teacher in rural Lesotho, a South African musician and a seamstress from Belgium weave a tapestry of relational drama, bringing together complicated contrasts and the tenacity of hope (JD Jul 2016) 201221
3-1 dramatic eerlijkheid loont 190712 12811 Hoe eerlijk is het om jezelf te verschuilen achter een personage en je eigen gevoelens niet te laten zien op het podium? Een succesvolle acteur in Amsterdam worstelt op midlife achtige wijze met deze vragen. (JD Feb 2006) 190711
3-1 dramatic toyi-toyi 190804 892 on the transition from being a traveler in SA to living there (JD Aug 2019) 190816
3-1 dramatic sworn to silence 200107 5831 Marianne, who works in a South African public hospital. Her whole take on life is confronted when a patient she tends to turns out to be a man who robbed her house a few days before (JD Jan 2020) 200614
3-1 dramatic cry baby cry! 200113 10335 a single father raising an only son needs to deal with past trauma, having been deserted by his bi-polar wife (JD Jan 2020) 200113
3-1 dramatic Huil, sweetie, huil. 200215 9526 Bram onderdrukt al jarenlang zijn verdriet na het afscheid van zijn bipolaire vrouw Ellen. Zijn gender flu´de vriend Maxim(e) triggert in al zijn flamboyance de dingen die hij nooit onder ogen heeft gezien.. (JD Feb 2020) 200214
3-1 dramatic Blue-eyed Boy 201122 3548 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) 201123
3-1 dramatic the jump 220113 2647 a friend ended his life some days ago, throwing a stark mirror to our shared experiences as sons from ministers in Apartheid South Africa, a friend who once brought me from my own brink.. (HM Jan 2022) 220116
3-2 fun dreamworks 060725 446 i had this dream last night which was totally creative. usually one finds clues as to where the artistic subconscious gets its colours and paint brushes from, but this one...! (HM Jul 2006) 200928
3-2 fun Starbuck Tears 141101 1278 my first encounter with the American consumer culture, offering more choices for the foam of my cappuccino than I ever could have imagined (JD Oct 2014) 190928
3-2 fun Beter voor de weerstand 180120 6672 the Dutch version of the short story "winnie the pooh", in which cynicism and spiritual naivete both find a human connection with the shadows of Sedona's haunting red-rock mountains as backdrop (JD Jan 2018) 201130
3-2 fun winnie the pooh 180120 6724 cynicism and spirptual naivete both find a human connection in the shadows of Sedona's haunting red-rock mountains (JD Jan 2018) 201115
3-2 fun Handmade 240206 26 mins another voice ramble while driving through the Karoo, this time focusing on the story of a very creative handyman and singer and familyman, a businessman and a man with a story of hope in the middle of almost nowhere (HM Feb 2024) 240213
3-3 all-embracing Kosal 211002 2760 The remarkable story of a Cambodian child during the dastardly reign of Pol Pot, as related to me personally. (HM Oct 2021) 211002
3-3 all-embracing the story of mice 230211 873 inspired by stories I improvise to Mira, this story improvisation takes mice to the furtherest end of life on this planet (HM Feb 2023) 230212

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06 SERIES

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1-1 healing, subconscious dreamscape number one 220622 1356 an effort to write dreamily at first results in questioning my motives and then finding a way of looking at the dream state (which is not to die) and how dream writing is a necessary thing (HM Jun 2022) 220622
1-1 healing, subconscious dreamscape number two 220709 464 and there and then / all of this / too many names / a street flows down the river / like a bomb / and I walk-fly .. 220713
1-1 healing, subconscious droomlandskap nommer een 220910 744 van landskappe en rubberbande, balle en meganika, oorspoelskommelinge en drie dinge wat my laat vloei (HM Sep 2022) 220912
1-1 healing, subconscious dreamscape number three 221008 698 of empty swimming pools and the empty dreams of billionaires, the self-destruct of dictators and the beauty of a dead bug (Oct 2022) 221009
1-1 healing, subconscious droomlandskap nommer twee 221123 574 die son, die sterremaan, die drupdrap, omgeskommelde riekrak, mannewrak.. (HM Nov 2022) 221124
1-1 healing, subconscious dreamscape number four 230116 568 the dream of being at the sea-side, the sea that dreamed us up, and the desire to return there from the harshness of the land (HM Jan 2023) 230119
1-1 healing, subconscious droomlandskap nommer drie 230313 489 dromerigheid in 'n oomblik van saligheid (HM Maart 2023) 230315
1-1 healing, subconscious droomlandskap nommer vier 230722 1827 ek droom van 'n boot en brilglase mannetjies en begin dan te vertel oor my eie droomgewoontes, die aard van drome en wat hulle dan sou beteken (HM Jul 2023) 230725
1-2 on art IMPROVISATION NOW Part 1 200423 827 first delivery on the practice of improvisation, how it is needed in a world dominated by machines, how it is needed for us to preserve our humanity (HM Apr 2020) 200426
1-2 on art IMPROVISATION NOW Part 2 200509 1306 the second installment - an imaginary conversation between me and those many voices that kept asking: so what do you think while you are playing? as if that would be the key for them to be able to do it themselves.. (HM May 2020) 200510
1-2 on art IMPROVISATION NOW Part 3 200524 2403 the third installment - on the issue of practising and its connotation with striving for perfection. what is perfection? can improvisation ever be perfect? (four short stories included..) (HM May 2020) 200524
1-2 on art IMPROVISATION NOW Part 4 200614 1494 the fourth installment - the power of paradox: how paradox enables the flow of expression; different examples of wanting one thing, but having to go through another: the mystery of how forgetting begets.. (HM Jun 2020) 200614
1-2 on art IMPROVISATION NOW Part 5 200725 1296 the fifth installment - reflecting on the notion that improvisation is without structure, because it does not start out from an idea, because it is not con-structed. but this is a misrepresentation of what improvisation is, and should be (HM Jul 2020) 200726
1-2 on art IMPROVISATION NOW Part 6 201023 2679 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) 201025
1-2 on art IMPROVISATION NOW Part 7 210109 3730 the seventh installment - the healing power of improvisation. how improvisation as an act of expressive flow can help to restore the human being to a whole, especially regards deeper and more long term conditions of dis-ease. (HM Jan 2021) 210112
1-2 on art IMPROVISATION NOW Part 8 210228 2163 the eighth installment - goes to the roots of spirituality to clarify its meaning and looks at the ways spontaneous expression can give effect to this dimension, without becoming religious in itself (HM Feb 2021) 210303
1-2 on art IMPROVISATION NOW Part 9 210917 2311 the ninth installment - the heart area as the focal point of improvisation, both conceptually and practically. understanding feeling not as sentiment or passion, but as a fundamental state of being. the balancing point between mind and gut (HM Sept 2021) 210917
1-3 spirituality Questions of Spirituality 1 - Stories of faith 140321 739 introducing a series of essays on my own story around faith and spirituality, as it relates to general issues of faith. (HM March 2014) 210221
1-3 spirituality Questions of Spirituality 2 - Losing the faith 140425 1389 following on the story-character of positions of faith, i look at the possibility of losing grip on such a faith (HM Apr 2014) 210414
1-3 spirituality Questions of Spirituality 3 - Death of a Father 140609 1725 i relate the story of my father's death and how my mother brought it home to us that he is not really dead, but in heaven, and how i believed this, until i could not hold that belief any longer (HM May 2014) 210606
1-3 spirituality Questions of Spirituality 4 - The death of God 140626 2892 sketching the political background of South Africa during the eighties, i describe how studying at Stellenbosch shook my foundations and how i found God to be dying in me until i was left with nothing but my shared humanity (HM Jun 2014) 210802
1-3 spirituality Questions of Spirituality 5 - unbeliever in church 220105 2656 after losing my faith in the existence of a personal God, i was still part of a faith community. community turned out to be more essential than faith, and therefore harder to confront (HM Jan 2022) 220107
1-3 spirituality Questions of Spirituality 6 - A mother's faith 220223 1990 the existential angst that follows a spiritual break with family, especially with a mother that harboured intense dreams of her son becoming a "prophet of the nations" (HM Feb 2022) 220228
1-3 spirituality Questions of Spirituality 7 - Spirituality meaning 221117 2793 Trying get down to a more basic meaning of spirituality, deriving it from its relationship with other aspects of human and social experience, then finding that the word might be a misnomer. At its core lies the soul, not the spirit. (HM Nov 2022) 221117
2-1 philosophy Wisdom Search (1) 121215 919 comparing information with knowledge with wisdom, and reflecting on the nature of wisdom and how we have become so far removed from it (HM Dec 2012) 210130
2-1 philosophy Wisdom Search (2) wisdom and Truth 130307 791 The Three Part Conceptual Analysis (2) - comparing the quest for Truth and the nature of wisdom, how Truth can be sold but how wisdom is still hard to find and nourish in our age (HM Mar 2013) 210325
2-1 philosophy Wisdom Search (3) mapping the mind 130420 1116 The Three Part Conceptual Analysis (3) - suggesting that the mind becomes a map rather than a store holder of knowledge, domineering our lives (HM Apr 2013) 210517
2-1 philosophy Wisdom Search (4) mapping the mind - my experience 130622 1519 The Three Part Conceptual Analysis (4) - telling the story of how my own mind shifted from dualistic thinking to that of three-dimensionality (HM Jun 2013) 210628
2-1 philosophy Wisdom Search (5) mapping the mind - a trilogy 140324 1504 The Three Part Conceptual Analysis (5) - when looking at myself in the mirror, at three dimensions of being, i feel out the bridge between instincts and the mind, i feel what it is to be, and to be present (HM March 2014) 210827
2-1 philosophy Wisdom Search (6) climbing down the tree 140516 1695 finding that language grows into clusters of words, reflecting different communities, and then asking if it is possible to connect these clusters, to find a way in which all of them branch down into a trunk.. (HM May 2014) 211102
2-1 philosophy Wisdom Search (7) one and two and three 140803 1044 The Three Part Conceptual Analysis (7) - looking for the simplest yet complicated enough number of structural elements to base the mapping of the mind on (HM Aug 2014) 211123
2-2 descriptive Hitch-Hiking Years (1) - Six-pack Conservationists 200510 2468 the first recollection of incidents during my hitch-hiking years (1991-1999). the story of two conservation officials and their bakkie. and a blood-lust i did not see coming (HM May 2020) 200510
2-2 descriptive those army days (1) "brown" 200815 1664 in the first delivery of reminiscences of conscripted military service, i recount how i romanticized war-making, was ready for war-making and how, within the first days of being a military rookie, my world was turned upside down. (HM Aug 2020) 200816
2-2 descriptive Hitch-Hiking Years (2) - Gang of Five 200919 4005 the second recollection of incidents during my hitch-hiking years (1991-1999), on landing on a spot that i have been warned to be dangerous. and lo and behold, me and my whole life were targeted by a group of five men (HM Sep 2020) 200921
2-2 descriptive Hitch-Hiking Years (3) - Sypaadjie, or pavement.. 201018 1806 the third recollection of incidents during my hitch-hiking years (1991-1999), which is not really an incident, but a particular aspect of being on your feet in between lifts: how a pavement can turn into a spiritual anchor (HM Oct 2020) 201018
2-2 descriptive those army days (2) "the rookie roster" 201029 3386 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) 201102
2-2 descriptive Hitch-Hiking Years (4) - On the people 210206 4031 the fourth recollection of incidents during my hitch-hiking years (1991-1999), I was given lifts by a wide array of people. This chapter opens the lid on some of these benefactors and the anecdotes that stayed with me. (HM Feb 2021) 210206
2-2 descriptive those army days (3) the leader factory 210503 2733 in the third delivery of reminiscences of my 2 years in the South African army, i look back at the 6 months of officer's training and the questions underlying such a quick transformation from being a nothing to a being a leader (HM May 2021) 210505
2-2 descriptive Hitch-Hiking Years (5) - the tent 210808 4280 i describe how i realized that i needed a house on my back and relaying the struggles with the elements and alienation, not to forget the pure bliss of owning a piece of earth without title (HM Aug 2021) 210808
2-2 descriptive dis Boetie wat so praat (1) 210924 825 eerste aflewering van 'n gier om in Afrikaans te skryf, met die deur-in-die-huis vraag wat dit nou nog baat om Die Taal te besig. het dit nie sy gat gesien nie, of uit watter gat het dit verrys? (HM Sept 2021) 210926
2-2 descriptive those army days (4) an officer of the SA Army 211210 2660 in the fourth delivery of reminiscences of my 2 years in the South African army, i remember the second year, being a second lieutenant, with all the perks going along with that. a little world of priviledge and luxury, and lostness (HM Dec 2021) 211210
2-2 descriptive dis Boetie wat so praat (2) 220316 1700 'n dialoog wat wiil praat oor Orania en die soort van Afrikanerwees wat daar gebottel raak, en dan ook oorlogsmaker Putin, en hoe Putin 'n OraniÙr sou kon wees (HM Maart 2022) 220316
2-2 descriptive Hitch-Hiking Years (6) - Journey to Zambia 220331 3056 the sixth recollection of incidents during my hitch-hiking years (1991-1999), on how my thumb got me a ride right to Lusaka and back and back a cross-border adventure that even earned me some income (HM Mar 2022) 220405
2-2 descriptive those army days (5) "love and faith in war times" 220612 2736 in the fifth delivery of reminiscences of my 2 years in the South African army, i look at the personal journey that unfolded around my conservative faith and first serious relationship, paving the way for fundamental change to come (HM Jun 2022) 220615
2-2 descriptive dis Boetie wat so praat (3) 221220 938 'n herinnerngsvlug na 'n tipiese Afrikaner Prottestantse kerkdiens van die jare 70, toe vrouens nog hoede gedra het (HM Des 2022) 221228
2-2 descriptive those army days (6) "looking back" 230304 1729 i look at it all from the current perspective, adding a brief description of the "camps" that followed the two year conscription. what was it all for? the folly of war as a way of life.. (HM Mar 2023) 230306
V VARIOUS SITRAP #191019 and soon the steely wings 191019 932 sitting in Charles de Gaule Airport feeling trapped, finding a way to enact change (HM Oct 2019) 191020
V VARIOUS SITRAP 191030 a room 191030 191 writing from where we now stay in Regina, Canada (HM Oct 2019) 191030
V VARIOUS SITRAP 191101 Performance in Edmonton 191101 1237 the inner story of taking a leap to perform for the first time in a foreign city where no one knows.. (HM Oct 2019) 191104
V VARIOUS SITRAP 191110 seductive city 191110 A4 hand reflecting on the seductive power of a city after having driven through the heart of Toronto (HM Nov 2019) 191114
V VARIOUS SITRAP 191201 oh my beeeep! 191201 1455 going off on the way unnecessary technology makes us all the weaker (HM Dec 2019) 191203
V VARIOUS SITRAP 191208 many and much will die 191208 1192 of the handicapped, miracles, Jacques Brel, roadside scams and the terrible decades to come (HM Dec 2019) 191211
V VARIOUS SITRAP 200126 divine bubble 200126 1472 reporting from Sharjah in the UAE, introducing the Bubbleman and the rot behind the shine (HM Jan 2020) 200123
V VARIOUS SITRAP 200212 Pretoria and the magic milk of land 200212 860 writing at night while Mira is breastfeeding and we sit on top of Pretoria, feeling the magic of the city, reflecting on its Apartheid past and my childhood memories of it (HM Feb 2020) 200214
V VARIOUS SITRAP 200319 brace for change 200320 1440 sitting at home during the first days of the coronavirus my toughts run from a dying tree and horse to what this little organism is doing to humanity, how the past is called in to shape the future.. (HM March 2020) 200320
V VARIOUS SITRAP 200424 How the West Got Lost 200425 1887 from being in lockdown to the fall of the Roman Empire and its modern day mirror, the US of A; the flawed genius of the West, and how i am a part of it; the poverty of American individualism and the need for world government.. (HM Apr 2020) 200426
V VARIOUS SITRAP 200517 of clocks, garden scissors and ... 200517 1758 on the SITRAP as a throwback to army days, but actually about working the environment on the property of Eagle's Ridge, finding a balance between gardening and going wild: recreating a bit of holiness, a timeless physical space.. (HM May 2020) 200517
V VARIOUS SITRAP 200604 murder and madness in artists' lives 200604 2108 two movies moved me to reflect on the lure and dangers of taking the freedom to be an artist - how murder and madness lurk around many a corner. but there is a way through.. (HM Jun 2020) 200608
V VARIOUS SITRAP 200706 chicken feathers 200705 3642 fear can be self-destructive. but the destruction does not come from that which is feared.. (about this, about QAnon, Bible reading and an imaginary man who is climbing a mountain) (HM Jul 2020) 200705
V VARIOUS SITRAP 200811 ocean's pain 200811 1153 memories of drowning (almost). the way the ocean changes the sky. and the party of black gold is now 200 years old. if i am a father.. (HM Aug 2020) 200823
V VARIOUS SITRAP 200926 of nothing and the open slate.. 200926 1233 of writing a book about nothing and what it means for life and death and the possible re-election of Donald Trump (HM Sep 2020) 200928
V VARIOUS SITRAP 201005 the earth is flat, or.. 201006 1241 another improvised roll that starts with the feeling of being in a swirl, then finds traction around the flatness of the earth and the anxiety brought about by scientific illumination. how poetry is born from the body.. (HM Oct 2020) 201006
V VARIOUS SITRAP 201204 we, the arsonists 201206 1720 on this day i made fires, fired up a Zoom meeting and saw how the Romanovs went up in flames. which lead to thoughts of how fire defines us and making a pot of vegetable soup (HM Dec 2020) 201208
V VARIOUS SITRAP 210121 Trump, car crashes and boredom 210122 3477 after both Biden and Trump's speeches i was reminded of running after car crashes as a child. why do i still watch car crashes on YouTube? why am i a bit sad that Trump is leaving? and yet i cried as i welcomed boredom (HM Jan 2021) 210125
V VARIOUS SITRAP 210307 where there is death there is life 210307 2422 finding myself in the tropics i ponder the supply and demand of life itself, the feng-shui of performance and the disembodied niceness of fruit juice (HM Mar 2021) 210318
V VARIOUS SITRAP 210601 a power failure, words, pain 210602 1633 it is a cold and dark night and i warm myself with words, waiting for the power to be restored. words like sounds like colours like Kandinsky. dreams and the origins of language. and everything's a story (HM Jun 2021) 210602
V VARIOUS SITRAP 210912 of Beethoven, Kundera.. 210912 1924 why is it that '50s jazz so often plays in restaurants? what is the power of jazz? and what does it have to do with soccer, or Kundera? and how did Kundera came to belittle Beethoven? and how does it all go down with a blueberry smoothie? (HM Sep 2021) 210913
V VARIOUS SITRAP 211126 about a well paid gig 211126 2006 an old opera house being run by Africans and what i experienced performing to a mostly African audience - both a sense of loss and a sense of belonging (HM Nov 2021) 211130
V VARIOUS SITRAP 220306 the hopeful pointlessness of life 220306 2413 the difficulty of writing about beliefs, the pointed pointlessness of life, Putin's trauma and how the world can be fixed (HM March 2022) 220307
V VARIOUS SITRAP 220627 and I marvel about Europe again 220628 1830 there is a certain feel about Europe as i stare through a window unto a suburban street. the Legoland effect. what is this quietude that gives rest to my eyes? (HM Jun 2022) 220628
V VARIOUS SITRAP 220922 car crashes, loyalty and a tooth 220922 1956 the almost endless saga of giving new life to an old car, the question of intelligence and missing teeth, the strange pleasure of watching cars crash and what (not) to do with all the power we have (HM Sep 2022) 220922
V VARIOUS SITRAP 221204 Systems failure 221204 1271 while the power is out in the town of Nieu Bethesda, i refelct on how small triggers can cause major damage, simply because things are interconnected (HM Dec 2022) 221207
V VARIOUS SITRAP 230409 the women in Auschwitz 230409 2198 of men and woman and the ranges in between, the need to well distinguish between male and female and the atrocities of men, the beauty of Bruges, sex change and those indomitable women of Auschwitz (HM Apr 2023) 230415
V VARIOUS SITRAP 230605 DEURMEKAAR 230605 1974 wirting from a McDonalds in Norway in a state of confusion, thoughts on life and death and AI and the youth turns the concept of "deurmekaar" into something rather central to the nature of things (HM Jun 2023) 230610
V VARIOUS SITRAP 231202 England and a running television 231201 1620 woken up by a running television in the middle of a cold English night i recall various characters i just recently met, the character of this big island and the question of what is real and not real to a five year old (HM Nov 2023) 231201
V VARIOUS SITRAP 240320 CHANEL 240320 1033 sitting in Dubai airport across from a Chanel shop and amongst many people glued to their little screens thoughts wander around techno manifestos, the fighting back body and real drops of sweat (HM Mar 2024) 240401
V VARIOUS SITRAP 240615 is life still created.. 240619 1751 perhaps there is vertical evolution going on that will save the day and then so much children's stuff to be sorted out, a damaged friend, the dust of dying and evidently physical exercise is good for you (HM Jun 2024) 240629

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07 RECORDINGS

HA__O_E_CA HA__O_E_TI DATE DURATION HA__O_E_DE HA__O_E_DA
0 instructive Ha!Man talks about spontaneity 030510 25:00 sitting down at a stream in the Tsitsikamma, i start to talk about spontaneity as i observe the workings of a spider web (HM May 2003) 200712
10 multi-various a paper piece 090609 13:11 a typically expanded serious-to-sensitive HA!Man piano improvisation with strings attached (HM June 2009) 200427
10 multi-various early stirrings 100206 13:01 a searching and spacious introduction to an improvisation concert in the Grahamstown cathedral. (Saxophone: Rick van Heerden; voices: the Greame College choir. Organ: HA!Man. Feb 2010) 210221
10 multi-various soft arrival of a glimmering hope 140830 10:40 extract from a live event in Hermanus. opens with atmospheric whistling and echoing bells. this sets the tone for a sensitive roll on strings, which is recorded and replayed, to be joined by the cello. all improvised, of course. (HM Aug 2014) 200621
10 multi-various pieces mostly in A on a windblown day 200710 26:48 the wind blew hard. Mira was playing, counting one-two-three. every time she says dad-da, it means she wanted me to keep playing the piano. 6 pieces. and checking in on the porridge in between. cello was laid in afterwards. (HM Jul 2020) 200712
10 multi-various plasticcimo 200725 05:34 symphonic ensemble moves through a varied landscape of gentleness, rhythmic exuberance and celebration, playing with impure harmonies to depict the sad beauty of abandoned plastics left to play and decorate nature in the wind (HM Jul 2020) 200726
10 multi-various prelude to a hopeful unknown 201005 08:43 3 layers of improvised cello start with open strings and harmonics as a long introduction, followed by col legno rhythmical taps, then bursting into a D major marching groove, tapering off into simplicity again. (HM Oct 2020) 201006
10 multi-various Study in Harmony 201018 13:06 improvisations with an eye to harmonic play. first the piano, a basic baroque tonality. then strings stretching into atonality. then both finding romantic swing. overlaid with cello (HM Oct 2020) 201018
10 multi-various piano recordings on a beautiful day 201112 16:12 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) 201115
10 multi-various gaudeamus 210403 10:11 a pianistic and not so sentimental interpretation of the well-known academic commercium song, Gaudeamus Igitur ("So Let Us Rejoice"), recorded on a Steinway grand in Stellenbosch (HM Apr 2021) 210405
10 multi-various kein feste burg 210414 18:32 a lengthy piano improvisation on the beloved Reformation hymn "Ein feste Burg.." that retains its core, yet prevents its hubristic use as a cry for battle (HM Apr 2021) 210512
10 multi-various a bliss came over me 210708 16:24 Joke and Mira has been away for three months. Their return brought this bliss over me, something i expressed with much leeway and broad openness - strings, pad, piano, cello (HM Jul 2021) 210712
1-1 mystical drops in wind 000701 03:23 Like drops falling above and under water.. From a soundtrack for a stage production set in a Chinese context (HM Jul 2001) 190711
1-1 mystical soft sweep 010106 05:42 an open landscape as the sun rises through blanket of mist (HM Jan 2001) 190711
1-1 mystical Soft Smooth 010620 04:03 The cello and paddes sounds create an iridescent cloud of sound. The padded sounds are comparable to underwater, wettish, birdlike sounds.. (HM Jun 2001 - description Lara Kirsten) 190816
1-1 mystical soft starry mystery 010620 03:39 gentle strangeness with soft padding and cello (HM Jun 2001) 191030
1-1 mystical Life on another planet 030326 04:29 The imaginings of a child will interpret all the weird and funky mouth-sounds as an intricate language of E.T. and his compatriots. (HM March 2003, descr Lara Kirsten) 200712
1-1 mystical alien call 041011 08:31 #4 of 5 improvised recordings done with experimental sound artist Eric Leonardson in Chicago. I play the cello which was channeled through a sound-bending gadget. Another layer of conventional sound was subsequently added (HM Oct 2004) 200816
1-1 mystical prologue (Jackson Pollock) 050925 02:03 Soundtrack created for a physical theatre piece on action painter Jackson Pollock. This is the introduction, as inner turmoil builds towards the inevitable flood of expression (HM Sep 2005) 200830
1-1 mystical ancient breaths 061120 03:19 a short and mystical recording with Jan Seiden, who specializes in playing native American flutes (HM Nov 2006) 230326
1-1 mystical day has not broken yet 070514 05:27 introduction to an hour of a creative piano journey. lingering, anticipating, yet somehow quiet. (HM Aug 2007) 201011
1-1 mystical we have hung up our feet 071013 02:26 mesmerizing, slightly bending and subtle sounds takes the eye to the far horizon (HM Oct 2007) 210130
1-1 mystical waking call 100922 06:06 soft, dense strings accompany the voice with the sighs, stretches and longings of a wake-up call (from album Breaking the Day - HM Sept 2010) 240313
1-1 mystical cello opening in Durbanville 150830 03:38 brooding and probing cello enters dark space, suspended on a bed of D minor - from a live performance in a suburban house near Cape Town (HM Aug 2015) 190923
1-1 mystical two hours after midnight 170223 06:09 reflective, strange, yet open mood, strings suspending second inversion chord. bender gives a twist to single piano notes drifting along. cello and nose flute added (HA!Man Sept 2020) 200906
1-1 mystical die spook van donkergat 180720 04:21 improvised on request from the audience: the them "die spook van donkergat" (the ghost from Dark Hole) - a title of some Afrikaans radio series long ago (HM Jul 2020) 200420
1-1 mystical mountain requiem 220116 06:46 how would nature make music for the dead? i cannot know this, but my musical guess with three cello layers, a flute and drum is that it is sad, but not too sad, breathing and organically repetitive (HM Jan 2022) 220116
1-2 classical playground variations 000000 03:22 From the first ever recording (pre-HA!Man, 1998) at the M1A recording studio, SABC, Johannesburg. A simple child-like theme is introduced by piano and voice which then evolves into variations of growing intensity, tapering down into a melancholic rest. 190928
1-2 classical Creation, Creation, Creation! Part 1 "Seed" 000320 18:44 Epic organ improvisation recorded in St George's Cathedral Cape Town, 2000. This is the first of three parts, themed as the seeding dimension of the creative process. With directed audience participation. (HM) 190711
1-2 classical Creation, Creation, Creation! part 2 SPROUT.mp3 000320 19:29 The second part of the "Creation" organ improvisation concert in the St George's Cathedral, Cape Town. A varied flowering of sounds and textures - with audience participation. (HM March 2000) 231216
1-2 classical Creation, Creation, Creation! part 2 FLOWER 000320 25:26 The third and final part of "Creation", taking the journey to a climactic ending, affirming the creation lies within each and all of us. (HM March 2000) 231220
1-2 classical pizzicato 000507 02:55 a string pizzicatto pstinato with added cello. origignally part of the classically styled album "FRESH" (HM May 2000) 190711
1-2 classical pianosoft 000507 03:35 A piano and cello piece reaching heights of great emotion. The intensity comparable to a Mozart/Beethoven concerto. (Description by Lara Kirsten - HM May 2000) 190727
1-2 classical Piano Classic Opening 000708 05:14 In style of a Theme and Variations. Theme A sad, dirge-like piece. Variation 1: Evolves the theme into an elaborate expression. Variation 2: Retains the expression of the theme, but with added light-hearted rhythms. (Descrption Lara Kirsten HM Jul 2000) 190727
1-2 classical Orchestra! 000901 01:56 A classic orchestral impromptu full of bursting energy. (HM Sept 2000) 190803
1-2 classical Solo Cello Improvisation 001002 02:58 An introspective piece folding open in long, declamatory lines for solo cello. Cello "speaks" more than sings. (HM Oct 2000) 190803
1-2 classical piano classic series 2 slow 020613 04:06 Adagio Piano improvisation with added cello. Lyrical with a yearning tone. (HM Jun 2002) 200601
1-2 classical Jacqui 030401 12:25 Soundtrack created for a theatre piece on the life of famed cellist Jaqueline du Prez. The music builds on the main theme of Elgar's cello concerto and dramatizes the tragedy of her worsening multiple sclerosis. (HM Apr 2003) 200802
1-2 classical Sarie Marais Jumbo 031211 08:36 a bravura improvisation on the folk song "Sarie Marais", using the interactive symphonic sound of the Roland XP80 Workstation during a live performance (HM Dec 2003) 201102
1-2 classical Handel Largo 040314 06:36 on special request by a friend, an arrangement of the popular and moving "Largo" by Handel (HM Mar 2004) 200726
1-2 classical when i saw you for the first time 4 041203 01:20 Piano and cello slightly restless and searching walk, off balance, ending in a note of doubt (HM Dec 2004) 200816
1-2 classical when i saw you for the first time 5 041203 01:28 off beat walk with darker undertone, yet within the atmosphere of being struck by presence (HM Dec 2004) 200823
1-2 classical soundtrack to the owl house 050811 09:00 Music from the videotrack created for Marlene Zwieger's one-woman stage production based on the life and work of Helen Martens, the enigmantic "Owl Woman" of Nieu Bethesda (HM Aug 2005) 201130
1-2 classical bars los (break free) 070514 04:10 starts in the mood of the introduction then gradually acquires a clearer beat, as bass octaves introduce new harmonic directions. ends in a late romantic burst of energy (HM May 2007) 201018
1-2 classical forest floor march 100524 03:42 keyboard strings and violin improvisation recorded in the heat of the night with Veronika Soreide in Dornach, Switzerland (with HM May 2010) 210318
1-2 classical memory of a flower bed 100524 03:28 another memorable recording on the first meeting with violinist Veronika Soreide in Dornach, Swiss - here with lyrical piano accompaniment (with HM May 2010) 210318
1-2 classical never let a forest die 100524 03:25 a special keyboard string sound is used to accompany the improvising violin of Veronika Soreide, on the first meeting in Dornach, Swiss (with HM May 2010) 210318
1-2 classical walking in a grand dream 110602 05:42 one of the numerous recordings made of improvisations with Norwegian born violinist Veronika Soreide in Dornach, Switzerland. (HM Jun 2011) 191203
1-2 classical somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond 110713 02:45 a wistful atmosphere created by plucked guitar sounds and strings, originally as the accompaniment to an ee cummings poem, "somewhere i have never traveled" (HM Jul 2011) 200809
1-2 classical ditty for john 180923 02:01 live layered recording during a performance at the Record Centre in Ottawa, Canada. This jitty was dedicated top its legendary owner, John Thompson (HM Sept 2018) 191013
1-2 classical miramidrama 200608 07:04 with digital mic on the piano I let loose with romantic bravura style playing, interrupted by Mira here and there. then i took her to a mic, so she can let loose. i put the two tracks together and added some orchestral flair. a miramidrama! (HM Jun 2020) 200614
1-2 classical variation-vegetation 201119 12:11 One of six pieces recorded for a friend in distress. A motive keeps reinventing itself like a creeper seeking to fill each variated corner it can find (HM Nov 2020) 210809
1-2 classical classical impressions 1 201210 10:15 a slow andante, a serene walk through the ups and downs of a nature path, or a forest perhaps. steady piano chords shifting harmonically with the cello singing along (HM Dec 2020) 210725
1-2 classical classical impressions 2 201210 07:10 a dreamily searching, but ultimately optimistic and hopeful piano improvisation with added cello (HM Dec 2020) 220503
1-2 classical classical impressions 3 201210 04:23 to be listened to in conjunction with impressions 1 and 2, this chorale type afterlude - with a minimalist touch - slows the air after the rain and exits with a mischievous jolt (HM Dec 2020) 220511
1-2 classical sonHA!ta for piano and cello 211002 24:00 it started as three piano improvisations played after each other. later the cello was added, revealing somewhat of a full sonata flow. an interplay between tonality and a good dose of a-tonality (HM Oct 2021) 211002
1-2 classical FLAME IN THE SNOW 220306 15:00 interludes recorded for a stage production based on the love letters written between South African literary personae Andre Brink and Ingrid Jonker (HM March 2022) 220307
1-2 classical church song for a friend 220810 07:23 a piano improvisation in classical style for a friend who became ill, culminating in a rendition of his favourite church song (HM Aug 2022) 221130
1-2 classical four thoughts in A 230109 12:00 improvisations with a combined piano-string sound, with live cello added afterwards. classical flavour (HM Jan 2023) 230110
1-2 classical january journey 230129 07:43 live performance recording - the opening improvisation sequence, with sustained keyboard pads, cello, voice, whistling and piano (HM Jan 2023) 230201
1-2 classical concert opening in Swiss 230418 12:12 opening improvisation of a concert in a beautiful old chapel near Geneva. choir voices, cello, strings, piano, voice and whistling travel through a spring infused land (HM Apr 2023) 230510
1-2 classical A River through Berlin 230614 37:00 a meandering flow of sound between the violin of young Beeke Ingendorf and HA!Man's cello, piano and strings. in Berlin with a view on the river Spree (Jun 2023) 230626
1-2 classical chromatic pieces in the town of Estcourt 230821 22:00 five improvisations on a grand piano in the house of friends in Estcourt, Kwazulu Natal (HM Aug 2023) 231031
1-3 spiritual Hymn 000012 04:09 the overall sense.. passionate longing.. wailing cello and ringing bells.. (HM Jan 2000) 190711
1-3 spiritual Blessed are the Plains 000110 08:52 Music reflecting the open plains of Africa - the roaming-ground of the world's ancestors. Towards the end the melody of the National anthem of S.A "Nkosi s'kilele" is hummed (from collaborative album "Ex Afrika" HM Jan 2000) 190711
1-3 spiritual Plaashek 000110 06:22 An improvised interpretation of a poem by South African poet Uys Krige. "Plaashek" is a gate, which is a metaphor of the gate of the heart. (from album "Ex Afrika" HM Jan 2000) 190711
1-3 spiritual Soft 000601 07:11 Piece begins with a breathy, hesitating melody in the cello line. Soon develops into more certain romantic declarations. Soaring above the clouds. (Description by Lara Kirsten. HM Jun 2001) 190727
1-3 spiritual simplicity 000701 02:42 A slow, gracious dance for an ascete. From a soundtrack for a stage production set in a Chinese context (HM Jul 2001) 190711
1-3 spiritual love remembrance 010110 06:16 from a soundtrack for a physical theatre piece - about a sailor lost at sea, here remembering a far-off love (HM Jan 2001) 190711
1-3 spiritual Softguitar 010319 04:32 using a favourite Roland XP10 sound called "soft" to improvise a base layer, adding a guitar sound and life cello (HM March 2001) 190711
1-3 spiritual silent corner 010501 03:16 The sustained accompaniment gives this piece a sense of restfulness. A delicate melody doubled by itself in thirds is of an ethereal kind.. (HM May 2001, description Lara Kirsten) 191211
1-3 spiritual a pilgrim's prayer 010620 07:06 a pilgrimage through far-off lands in search of spiritual beauty and rest (HM Jun 2001) 230626
1-3 spiritual Velvet 010710 02:29 drifting harmonies, creating a sublte, soft sense of coming to rest and be at peace (HM Jul 2001) 200113
1-3 spiritual soft beauty hymn 010827 02:28 a holy but softly sweet sort of hymn for the stillness of the night (soft pad alone) (HM Aug 2001) 200320
1-3 spiritual Leigh O'Lita 010828 01:51 personal favourite from the series of songs by the late "John" of which he wrote the lyrics and then crafted a rough melody with Lorna Els, who in turn brought it to me to refine and arrange (HM Aug 2001) 200411
1-3 spiritual Awake 011030 03:00 hymnal layered recording with voice, cello and synthetic string sounds, making use of its sonorous bass. broad chords with moments of silence (HM Oct 2001) 200405
1-3 spiritual helderbergmagic 011201 01:30 A magic incantation of night sounds in the shadow of the Helderberg in the Western Cape, recorded live during an outdoor performance, 2001 (HM Dec 2001) 200411
1-3 spiritual holy beauty 020101 02:10 A "soft pad" (Roland XP10) improvisation during a live performance, along with with voice (HM Jan 2002) 200426
1-3 spiritual peace 020301 02:23 like a dusty wind sweeping over a velvety landscape, taking thoughts, messages and dreams along.. (HM March 2002) 200510
1-3 spiritual nylon 020301 04:43 even though the padding sounds can hardly render "all of a swing," it does provide an easy-goin bed for a swinging and sliding nose flute.. (HM March 2002) 200524
1-3 spiritual soft morning prayer 020702 01:29 like an opening up towards something new.. soft pad sounds lifting the spirit gently (HM Jul 2002) 200601
1-3 spiritual soft glider 020807 05:33 the pad sound "soft" on the Roland XP10 has been a direct inspiration for a number of early recordings. here it glides and gives the cello the wings of an eagle (HM Aug 2002) 230512
1-3 spiritual Bold and open 021004 04:31 The cello plays in a declamatory fashion, full of passion and bold colourful strokes. Full and resonant sounds. With voice at times. (HM Oct 2002, descr Lara Kirsten) 200802
1-3 spiritual evening song 021225 01:34 A gentle expression of peace and beauty at the fall of night and the settling down of worked-up heart-beats. (HM Dec 2002, descr Lara Kirsten) 200608
1-3 spiritual morning prayer 030101 04:25 Synthesized music with mesmerizing sounds. Its meditative quality is created by the sustained padded sounds and limited rhythmic movement. (HM Jan 2003, descr Lara Kirsten) 200614
1-3 spiritual weskus 030110 04:31 music evoking the simple tranquility of South Africa's West Coast, known for its dry earth and freezingly cold ocean currents (HM Jan 2003) 200628
1-3 spiritual An Ode to Silence 030119 03:16 a live improvisation during an outdoor performance in one of South Africa's many breathtaking natural settings (HM Mar 2003) 230512
1-3 spiritual Lila 030304 01:09 Beautiful simplistic lyricism. From a soundtrack for a children's play, depicting the main character, Lila. (HM March 2003) 200705
1-3 spiritual cosmic wave 040329 04:37 one of a series of improvisations with soprano Marina Coetzee, in her lounge, Johannesburg (HM March 2004) 200726
1-3 spiritual astralia 040329 03:35 the soprano voice of Marina Coetzee takes on an ethereal quality along with electronic bubbly sounds, another in a series of improvisations recorded during one morning in an old Pretoria house (with HM March 2004) 220628
1-3 spiritual Prayer 050520 01:57 A short improvisation with Ronja Feurbass in Berlin. At the time she did music only as a hobby. The "words" she uses are made up. (HM May 2005) 200830
1-3 spiritual Chicago Rail 050925 03:09 A solemn piece to a poem about a Chicago railway worker who died on his first day back to work, after surviving the battle fields of the second world war (HM Sept 2005) 200304
1-3 spiritual indian flute call 061120 05:44 traditional American Indian flutes played by Jan Seiden, with cello and a layer of harp sounds. the improvisation starts in a kind of "calling" - an open throated call into wild spaces, which then evolves into a trance-like dance (with HM Nov 2006) 201006
1-3 spiritual Chartres Labyrinth 090107 07:01 chant based on the numerical system for the Chartres Labyrinth, using strange new sounds from the "Omnisphere" synthesizer (HM Jan 2009) 210130
1-3 spiritual psalm 146 091103 02:36 an electronic-symphonic arrangement of psalm 146, in its "Voortrekker" incarnation. created to form part of the Voortrekker Monument anniversary concert (HM Nov 2009) 210221
1-3 spiritual hier sta ik 120801 04:18 contemplative improvisation in the Dutch language with HA!Man on the keys (padding sound) and Joe van der Linden on guitar (Port Elizabeth, 16 Aug 2012) 220215
1-3 spiritual a new wind is blowing 140215 04:32 improvised string sound, midday, in a flat on Natal south coast, tropical air.. while a friend has broken through to a truer self. harmonies like waves of the sea.. (HM Dec 2014) 210117
1-3 spiritual solemn cello and voice 140830 03:57 cello legato lines shapes cathedral spaces as the voice joins in hymnal openness (HM Aug 2014) 210125
1-3 spiritual The Rain Track 150211 11:11 soundtrack evocative of rain created for the installation art of Helen Cooper (prints derived from falling raindrop patterns in the Karoo) (HM Feb 2015) 220322
1-3 spiritual I arrive in Africa 150624 05:01 one of my favorite tracks. performed as an encore during our last show in the summer 2015 South African tour. I express why I keep coming back to Africa, despite the dark danger I have experienced there (JD Jun 2015) 190719
1-3 spiritual violin and cello adagio 170310 05:49 beautiful long and sustained unfolding dialogue between the two instruments (HM and Anton Cawthorn-Blazeby on violin Aug 2017) 190917
1-3 spiritual opening drone and a piece called thank you 170531 07:33 strong atmospheric opening, linked through whistling to a recording called "thank you" (strings) with piano added in Mozart (or Rachmaninov?) adagio fashion. live event, Johannesburg (HM May 2017) 200601
1-3 spiritual you look in me 180120 02:27 how true love can make inner resistances melt. with harp accompaniment (JD, HM Jan 2018) 190830
1-3 spiritual sonority of strings 180817 04:56 in a live improv performance with violinist Anton Cawthorn-Blazeby, i first record an adagio of strings, with the violin playing. then replay the recording while adding the cello. (HM Aug 2018) 200816
1-3 spiritual natuurlik kerft de tijd 190512 02:21 live performance in the Netherlands of a love poem in Dutch, with strings accompaniment (JD & HM May 2019) 191211
1-3 spiritual on a bed of voice 190825 05:48 cello and violin interweave serenely on a sustained choir voices fifth (HA!Man and Rayelle Goodman, Aug 2019) 190928
1-3 spiritual give me you 191206 04:07 two love poems to Joke ("re-creation", 2015 and "give me". 2017) , read on a bed of stringed waves (HM Dec 2019) 191222
1-3 spiritual be 200116 05:21 "You act to die. You become repetition inside of me What more do you want me to say?" (JD text, music HM "slow waltz" Jan 2020) 200123
1-3 spiritual carpet of rain 200116 02:43 "all in all it's maybe just the feeling inside / when standing in front of this mountain / this natural awe / so hard to capture / yet there for real" (JD, HM Jan 2020) 200123
1-3 spiritual windless 200509 05:28 during the Coronavirus lockdown, Joke finds inner stillness in nature, surrounded by its sounds and open spaces, and the crisis seems far, far away (May 2020) 200510
1-3 spiritual cello and owls 210216 03:05 on request of an elderly friend, i downloaded southern african owl sounds and added a 3-layered cello nocturne (HM Feb 2021) 210621
1-3 spiritual let us not forget we've come this far 210306 05:22 a sweeping adagio with a layer of string accompaniment and violin first. the string layer, being recorded, is ten repeated with the cello joining the the violin to ride out into the sunset (HM and Anton Cawthorn-Blazeby March 2021) 211224
1-3 spiritual nnghai-nnghai 210525 06:04 arpeggiated "space" sounds with voice create a cathedral-like chant in an improvised language (HM May 2021) 210526
1-3 spiritual the opening 210913 05:54 like a flower slowly opening up to the sun, hesitating at times and finally fold back again, the leading strings are followed by a flute and some pizzicato's and live cello (HM Sep 2021) 210917
1-3 spiritual so be it 211102 05:08 peaceful cyclical track with Baroque undertones - guitar, strings, recorder and piano (HM Nov 2021) 211102
1-3 spiritual stille nag, magtige nag 211205 04:48 a rendition of the inimical Christmas song, Silent Night, with a view to the immensity of the night sky (HM Dec 2021) 211201
1-3 spiritual o tannenbaum 211209 05:54 a warm and firm rendition of the Christmas song that is really about the pine tree that keeps its green through the coldest of winters as a promise that life will return (HM Dec 2021) 220420
2-1 experimental Splatter 000000 03:26 extract from my first ever cello recording - the hour-long improvisation "CelloHello," recorded SABC M1A studio, 1999) (HM) 190923
2-1 experimental disjointed harpsichord 000508 03:29 a free and ultra-expressive chase across any notes that might get in the way (HM May 2000) 230503
2-1 experimental atonal improvisation #three 000513 04:06 Belligerent sounds and hammerings of both the piano and the cello (HM May 2000) 190711
2-1 experimental Atonal six 000513 02:12 an angry dialogue between two simple motives come and go in this driving, disharmonious bravura piece (from a series of atonal improvisations, HM May 2000) 190719
2-1 experimental fields 000701 05:06 A fast dancelike piece with erratic moments created by the exuberant sounds of the bandoneon (HM Jul 2000) 230503
2-1 experimental Clatter 001112 04:57 An experimental improvisation for unconvensional piano (HM Nov 2000) 190711
2-1 experimental car crash 010621 02:48 creating a sound scape around the Roland XP10 sound "car crash" (HM Jun 2001) 190711
2-1 experimental Weird 010621 04:26 dischordant and disjointed sounds compete for prominence (HM Jun 2001) 230626
2-1 experimental water 010701 02:04 An eerie feeling is created by the synth sound of flageolette tones - it creates the sound of a windy, rusty playpark. Above these rippling water can be heard (HM Jul 2001, description Lara Kirsten) 190917
2-1 experimental fall 010701 01:58 Psychotic electronic sounds "falling" from the sky, while the cello plays in glissandi (HM Jul 2001) 191203
2-1 experimental maddance 010701 02:07 Fast moving mad dance - drunken dancing, circles, falling over your feet. crashing in the wall. Frantic anxiety that does not know when to stop. (HM Jul 2001) 191203
2-1 experimental busybees 010701 02:07 Literally buzzing of bees. Incessant irritation! (HM Jul 2001) 191203
2-1 experimental drops 010701 01:49 Synth drops with added sound effects made by the cello and xylophone (HM Jul 2002) 191211
2-1 experimental goggos 010701 01:52 The synthesized sounds are like insects ("goggos") buzzing and mating in the night-air. Disturbing to the human ear (HM Jul 2001, description Lara Kirsten) 190826
2-1 experimental newmove 010701 02:53 testing the limits of free layering of sound, searching for balance with no firm structuring of any kind (HM Jul 2001) 200214
2-1 experimental sirens 010701 01:29 The synth sounds are formed to create incessant "siren"-like sounds. The cello plays some form of melody over the noise. (HM Jul 2001) 200226
2-1 experimental watery moods 010701 01:30 The cello becomes a voice that sings through the dense volume of water. No sense of direction. One is surprised when the music stops. (HM Jul 2001) 200320
2-1 experimental guitar distortions 011201 09:41 experimenting with a Roland XP10 electric guitar sound - swinging the joy stick as well as two other paramater controls. had a djol! (HM Dec 2001) 200405
2-1 experimental Heartbeat 021010 02:33 sound effects with a heartbeat-like sound at the centre. recorded during times of my initial explorations with having technology at hand (HM Oct 2002) 200601
2-1 experimental softdrops 021015 03:23 forward-moving sounds that falls like shiny drops into a pond, somewhere in a forest, with mist drawing through (HM, Oct 2002, descr Lara Kirsten) 200601
2-1 experimental explosive waltz dance 030725 02:41 Percussion, synthesized sounds and finger-clicking stomp along a whompy waltz (HM Jul 2003) 200712
2-1 experimental metallic bubble 041011 08:31 #4 of 5 improvised recordings done with Eric Leonardson in Chicago. The cello which was channeled through a sound-bending gadget, sometimes quite unrecognizable. Subsequently I added another layer of conventional sound. (HM Oct 2004) 200921
2-1 experimental survival 061229 05:21 recorded for a stage production around the theme of people starving as they march through a desert. enough said. (HM Feb 2006) 201006
2-1 experimental street walk 070325 09:05 one of three recordings for a dance production, on the theme of walking. the throughgoing tick-tock sound is surrounded by playful and sometimes drifting elements, replete with energizing syncopations (HM Mar 2007) 211018
2-1 experimental restless walk 070325 09:03 part of an atonal and progressive soundtrack created for a dance piece on the metaphor of walking (HM Mar 2007) 221216
2-1 experimental grey landscape 110520 03:09 A padding sound called "revolving pad" sustains the melancholy wanderings of both the cello and violin (Veronika Soreide with HM May 2011) 231122
2-1 experimental shadows of the evading tree 111208 08:05 the electric violin and strings feel each other out in a strange land, touching somewhat wondrous plateaus (Veronika Soreide with HM Dec 2011) 231122
2-1 experimental kcheewck 120801 12:24 sustained african drum beat drives all sorts of whirling and cheeky sound bits, thickening, relaxing, thickening again as the female voice starts playing along (HM, Joe vd Linden, JD Aug 2012) 200705
2-1 experimental inspiration perspiration 150901 07:10 a philosophical song improvised on request from an audience member. the theme: that inspiration only (and always) follows perspiration (HM Sep 2015) 201108
2-1 experimental illusion 151009 07:32 what came out between myself and Christopher Pressing in Chicago, with an array of sound making objects and a text by Ludwig Wittgenstein. In this first of five pieces, the word illusion features in sometimes humorous ways (Oct 2015) 210221
2-1 experimental future scream 191222 04:46 an X-rated sound impression of the worst to come from global warming - or the alien feelings associated with it (HM Dec 2019) 191222
2-1 experimental souls afloat the waters of the Atlantic 200806 05:16 soundtrack created for the opening scene of the Jacques Batisda production "As If The Rain Watched Over Us". layered cellos with percussion. the Atlantic serves as a metaphor for purgatory that offers souls no resting place (HM Aug 2020) 200809
2-1 experimental on arriving at an empty home 210414 07:14 where there was harmony and rhythm there is now only drifting sludge. with piano, cello and strange padding (HM Apr 2021) 210419
2-1 experimental 3min 20sec the crack 210429 03:22 there is a way that a bow can make the strings of a cello to crack, or to sound like a crack or a creaking door or a moaning animal. all these are indulged in within a set time frame (HM Apr 2021) 221130
2-1 experimental 3min 20sec the space 210429 03:26 loose-hanging cello phrases in a bed of reverb creates the impression of hanging around, far from gravity. the atonality and oft imprecise intonation reinforces the emptiness of space itself - all recorded within a given time frame (HM Apr 2021) 221130
2-1 experimental Afrikaanse moment 210604 08:58 two independent recordings on one evening of load shedding (power cut) layered together - shifting chords on piano plus an improvised Afrikaans talk - perhaps a conversation with the subconscious (HM Jun 2021) 210606
2-1 experimental arduous healing 220324 19:01 a three-part evocation of the dark inner journey towards the resolution of deep seated tension. with strings, choir, bells and voice (HM March 2022) 220330
2-1 experimental ek w-w-w-wil jou sê 220630 04:37 as a gift, i received the "Timetosser" through which one can manipulate a recording with all sorts of repeats, reverse sound and so on. this experiment is with an Afrikaans voice improvisation "i want to tell you something" (HM Jun 2022) 220707
2-1 experimental load shedding rhythms 230129 03:47 a live performance recording of a lively piece of cello percussion and voice, yet artfully disturved by a compromised power supply, an effect often occuring during times of load shedding in South Africa (HM Jan 2023) 230201
2-1 experimental morning voice 230201 04:12 a sustained bed of strings holding a 7th chord carries melodious and percussive voice sounds in a raw and energetic greeting to a new day *HM Deb 2023) 230208
2-1 experimental winds of autumn 231029 04:52 loose and free-flowing piano and guitar on a bed of choir voices with intercepting cymbal sounds, drifting through shifting harmonies (HM Oct 2023) 231114
2-1 experimental song of lostness 240331 09:17 String, boys' choir, cello and piano "swim" (not) with each other in the key of E minor, at sea.. hitting currents of anxiety and finding an undefined peace (HM Mar 2024) 240520
2-2 high energy Hard Drive 000000 04:23 An arousing extract from a fully improvised organ performance with audience sound-participation, titled "A moment of Mouth-Watering Sounds" (HM Aug 1999) 190711
2-2 high energy English by the Grace of God 000115 02:10 A cynical song sung by a South african (HA!Man) who feels that the English just have life to easy! (From the collaborative album "Ex Afrika" HM Jan 2000) 190711
2-2 high energy Incessant 000415 04:58 incessant chords on the piano with the cello traversing over all kinds of tonalities (HM Apr 2000) 190711
2-2 high energy Taiko Drums 000701 03:41 from a soundtrack for a Chinese-context stage play, using the "Taiko" drum sound on the Roland XP10 (HM Jul 2000) 190711
2-2 high energy Fast 001112 03:16 recorded for a dance company to use during training sessions. forward at maximum! (HM Nov 2000) 230610
2-2 high energy lost it again 011230 03:13 moto perpetuo harpsichord with orchestral accompaniment - a hard and fast expression of messy frustration (HM Dec 2001) 190711
2-2 high energy Spanish play 021200 09:23 Improvisation in Spanish-style with guitarist Johan Rautenbach - filled with visions of betrayal, death, bull-fighting, castanets, and passionate dancing in flaring red dresses.. (with HM Dec 2002) 200608
2-2 high energy Jitty Jatty 031218 01:56 A show-off piece.. cello moves frantically up and down the strings in a cool, slick, slidy fashion. Funky beats and sounds. (HM Dec 2003) 190711
2-2 high energy Virrie Hartbeespoortdam 040205 03:21 This strong beat will bring anyone to their feet! Hartbeespoortdam is situated in the North-Western Province of S.A. Place of holiday, watersports and party. (HM Feb 2004), descr Lara Kirsten) 200719
2-2 high energy lala dance 040918 03:16 a forward moving piece from the album "Klaas Voogd Cello" - a series of solo cello improvisations recorded on a Cape Farm. (HM Sept 2004) 200726
2-2 high energy Toppled Idol 050301 04:16 piano improvisation as the second part of a trilogy for improvised dance ("The day I got my body back"). the rebellion, the angry initiation, killing off childhood (HM Mar 2005) 200906
2-2 high energy fix it up 050326 03:56 a fast moving improvisation during a Cape Town live performance - with guitarist Derek Gripper (HM March 2005) 200906
2-2 high energy musiektrein 051201 03:01 A mad rolling of wheels and excitement on a train journey. Ominous overtones creating suspense - created for a physical theatre play (HM Dec 2005) 200915
2-2 high energy scaly 060213 07:09 improvisation with jazz pianist Paul Hanmer, building on a scale-like motive introduced by the cello (HM Feb 2006) 220728
2-2 high energy round chase 061006 02:15 A frenetic dance for a mad interplay of surrealistic action and character explosions! (HM Oct 2006, descr Lara Kirsten) 201025
2-2 high energy a game of chance 061006 05:02 from the soundtrack for the theatre-by-the-deaf play Gumbo - two characters engage in a high stakes card came (HM Oct 2006) 201102
2-2 high energy space arise 090408 04:45 space-type electronic sounds at first paints vastness then progresses into a fast moving rhythmical odyssey (HM Apr 2009) 210206
2-2 high energy HA!Man drum solo 090901 04:21 using the keyboard as a percussive ensemble - a typical item during a HA!Man live performance (Sept 2009) 210221
2-2 high energy pots and drums 180107 04:58 african drum loops undergrif two cello layers playing around with the main motive in a minor key. fullstrings spicatto gives the G minor imprvisation a spunky edge (HM Jan 2018) 190910
2-2 high energy slap-slap trio 200628 05:28 on a whim to beat some boxes, i took a guitar, slapped it well, then a cajon, and then the cello. and just because.. i added my voice. fast forward drive. a multi-rhythmic blast. (HM Jun 2020) 200628
2-2 high energy destructionator 201203 05:53 that destruction is an extreme deed does not mean it needs to be shied away from. when needed. when absolutely needed. (HM Dec 2020) 201208
2-2 high energy afriwiggle 210525 04:17 sampled african instruments such as the small bafalon, the horn goat flute and Tongolese drum combine with cello in a playful rhythmic run (HM May 2021) 210526
2-2 high energy short and spittle 211111 02:48 a steady forward-moving jumble of jumpy african sounds ending in a short-and-sweet (HM Nov 2021) 211116
2-3 rhythmic swing arcadina 010606 19:00 soundtrack commissioned by the late Afrikaans playwright Reza de Wet, for her play "LAKE" which was debuted in London during the early 2000's 200123
2-3 the rhythms of life Hier is daar 'n gat 000115 04:13 A simple Afrikaans song ("Here there is a hole") of passing of time and seperation. Against the background of withe emigration from the New South Africa (From the collaborative album "Ex Afrika" HM Jan 2000) 190711
2-3 the rhythms of life Waltz 1 001112 03:52 A delicate waltz played by the cello "molto grazioso". Whistling and singing adds melodiousness to the dance. (HM Nov 2000) 190810
2-3 the rhythms of life Tango 2 001112 03:07 A jazzy up-beat tango reaching heights of passion true to the character of this dance (HM Nov 2000) 191030
2-3 the rhythms of life Celtic march 001205 02:05 A march for a troupe of Highland bagpipers. Festive yet restrained pride. (HM Dec 2000) 190711
2-3 the rhythms of life little whistle march 010324 03:03 a little sad man walks and hops his head like a bird. the air is clean, the universe is simple. and sad. (HM Mar 2001) 190711
2-3 the rhythms of life showing up 010501 03:31 A gentle Viennese waltz with all the prescribed grace and refinement (HM May 2001, description Lara Kirsten) 190910
2-3 the rhythms of life dream along 010501 04:41 A slow lilting piece. It can be a backdrop to a romantic French film. The ambience is that of a Blues song filled with charming nostalgia - searching for forgotten times. (HM May 2001, description Lara Kirsten) 191020
2-3 the rhythms of life tangle 010501 04:01 A la 20's Charleston.. (From album "Piano Lite" HM May 2001) 190711
2-3 the rhythms of life hop hop 010501 02:49 The repetitive accompaniment has a msichievous lilt to it - gives a playful circus-feel to the music. (HM May 2001, description Lara Kirsten) 190917
2-3 the rhythms of life the stream outside 010501 02:59 easy lazy bluesy piano (HM May 2001) 230626
2-3 the rhythms of life Whistlesad 010623 05:25 a listless whistle walk with gauitar going in circles and percussion giving some grounding (HM Jun 2001) 230626
2-3 the rhythms of life rap the HA!man easy 010701 03:13 from 5 "rap" tracks recorded for high school kids (they did not like it) (HM Jul 2001) 191020
2-3 the rhythms of life rap the HA!man real slow 010701 03:35 from 5 "rap" tracks recorded for high school kids. (they did not like it) (HM Jul 2001) 200320
2-3 the rhythms of life tango 010800 03:24 A jazzified tango that will surely get you in the dancing spirit. From: Soundrack done for stage play. University of Rhodes Drama Dept. Dir by Roux Engelbrecht. On the life of Noel Coward. (HM Aug 2001) 200226
2-3 the rhythms of life God save the King 010800 06:00 Arrangement in variations of the English anthem for a soundrack done for a stage play based on the life of Noel Coward. (HM Aug 2001) 200113
2-3 the rhythms of life Blind Date 010828 02:27 one of a series of songs by the late "John" of which he write the lyrics and took a rough melody idea to Lorna Els, who in turn brought it to me to refine and arrange (HM and John Aug 2001) 200320
2-3 the rhythms of life Leavin' Beulah Behind 010828 01:59 one of a series of songs by the late "John" of which he write the lyrics and took a rough melody idea to Lorna Els, who in turn brought it to me to refine and arrange (HM, John and Lorna Aug 2001) 200329
2-3 the rhythms of life My Dearest Jayson 010828 01:37 another arrangement of a song conceived by one John from Grahamstown, who later died, never to see his dream of fame come true (HM, John, Lorna Els Aug 2001) 200420
2-3 the rhythms of life this is the way 011103 02:31 Part of The Busker series - a folkish dance in the Enlish/Highlands/Irish vein. Cello and voice with an energetic accelerando towards the end (HM Nov 2001) 200504
2-3 the rhythms of life fires can still be made 011103 03:04 The cello supplies a steady repeated bass over which the voice can abandon in spontaneity, and added mouth and tongue sounds - from "The Busker" collection (HM Nov 2001) 200621
2-3 the rhythms of life indonesian popular 020220 03:34 recorded by request for an evening of Indonesian cuisine. motive inspired by listening to some traditional Indonesian music (HM Feb 2002) 200426
2-3 the rhythms of life Hoe sag ry 020824 03:47 An arrangement of the Afrikaans folksong " Hoe sag ry ons bootjie" (how quiet our little boat sails). Childlike innocence gets magnified by pizzicato cello and music box sounds. (HM Aug 2002) 240201
2-3 the rhythms of life piano spanish waltz 030316 02:51 spanish-style piano improvisation with cello added - rushing towards a climactic ending (HM March 2003) 200705
2-3 the rhythms of life piano simple walk 030725 03:06 A gentle waltzy walk between cello and piano. At times sweet and sentimental and then again full of dancing life. (HM Jul 2003, descr Lara Kirsten) 200719
2-3 the rhythms of life Dancing for Rain 030920 03:38 one of the Stutterheim engine museum tracks. layered voice, cello and a stuttering Lister. (HM Sep 2003) 200719
2-3 the rhythms of life To a Star Key 030920 05:31 one of the recordings for the Stutterheim Engine Museum project - an running engine with a steady "beat" coloured with a forward flowing, slightly nostalgic musical jab (HM Sept 2003) 200809
2-3 the rhythms of life dans die riel 050326 05:28 A short piece from a live performance with guitarist Derek Gripper. The "riel" is Khoisan dance form as interpreted by Derek. The reason for the audience laughter cannot be remembered! (March 2005) 220129
2-3 the rhythms of life oh baby baby 050520 02:46 working with a self-styled folk singer in Berlin, in 2005 we recorded an album together. this is a little song from it, with me improvising about a baby, long before becoming a father (HM and Ronja Fürbass May 2005) 220719
2-3 the rhythms of life tango rush 050921 04:31 A lively tango with bursts of raucous madness amidst passionate swinging and turning, with the cello crazy-ing in flurries of sound above it.. Wonderful sustained climax towards the end. (HM Sept 2005, descr Lara Kirsten) 200823
2-3 the rhythms of life Moving Chicago theme 050925 03:24 A gentle melody setting the mood for the poetry/visual feast of the multi-media production "Moving Chicago" (HM Sep 2005) 200906
2-3 the rhythms of life we like jozi 060213 10:00 part of a series of duo improvisations with Paul Hanmer. Paul comes in with a sensitive south african-type groove.. oil on my fire!!(Feb 2006) 200928
2-3 the rhythms of life the dog wags his tail 060213 06:39 Paul Hanmer's non-chalant piano with HA!Man's excited cello in this two chord groove that has the friendly linger of a dog's wagging tail (Feb 2006) 221201
2-3 the rhythms of life calling east 060213 02:50 an improvisation with soprano Marina Coetzee in an old house, early morning, Pretoria East, reminiscent of the East (with HM Feb 2006) 221002
2-3 the rhythms of life Jardin 060326 07:50 ambient recording with piano, a pad sound and cello that accompanies a walk through a wild garden (HM Mar 2006) 221117
2-3 the rhythms of life shifting sands 061006 02:02 a an easy, jazzy, yet slightly mysterious track from the "Gumbo" stage play soundtrack (HM Oct 2006) 201006
2-3 the rhythms of life epilogue 061006 03:56 a smooth, delicate, dreamy play of sounds. a subtly sexy dance with tinges of melancholy between the piano and cello. from the soundtrack for the stage play "Gumbo" (HM Oct 2006) 220912
2-3 the rhythms of life working at it 070710 06:32 Paul Hanmer on piano and HA!Man on cello joining forces at the Grahamstown Arts Festival in 2007. An easy flowing rhythm flowing over moments of pentatonicism. The end builds up to full dramatic resonance coming from both instruments. (Jul 2007) 201018
2-3 the rhythms of life me and my feet 071013 03:49 A spaced-out dance of funky feet and robotic movements - with spike-y synthetic sounds to boot! (HM Oct 2007) 210130
2-3 the rhythms of life the story i am trying to tell 111208 07:37 violin and strings meander, looking for a momentum, that then grows into a certain but melancholy walk (Veronika Soreide with HM Dec 2011) 231122
2-3 the rhythms of life night watch 150822 05:52 ongoing african drum loops with mouth and voice sounds, some marimba and cello percussion, evoking an african night full of silent alertness (HM Aug 2018) 190830
2-3 the rhythms of life melancholy meander 150822 05:38 a cello improvisation leads up to a gently melancholy piece from the Gumbo soundtrack, during a house concert in Three Anchor Bay near Cape Town (HM Aug 2015) 200928
2-3 the rhythms of life you were a queen 190727 03:12 I recently imagined personal growth as many different characters within one self, all fighting to be heard. Searching for that highly valued sense of inner peace (JD & HM Jul 2019) 190826
2-3 the rhythms of life cest pas trop tard 200116 02:25 I don't know the answers to the big questions, but it's not too late to repeat that I love you! (JD & HM Jan 2020) 200214
2-3 the rhythms of life new years eve 200116 04:07 sitting on the toilet, reflecting on a relational tussle, right on the turn of the decade! With cello accompaniment (JD, HM Jan 2020) 200202
2-3 the rhythms of life turnaround 201030 04:14 in jazz, the term "turnaround" refers to a harmonic sequence that turns on itself over and over. here i took the sequence of I-vi-ii-V and have an ensemble of four play with it. having fun with it. (HM Nov 2020) 201102
2-3 the rhythms of life jazzo 210130 04:21 steady, clunky beats roll forward along shifting harmonies. electronic, african and symphonic sparks in a jazzo cello dance! (HM Jan 2021) 210130
2-3 the rhythms of life violin, strings and marimba 210306 04:22 a gentle swing between strings, marimba and violin (HM and Anton Cawthorn-Blazeby March 2021) 211130
2-3 the rhythms of life herders op die ope velde 211215 06:25 a tongue-in-the-cheeck arrangement of a well-known Christmas song. even shepherds can have good times (HM Dec 2021) 240224
2-3 the rhythms of life stumbletrain 220426 05:12 got a marimba as present, hand made in Rwanda. it looks kind of cheap, but the sound.. this is a rumbling first go at playing the ruggedly beautiful thing! (HM Apr 2022) 220426
2-3 the rhythms of life the little marathon 220716 03:08 the four year old Mira being accompanied in her own improvised song, which went along with much movement, a stumble and an explanation of the difference between the recording and the actual performance (HM & ML Jul 2022) 221130
3-1 flowing feeling Bye Bye Blue Sky 030200 15:29 Created for a Physical Theatre production at Rhodes University, Makhanda. The work is based on letters from prison, written by the anti-apartheid activist, Ruth First (HM Feb 2003) 200517
3-1 flowing feeling Hamlet Soundtrack Select 050228 49:00 a listening selection from the movie-style soundtrack created for a student production of the famous Shakespeare play, directed by the late Peter Krummeck (HM Feb 2005) 201115
3-1 open heart Gulf 000000 04:28 A piano piece that engulfs a whole range of emotions. (from first ever fully improvised recording "Ek Praat Klavier" HM Feb 1998) 190711
3-1 open heart alone and bold 000000 04:53 extract from first solo cello recording at the SABC studios, Johannesburg (HM Jam 1999) 230503
3-1 open heart Gibraltar 000110 05:27 Improvisation with text written by Johan van den Berg on deep feelings when viewing the landmass of Africa across the Mediterranean from Gibraltar. 200621
3-1 open heart strings passion 000401 05:52 a deeply emotional improvisation with a certain string sound (Roland XP10), with cello added later. One of my first show favourites (HM Apr 2000) 190711
3-1 open heart Lonely 000701 02:41 part of a soundtrack created for Acty Tang's debut physical theatre piece (HM Jul 2000) 230503
3-1 open heart Oriental Poem 000701 02:50 a melancholic track from the soundtrack created for Acty Tang in his debut physical theatre work at the Rhodes University (HM Jul 2000) 230519
3-1 open heart Makana Battle 010509 07:19 a dramatic soundscape depicting the historic 19th century battle between the British and the famous Xhosa warrior, Makana (recorded for a Grahamstown festival play, HM, May 2001) 190719
3-1 open heart Makana Lament 010509 01:08 after the battle, a sad silence reigns.. (from soundtrack for the play "Makana" HM May 2001) 190711
3-1 open heart sad peace 010620 02:26 A gentle-moving piece to eradicate any uneaisness in the soul. Does not hurry into any emotional climaxes. (HM Jun 2001, description Lara Kirsten) 190826
3-1 open heart America 010914 06:07 spontaneous recording, three days after 9/11.. From crying to screaming to the hope of a reborn America (HM Sep 2001) 190711
3-1 open heart God and his gladness (Dostoyevski) 020606 03:50 monologue excerpt from the Brothers Karamazov(Dostoyevski) with added music (HM Jun 2002) 200524
3-1 open heart flute phantasy 030324 03:06 A piece with a stately antiquated feel to it. Drenched in medieval mysticism due to the sweeping flute-melody and the dramatic sustained chords. (HM March 2003, descr Lara Kristen) 200712
3-1 open heart Breast Breathe 050410 07:14 a friend once suffered from breast cancer and i then recorded this piece for her to sing along with - so her breasts could breathe! she had a fantastic voice.. she eventually passed on after a struggle of eight years (HM Apr 2005) 200304
3-1 open heart die dreuning 050713 05:56 a symphonic expression (using folk song motives) of what it feels like to be an Afrikaner today: confusion, stulted pride, sadness, rumbled by africa and yet timely brought to peace by the magnetic plains of this continent of origins (HM Jul 2005) 200823
3-1 open heart lament 051230 02:30 Cello improvisation. The falling phrases permeating the music symbolise humility and reservedness. (HM Dec 2005, decr Lara Kirsten) 200915
3-1 open heart entreat 051230 02:23 The (improvised cello) is suffused with beautiful long singing lines. An entreatment that is filled with restrained emotion. From the album Cello Prayers (HM Dec 2005) 200928
3-1 open heart should not have left you 060213 03:48 broad, deeply sad, but heaven-like improvisation (#11 of 12) with soprano Marina Coetzee, recorded in one morning in a grand old Pretoria mansion (Feb 2006) 200928
3-1 open heart burnt forest 110602 06:38 strings provide a crawling base of chromatic harmonies on which the violin sings its lament (Veronika Soreide with HM Jun 2011) 231122
3-1 open heart vir mariana 160105 06:02 piece recorded for my mother, Mariana le Roux, as a reflection on her life, during the last weeks of her life, played to her three weeks before she passed away (HM Jan 2016 191020
3-1 open heart the lament 180107 05:33 melancholic cello improvisation enriched by strings and some minimal percussive moments (HM, created for a school play, Jan 2018) 200915
3-1 open heart us on their hands 180120 02:22 wondering out loud what will remain of our existence after so many years. with melancholy cello and vibraphone (JD & HM Jan 2018) 191013
3-1 open heart morning fog 200116 03:02 "I see this as my task for the day: not giving in to the despair it offers.." - poem reading with cello accompaniment (JD & HM Jan 2020) 200226
3-1 open heart to the man in the mall 200116 03:39 after the shock of being in an armed robbery, a passing black man reaching for his pocket can cause irrational fear. how to make amends? with piano accompaniment (JD & HM Jan 2020) 200304
3-1 open heart we just don't know 200328 07:38 recorded during early stages of lock down due to the coronavirus pandemic. expresses a feeling of melancholy, as well as an overwhelming and agonizing insecurity, seeking refuge in a spiritual simplicity (HM March 2020) 200329
3-1 open heart lockdown 200424 08:51 the cello takes the lead in expressing the overhanging mood of stillness, depression and anxiety during the Coronavirus lockdown - aided by piano and strings and a domestic object with much clang (HM Apr 2020) 200426
3-1 open heart setting sail 200822 05:04 second piece of the soundtrack created for the Jacques Batisda production "As If The Rain Watched Over Us". The souls are sent back across the Atlantic, lost and homeless.. (HM Aug 2020) 200823
3-1 open heart prelude to the fire 200919 05:30 inspired by Bach, by the fires running crazily wild in California and the cinematic possibilities of apocalypse. harpsichord, strings, choir, boomer and slicks and clunks raise fists together in a relentless forward flow (HM Sep 2020) 200921
3-1 open heart dark planet dance 201123 06:40 recorded on request for a dance piece. minimalist meets romantic. quietude meets a flooding. a dance for darker times. (HM Nov 2020) 201123
3-1 open heart the long echo 201210 07:37 allowing a "large hall" reverb to inspire a cello improvisation, or an expressive meditation, that leads into a pizzicato andante. soft padding and a deep bass embrace harmonically (HM Dec 2020) 210105
3-1 open heart eensaamheid 210820 06:53 the slow moving piano plays with descending sequences while the cello sings melancholically along (eensaamheid = loneliness) (HM Aug 2021) 210820
3-1 open heart uphill 210902 11:20 a slow march sostenuto underlies coming and going waves of romantic chordal expressions on a very standard upright (HM Aug 2021) 210904
3-1 open heart lament in time of war 230224 06:00 a friend, Leonard Praeg, conjured up a melody while walking on the beach and gave it to me to interpret. it became a response to Putin's war (HM Feb 2023) 230306
3-2 festive Circus 000605 00:48 Yeah, circus! (HM Jun 2000) 190711
3-2 festive Afrikaners 010801 02:54 Exhuberant arrangement of the Afrikaans folk song, "Afrikaners is plesierig" (Afrikaners are jolly.. not always, but they can be!) (HM Aug 2001) 190711
3-2 festive lekkesequence 010929 04:13 using a preset percussion groove (cutting and pasting a bit), i goggled some other instruments on top of it, and adding the cello of course. play play play! (HM Sept 2001) 200329
3-2 festive eenkant 011201 02:41 three layers of cello added to an existing recording of long ago, which at the time was recorded during a live performance as background music (HM May 2021) 210526
3-2 festive Afrihappy 020323 04:44 percussive riffs with theatre organ, crazy flute, cello and more.. plus the chance emergence of an african groove (HM Mar 2002) 190711
3-2 festive Overture 020809 03:38 draft opening soundtrack for the Woman of the Year Gala in Cape Town, 2002. It carries motives that would have been played with by key instrumentalists throughout the programme of selected commercial hits (it was not accepted in the end) (HM, Aug 2002) 200601
3-2 festive township happy 020817 04:36 feet-lifting jive-y piece on an african township style groove (HM Aug 2002) 200524
3-2 festive Fanfare 020824 05:37 A full of life piece. Upbeat, dancy. Cello sings life into each beat of music. Foot-stamping, (HM Aug 2002 - descr Lara Kirsten) 200510
3-2 festive banjo open africa 020927 03:37 This recording started with using preset percussion motives. With cut and paste plus layering a few instruments (improvising, of course), i got myself tired (from the whiggles!) (HM Sept 2002) 200601
3-2 festive rockband 020928 03:48 funky rhythmic easy feel recording on .. those percussion tracks again!(HM Sept 2002) 200601
3-2 festive Hello 030208 04:44 A comedic look at the contradictory remarks made in a relationship between a man and woman. With Jennifer Ferguson - a live improvised duo. (HM Feb 2003) 200705
3-2 festive The Twelve Princesses 030304 49:00 Some of the music created for a children's play on the fable of the Twelve Princesses. From dark dungeons to dancing balls and royal processions, to the beautiful one called Lila. (HM Mar 2003) 200921
3-2 festive jan pierewiet 030310 03:54 a set of variations on the Afrikaans folk song, "Jan Pierewiet". Played on a Roland XP80 synthesizer (touch-dynamic symphonic orchestral sound) (HM March 2003) 200608
3-2 festive the empress 040329 02:51 another improvisation with soprano Marina Coetzee, inspired the particular sounds of an oriental instrument (HM March 2004) 201102
3-2 festive tra-la-cello-la 040918 04:47 Full-blooded spontaneity. A vigorous dance played with brilliant resonances in the cello, borders on the mad halfway through. From the Klaas Voogd series. (HM Sep 2004, descr Lara Kirsten) 200921
3-2 festive joy time 040918 02:46 An extroverted African style song above active cello accompaniment. From the album "Klaas Voogd Cello"(HM Sep 2004) 201018
3-2 festive Beethoven Room piano 5 050401 04:52 a groovy part of a one hour National Arts Festival concert improvisation in the Beethoven Room, Rhodes university music department, Grahamstown (HM Apr 2005) 200830
3-2 festive foot path 060213 02:39 improvisation #5 (out of 12) with soprano Marina Coetzee. African style groove. with marimba sound (HM Feb 2006) 201025
3-2 festive bluegrass 070131 03:48 i called this "bluegrass" not for any accurate reasons. using those preset percussions again..
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3-2 festive afrikamiddag (an african afternoon) 070514 05:09 from the solo piano epic improvisation "Jy het my laat sing" a sweet african motive is embroidered on. harmonies become open, cyclical and the rhythms playful, inventive, with a seductive loseness to them. (HM May 2007) 210303
3-2 festive rainbow ending 070710 06:28 final african-groove based improvisation of the live collaboration between HA!Man and pianist Paul Hanmer at the National Arts Festival, 2007 220828
3-2 festive Grand Africa 080225 05:44 with the voice of the late Nolufefe Mtshabe, a xhosa song with two distinctive parts is combined in this at once jolly, quirky and massively "grand" piece of orchestral African (with HM Feb 2008) 210325
3-2 festive Wedding March 100916 03:03 an upbeat rendition of Mendelssohn's "wedding march", recorded on request by a gay couple for one of the first of such marriages in South Africa (HM Sep 2010) 230426
3-2 festive The All Animal Dance 120525 02:00 From a soundtrack for a school play production called "Fish". Includes a recording of traditional Khoi San music (HM May 2012). 230512
3-2 festive mais quand on chante 120801 04:01 boisterous improvisation in the French language with HA!Man on the keys (accordion sound) and Joe van der Linden on guitar (Port Elizabeth, 16 Aug 2012) 190727
3-2 festive short one 170310 02:16 humorous play on a well known musical phrase (HM and Anton Cawthorn-Blazeby March 2017) 191030
3-2 festive final with Joe 210516 05:55 at the end of a happy house event in Port Elizabeth, Joe sets in with a ripping riff and HA!Man follows with roaring recorder and virulent voice (with guitarist Joe van der Linden May 2021) 210531
3-3 all-embracing Alledieberge 010101 03:16 An elaborated instrumental version of a popular Afrikaans folk song, "Al le die berge nog so blou" (HM Jan 2001) 190810
3-3 all-embracing life goes on 010115 66:00 in the early days of recording with electronic sounds, i created this series in honour of my "three dimensional analysis of reality," falling out in nine parts (HM Jan 2000) 191104
3-3 all-embracing dressing up 010501 04:54 It's so much easier to follow the gentle inflections of the piano. You can dream, be silent and just listen. (HM May 2001 - description Lara Kirsten) 190816
3-3 all-embracing Makana Postshow 010501 03:37 A full-scale orchestral work summarising the gamut of emotions and activity of the stage play "Makana" (the story of the enigmatic 19th century Xhosa warrior) (HM May 2001) 190711
3-3 all-embracing You are the One 010809 04:47 The piece was written for the 2001 Woman of the Year. This is only the backing for the theme-song. Symphonic orchestra combined with popular band. (HM Aug 2001) 190711
3-3 all-embracing a grand farewell 011001 03:16 a rework of a 2001 recording: a cello duo on top of sweeping synthesized strings, along a wave of resolute melancholy (HM May 2021) 210505
3-3 all-embracing did not know that i would grow up without parents 020707 04:47 Collaborating track with Andrew Peters, the notorious beggar and great musician (and friend) of Grahamstown. This is my personal favourite. The story of his life as an orphan, leaving him with deep and life-long scars. He died of HIV Aids. (Jul 2002) 200510
3-3 all-embracing Beautiful Land 020809 03:28 An anthemic piece celebrating the natural beauty of South Africa. Written for choir, with lyrics, it's been a HA!Man flagship piece for many years (HM Aug 2002) 190711
3-3 all-embracing cello encore 030210 06:26 Cello improvisation given as an encore at a house concert (Lara Kirsten: virtuoso string crossings.Yearning passages reminiscent of the romantic cello concerto repertoire). (HM Feb 2003) 200608
3-3 all-embracing hier is ons werklik vry 030301 02:15 a live event improvisation (it is here that we are truly free) - a song about being free in the land of your birth (HM Mar 2003) 200614
3-3 all-embracing Mountain Top 030326 05:06 from the album "Whistle Away" - one of my all-time favourite recordings. recorded live and layered in the backyard of two friends, Somerset Strand, night time (HM Mar 2003) 200802
3-3 all-embracing three part cello solo 031211 06:22 solo cello improvisation from a live concert. from melodious opening, to groove with voice, whistling, to bravura coda (HM Dec 2003) 201108
3-3 all-embracing Klaas Voogd 07 040918 05:26 sometimes a simple motive hits a nerve. a nerve that displaces you to another realm. this was such a moment during an improvisational journey on solo cello (HM Sept 2004) 200816
3-3 all-embracing cello encore 050410 03:54 solo improvisation given as an encore - a strong conclusive journey (HM Apr 2005)  
3-3 all-embracing song before sleep 051104 03:05 simple chords with an african ring drift along the piano. almost a-rhythmical. cello added (HM Nov 2005) 200915
3-3 all-embracing township feet 071013 03:12 from the soundtrack for "foot fantasia" - a lullaby-ish, contemplative take on an African groove (HM Oct 2007) 201108
3-3 all-embracing Stroll 080331 06:37 One of the Xhosa song motives given to me by the late soprano Nolufefe Mtshabe to rework in symphonic terms. This one strolls along gently, builds climactically and eases back again. (with HM March 2008) 210214
3-3 all-embracing cello improv 080725 080725 06:29 i received a neat applause for this one. some bravura elements during a rather energetic dis-play. no idea where this was! (HM Jul 2008) 210206
3-3 all-embracing my oog jou snaar 100911 45:56 epic soundtrack veering towards minimalistic styles to accompany visuals of the landscape installation art works by Strijdom van der Merwe (HM Sept 2010) 200214
3-3 all-embracing Kom Bly By My 130201 02:16 from a live performance in Switzerland, a track from music produced for an Afrikaans children's album ("come stay with me") (HM Apr 2023) 230603
3-3 all-embracing in slowness 140813 04:06 string accompaniment gently takes the violin along on a serene path where occasionally whistling enters like a passing bird (HM and Anton Cawthorne-Blazeby Aug 2014) 220228
3-3 all-embracing violin and piano finale 170310 08:19 final improv duo between HA!Man and Anton Cawthorn-Blazeby during a concert in Durban: romantic classical style flow into african joy! (March 2017) 200101
3-3 all-embracing finale 180109 04:04 childlike theme thrown into persistent build to consume multiple layers of orchestral, elemental and primal sounds - fitting for a brilliant finale (HM Jan 2018) 191104
3-3 all-embracing big 201208 05:11 the big sounds, the big chords, the big moments. simply big. (HM Dec 2020) 201221
3-3 all-embracing symphonic invocation at midnight 220530 45:56 original soundtrack to accompany land art visuals by Strijdom van der Merwe, used as backdrop for spontaneous talking, as recorded in a car parked on a Belgian street (HM May 2022 from Oct 2010) 220530
3-3 all-embracing SarieVariasie 220711 05:05 From the third epic improvisation piano solo at Pino Guarraci's Crescendo recording studio in Genk, Belgium. Playful and triumphant variations on the theme of the South African folk song Sarie Marais. (HM Jul 2022) 230224
3-3 all-embracing late night phantasie 221018 19:10 after a house concert with everyone having left, i was left alone with the keyboard (piano & strings) still set up and i let go of all that was not expressed (and contained) during the performance (HM Oct 2022) 221018
3-3 all-embracing st johns recordings 221030 15:30 a rare opportunity arose to record myself playing on a rather good grand piano in the St Johns College Clarke Auditorium, Johannesburg. three pieces ensued: "exploration", "dance" and "rest" (HM Oct 2022) 221102
3-3 all-embracing voice of Mira at 5 230416 09:43 not as intended, but the little Mira joined Veronika Soreide and myself with this mainly adagio-type piece, microphone in hand and soaring voice (Apr 2023) 230710

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08 SOUNDTRACKS

HA__O_E_CA HA__O_E_TI DATE DURATION HA__O_E_DE HA__O_E_DA
1-2 classical Creation, Creation, Creation! part 2 SPROUT.mp3 000320 19:29 The second part of the "Creation" organ improvisation concert in the St George's Cathedral, Cape Town. A varied flowering of sounds and textures - with audience participation. (HM March 2000) 231216
1-2 classical Creation, Creation, Creation! part 2 FLOWER 000320 25:26 The third and final part of "Creation", taking the journey to a climactic ending, affirming the creation lies within each and all of us. (HM March 2000) 231220
1-2 classical Jacqui 030401 12:25 Soundtrack created for a theatre piece on the life of famed cellist Jaqueline du Prez. The music builds on the main theme of Elgar's cello concerto and dramatizes the tragedy of her worsening multiple sclerosis. (HM Apr 2003) 200802
1-2 classical soundtrack to the owl house 050811 09:00 Music from the videotrack created for Marlene Zwieger's one-woman stage production based on the life and work of Helen Martens, the enigmantic "Owl Woman" of Nieu Bethesda (HM Aug 2005) 201130
1-2 classical FLAME IN THE SNOW 220306 15:00 interludes recorded for a stage production based on the love letters written between South African literary personae Andre Brink and Ingrid Jonker (HM March 2022) 220307
1-2 classical four thoughts in A 230109 12:00 improvisations with a combined piano-string sound, with live cello added afterwards. classical flavour (HM Jan 2023) 230110
1-2 classical A River through Berlin 230614 37:00 a meandering flow of sound between the violin of young Beeke Ingendorf and HA!Man's cello, piano and strings. in Berlin with a view on the river Spree (Jun 2023) 230626
1-2 classical chromatic pieces in the town of Estcourt 230821 22:00 five improvisations on a grand piano in the house of friends in Estcourt, Kwazulu Natal (HM Aug 2023) 231031
1-3 spiritual The Rain Track 150211 11:11 soundtrack evocative of rain created for the installation art of Helen Cooper (prints derived from falling raindrop patterns in the Karoo) (HM Feb 2015) 220322
2-1 experimental arduous healing 220324 19:01 a three-part evocation of the dark inner journey towards the resolution of deep seated tension. with strings, choir, bells and voice (HM March 2022) 220330
2-3 rhythmic swing arcadina 010606 19:00 soundtrack commissioned by the late Afrikaans playwright Reza de Wet, for her play "LAKE" which was debuted in London during the early 2000's 200123
3-1 flowing feeling Bye Bye Blue Sky 030200 15:29 Created for a Physical Theatre production at Rhodes University, Makhanda. The work is based on letters from prison, written by the anti-apartheid activist, Ruth First (HM Feb 2003) 200517
3-1 flowing feeling Hamlet Soundtrack Select 050228 49:00 a listening selection from the movie-style soundtrack created for a student production of the famous Shakespeare play, directed by the late Peter Krummeck (HM Feb 2005) 201115
3-2 festive The Twelve Princesses 030304 49:00 Some of the music created for a children's play on the fable of the Twelve Princesses. From dark dungeons to dancing balls and royal processions, to the beautiful one called Lila. (HM Mar 2003) 200921
3-3 all-embracing life goes on 010115 66:00 in the early days of recording with electronic sounds, i created this series in honour of my "three dimensional analysis of reality," falling out in nine parts (HM Jan 2000) 191104
3-3 all-embracing my oog jou snaar 100911 45:56 epic soundtrack veering towards minimalistic styles to accompany visuals of the landscape installation art works by Strijdom van der Merwe (HM Sept 2010) 200214
3-3 all-embracing symphonic invocation at midnight 220530 45:56 original soundtrack to accompany land art visuals by Strijdom van der Merwe, used as backdrop for spontaneous talking, as recorded in a car parked on a Belgian street (HM May 2022 from Oct 2010) 220530
3-3 all-embracing st johns recordings 221030 15:30 a rare opportunity arose to record myself playing on a rather good grand piano in the St Johns College Clarke Auditorium, Johannesburg. three pieces ensued: "exploration", "dance" and "rest" (HM Oct 2022) 221102

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09 DRAWINGS

HA! O E cat title HA! O E title DATE HA! O E description HA! O E date posted
1-1 minimal, core seaside 011116 (HM Nov 2001) 190711
1-1 minimal, core standing 030626 line drawing suggesting a standing figure (HM Jun 2003) 190917
1-1 minimal, core system of sun 030626 graphic with a stellar sun close-up effect (HM Jun 2003) 190826
1-1 minimal, core the world is my embrio 030626 windows paint intuitive graphic (HM Jun 2003) 190711
1-1 minimal, core vliegie 030727 minimal graphic on turquoise background. suggestive of a fly (HM Jul 2003) 200614
1-1 minimal, core nest 031129 free hand graphic in red, green and black, with black being the "nest" (HM Nov 2003) 200705
1-1 minimal, core feminine camouflage 080914 treated picture of a woman walking the forest, as if she wants to disappear into it. as if she is the forest (HM Sept 2008) 210318
1-1 minimal, core the eye 130717 minimal drawing that might suggest the outlines of a face with a penetrating eye.. (HM Jul 2013) 200608
1-1 minimal, core annemoon 160810 spontaneous drawing with black ink on white, that grew into an anemone (or virus?) -type structure (HM Aug 2016 200320
1-1 minimal, core aquagenesis 161223 this spontaneous graphic play morphed into something that reminded me, or rather, appeared to me as a sort of view on the beginnings of life deep down in the primal seas (HM Dec 2016) 190727
1-1 minimal, core bird becoming 190525 minimal spontaneous hand suggestive of bird beginnings (HM May 2019) 210206
1-1 minimal, core inner world 201129 a complexity contained in a bubble that drifts against a dark background. hand drawing with graphic elements added (HM Nov 2020) 201130
1-1 minimal, core flowing fall 210405 painting in gouache. a woman falling. clouds of red. and some more red (JD Apr 21) 210414
1-1 minimal, core hanging hook 210522 man and boat in air suspended with(out) hanging hook (JD May 2021) 210526
1-1 minimal, core that is what you see 210522 mystical depiction of woman wrapped in red (JD May 2021) 210628
1-1 minimal, core she calls it a hand 220425 we were talking to each other, Joke and I, and Mira - now 4 - casually sat on the floor, playing and drawing. suddenly she came up to us to show us this. "a hand" she said. (ML Apr 2022) 220426
1-1 minimal, core cat and mouse 220627 not that she intended drawing a cat and a mouse, but a remarkably minimal digital sketch for a four year old (ML Jun 2022) 230110
1-2 aesthetic centre 001223 graphic play with lines and curves and fil-in colours (HM Dec 2000) 190719
1-2 aesthetic flowing form 020115 graphic with curving lines and colour variety (HM Jan 2002) 190910
1-2 aesthetic birdseeingred 020409 abstracted flowing soft coloured.. and ja, a bird seeing red! (HM Apr 2004) 191020
1-2 aesthetic swan 020827 (or something else) (HM Aug 2002) 190711
1-2 aesthetic cellar 030626 simple construction in green, blue, yellow and red (HM Jun 2003) 190917
1-2 aesthetic smile 2 030702 concentric geometric figures, deeply coloured with a hint of a smiley face (HM Jul 2003) 200705
1-2 aesthetic old age 031120 geometric version of an aged woman's face (or that is how it transpired to be) (HM Nov 2003) 190923
1-2 aesthetic forward & backward 031129 free hand graphic - black lines with bright colour fillings, something of a mirror image (HM Nov 2003) 200712
1-2 aesthetic drop 041226 geometrical forms intertwining, focus by an ellipse (HM Dec 2004) 191211
1-2 aesthetic my face 041226 a graphic that thought it could be my face (HM Dec 2004) 200726
1-2 aesthetic bird in flight 060714 soft colours gentle lines perhaps a bird (HM Jul 2006) 200214
1-2 aesthetic skuiling 090721 curly yellow lines against black surface, suggesting a hiding-away (HM Jul 2009) 200915
1-2 aesthetic at this point 100115 bright red background with minimal geometric motives sparsed around (HM Jan 2010) 201006
1-2 aesthetic light steps 130717 rapid minimal lines suggesting a tip-toeing man (HM Jul 2013) 200621
1-2 aesthetic african woman 140321 pencil drawing of an African woman bustin traditional garb (JD March 2014) 190719
1-2 aesthetic the girl and the tree 140407 mystical female figure interlaced with flowers (JD Apr 2014) 201108
1-2 aesthetic i'll catch you! 151030 two circles and three straight lines. and two more bent lines. a chase (HM Oct 2015) 201011
1-2 aesthetic Sharjah Woman 200127 facial image of Arab woman (black ink on white) (JD Jan 2020) 200202
1-2 aesthetic Sharjah woman and birds 200127 Arab woman in traditional garb feeding birds (black ink on wihte) (JD Jan 2020) 200202
1-2 aesthetic Sharjah man at lake 200128 Arab man in traditional garb in Sharjah, UAE (black ink on white) (JD Jan 2020) 200202
1-2 aesthetic where are you going to 200220 drawing of a women's face that says something like - even though i do not know where to, i flow.. (JD Feb 2020) 200226
1-2 aesthetic night time boy 200524 line drawing with dark painted background, evoking a drift into the dream-like pleasures of the night (JD May 2020) 201102
1-2 aesthetic drinking hope, one bottle at a time 200719 three more visual messages of hope, and of love, during times of crisis ("drinking hope", "man carrying tulips" and "growing some hope" (JD Jul 2020) 200719
1-2 aesthetic crescendo 201015 man with guitar amidst botanical elements (JD Oct 2020) 201018
1-2 aesthetic strelizia 201228 decorated impression of the Strelizia plant and flower (JD Dec 2020) 230720
1-2 aesthetic falling for you, all over again 210206 charcoal drawing of female figure, falling (JD Feb 2021) 211018
1-2 aesthetic and there you go 210209 a drawing of a mother and son symbolic of the educational process (JD Feb 2021) 220719
1-2 aesthetic straight into your eyes 210211 a graphite experiment with shadows - a young ,man's face and the feeling it evokes (JD Feb 2021) 210214
1-2 aesthetic bold 210218 upright African woman bust with brush strokes (JD Feb 2021) 210926
1-2 aesthetic brooding man 210303 man with Beethoven-esque features with the coloured suggestion of clouded thoughts (JD March 2021) 210318
1-2 aesthetic woman and the beast 210307 the curved beauty and gentleness of female fecundity suggested by juxtaposing the figure of a woman with that of a cow (JD Mar 2021) 210325
1-2 aesthetic farmer world 210310 a cloud of thought drifts from a farmer's head as he is flanked by two heads of cattle.. a hanging cigarette further betrays the stress that is the fate of many of his profession (JD Mar 2021) 210325
1-2 aesthetic laptop dream 210310 drawing in black and red. a bed. a screen. a woman in a dream (JD March 2021) 210318
1-2 aesthetic toy-toy 210410 a poetic imagination of playing with toys (JD Apr 2021) 210419
1-2 aesthetic woman and the beast II 210410 another juxtaposition of the female figure and that of a cow, in playful, yet deeply felt drift (JD Apr 2021) 210512
1-2 aesthetic teddy 210520 3-year old Mira drew her teddy bear (May 2021) 210526
1-2 aesthetic blue eyed man 210521 facial gouache of a piercing look (JD May 2021) 210603
1-2 aesthetic hilly landscape 210613 spontaneous lines rendered in three versions - white, black and coloured (HM Jun 2021) 210621
1-2 aesthetic bird carrying leaf 210712 A combination of line drawing and gouache (JD Jul 2021) 210712
1-2 aesthetic tropical bird 210712 bird, flower and purple moon against a black background (JD Jul 2021) 210720
1-2 aesthetic falling 210926 a suggestion of the loss of innocence (JD Sep 2021) 211110
1-2 aesthetic not my circus 210926 drawing of young woman and the suggestion of a circus act (JD Sep 2021) 211123
1-2 aesthetic not my politics 210926 portrait of a man in disagreement (JD Sept 2021) 211102
1-2 aesthetic romantic morning 210926 female figure in drapes and suggestions of coffee and thinking (JD Sep 2021) 220628
1-2 aesthetic Tom Barman 210928 a sketch of the famed Belgian singer-songwriter and director (JD Sept 2021) 220518
1-2 aesthetic when i open myself to you 211228 a flower in three stages of unfolding, embraced by an emerging sun (JD Dec 2021) 220205
1-2 aesthetic reclining woman 220102 line drawing of female figure embraced by vegetative elements (JD Jan 2022) 220107
1-2 aesthetic flowing over female 220112 woman bending backwards against a fine texture of line fabric and organic fan (JD Jan 2022) 220125
1-2 aesthetic a grown man 220113 male figure interwoven with leaf formations (JD Jan 2022) 220129
1-2 aesthetic a learned man 220122 concentrating man surrounded by suggestions of the alphabet and dense writing (JD Jan 2022) 220214
1-2 aesthetic sailing through 220122 upper body of a forward racing figure, leaving a trail of hair waving behind (JD Jan 2022) 220316
1-2 aesthetic leaf dance 220603 mixed media leaf shapes balanced by a swirling line in pink (JD Jun 2022) 221009
1-2 aesthetic i am drawing shapes 220613 .. is exactly what she said, as she proudly put them down, one by one, within the basket she first wove (ML Jun 2022) 220615
1-2 aesthetic sharp and blue 220620 line and water colour create a mystical, slightly surreal contrast between subjective expression and organic sharpness (JD Jun 2022) 221002
1-2 aesthetic blue eyed man 2 220627 man's face juxtaposed by a red drape (JD Jun 2022) 221102
1-2 aesthetic butterfly 220725 soft water-coloured impression of a butterfly (JD Jul 2022) 220819
1-2 aesthetic potter 221006 drawing of an elferly woman doing pottery, overlaid by red paint (JD Oct 2022) 230519
1-2 aesthetic a woman's hair 221121 realistic pencil drawing of the back of a woman's head with long hair bound by a robbin (JD Nov 2022) 230710
1-2 aesthetic pencil face and stains 230305 "stains and faces fascinate me. here, i try to combine both" (JD Mar 2023) 230426
1-2 aesthetic flowering memories 240410 floral elements whistfully frame a reflective and striking female gaze (JD Apr 2024) 240501
1-3 serene, intimate adameve 000823 drawn for a small exhibition on the theme of eating (this is Adam and Eve, obviously) (HM Aug 2000) 190711
1-3 serene, intimate couple 000823 momentary drawing inspired by a brief but intense relationship (HM Aug 2000) 190727
1-3 serene, intimate wonderland 000823 a garden-like medley of digital visual effects (HM Aug 2000) 190803
1-3 serene, intimate gardenrelax 000829 free-flow figure, looks like soeon'es relaxing in a garden.. (HM Aug 2000) 190803
1-3 serene, intimate mountains 010203 abstract of a typical north american mountain landscape (HM Feb 2001) 190810
1-3 serene, intimate together 020217 soft curvy lines and soft colours suggest an intertwined togetherness (HM Feb 2002) 200628
1-3 serene, intimate lines 031122 thick hand-drawn black lines crawl mosaically over purple-pink (HM Nov 2003) 200809
1-3 serene, intimate eiers 040314 friendship between two eggs (graphic) (HM March 2004) 200719
1-3 serene, intimate moving on 041226 a figure lurking in a bright coloured graphic patchwork (HM Dec 2004) 191203
1-3 serene, intimate fish 060829 organic lines, coloured in patches, perhaps a fish (HM Aug 2006) 200214
1-3 serene, intimate reclining 070127 soft-stroke colour lines intertwining (HM Jan 2007) 200226
1-3 serene, intimate black and so 070406 black and red and blue and white shaping around each other (HM Apr 2007) 200304
1-3 serene, intimate snuggle 091224 are those figures snuggling up in a cozy togetherness? (HM Dec 2009) 200517
1-3 serene, intimate unbreakable 130217 passionate drawing for the shortest love poem I ever wrote (JD Feb 2013) 191013
1-3 serene, intimate under a tree 200411 coloured drawing of tree and patterns with text "to find myself under a tree, any given tree" (JD Apr 2020) 200411
1-3 serene, intimate hope 200621 hope for all four seasons! - flowers in varying colours (JD Jun 2020) 200621
1-3 serene, intimate zonsondergang 200628 a flower against the backdrop of a sunset. line drawing with graphic layers in colour (JD Jun 2020) 200628
1-3 serene, intimate woman on bed of flowers 200811 from the "Flowers of Love and Hope" series - a woman in love, suspended by layers of nature (JD Aug 2020) 200915
1-3 serene, intimate embrace 200926 an intimate embrace embraced by flowing patterns and leaves (JD Sep 2020) 200928
1-3 serene, intimate embrace in dark 210109 how a deep embrace flowers, seeds, emerges from the dark. mixed media drawing (JD Jan 2021) 210112
1-3 serene, intimate bear on a stroll 210712 bear and its shadow through a forest in yellow and signs of human intrusion (JD Jul 2021) 210802
1-3 serene, intimate peace 220226 the dove, the dawn, the light. that's all there is to it (JD Feb 2022) 220228
1-3 serene, intimate delicate blue 220802 leaves surrounded by textures of blue (JD Aug 2022) 220912
1-3 serene, intimate lilies 220813 lily inspired shapes against playful textures of water (JD Aug 2022) 221018
1-3 serene, intimate forest 221202 a play with soft shapes in water colour, suggesting something like a friendly forest (JD Dec 2022) 221207
1-3 serene, intimate floating flowers 230108 suspended flower suggestions in water colour paint and line (JD Kan 2023) 230326
1-3 serene, intimate water lilies 230301 "water lelies keep giving me a feeling of safety and belonging hence, some more. i used watercolor markers, colour pencils and fineliner markers" (JD Mar 2023) 230306
1-3 serene, intimate neighbourhood 230725 maze-like black lines with suggestions of creatures in grey (HM Jul 2023) 230728
1-3 serene, intimate the vision 240405 leaves and flowers enfold a female upward look (JD Apr 2024) 240501
2-1 explorative, ominous spook 000525 spooky figures luking in soft-coloured graphic play (HM May 2000) 191030
2-1 explorative, ominous doggie 000614 turned out to be kind of a dog (HM Jun 2000) 181113
2-1 explorative, ominous van 001214 (no idea why i called this "van") (HM Dec 2000) 190711
2-1 explorative, ominous scatter 001229 of line debris against blue (HM Dec 2000) 190711
2-1 explorative, ominous texture 1 011016 soft coloured textural play (HM Oct 2001) 190816
2-1 explorative, ominous search 030626 loose, from a circle-expanding elements against a dark background (HM Jun 2003) 200621
2-1 explorative, ominous granade 091210 dark colours of lines and dots suggesting a grenade fruit, or explosion? (HM Dec 2009) 200411
2-1 explorative, ominous notaboom 091224 mostly afrikaans words scribbled in and around a mental tree that struggles to find shape. or is just silly. (HM Dec 2009) 200823
2-1 explorative, ominous reflecting 091224 the traditional philosopher in his quest for a composite understanding of everything (HM Dec 2009) 200915
2-1 explorative, ominous city witch 100824 not intended, but she really looks like she's got the city in her vice-grip.. (HM Aug 2010) 200329
2-1 explorative, ominous looking through my head 120511 it started with a face and ended somewhat removed from that, yet the head remained somehow - with all its inner complexities (HM May 2012) 201102
2-1 explorative, ominous airship 130204 a multi-balloon-ish unfinish-y night sky drifter (HM Feb 2013) 210206
2-1 explorative, ominous intercorrection 130717 spontaneous circles intercircling and then creating dots.. (HM Jul 2017) 200809
2-1 explorative, ominous language 151215 a playful layering out of black lines - free, geometric, thick and thin - over white, with gray sprays drifting in between - perhaps this is what thinking "looks" like? (HM Dec 2015) 200809
2-1 explorative, ominous try again 200215 drawing of face, snippets of text and layered lines (JD Feb 2020) 200214
2-1 explorative, ominous life in times of the coronavirus 200317 expressed within the shocking first days of being restricted by the coronavirus crisis. any literal references are coincidental (HM March 2020) 200320
2-1 explorative, ominous my longing 210116 hand drawing with text - the poem, "my longing." all that needs to be known covers itself between the petals of this flower.. (JD Jan 2021) 210117
2-1 explorative, ominous iMANgination 210410 an impressionistic sketch suggesting the flights of fancy of an older man (JD Apr 2021) 210512
2-1 explorative, ominous man alone in bed 210416 colours by crayon fell from under the blankets (ML Apr 2021) 210419
2-1 explorative, ominous moments of insignificance 211014 play session with Mira - nr 1 and 2 are my own loose hand water colour moments (while watching her doing her own thing) while a, b, c is a playful writing lesson (HM and ML Oct 2021) 211018
2-1 explorative, ominous broken bicycle 211120 textural mix of geometrical, line and soft colour elements. is this a bicycle repair shop? (HM Nov 2021) 211201
2-1 explorative, ominous scribble (no number) 220425 in the beginning, there is only scribbling, and we don't know what will come of it (HM Apr 2022) 220525
2-1 explorative, ominous spiral of colour 220720 a loose multitextural combination of botanical elements (JD Jul 2022) 220810
2-1 explorative, ominous against the dark 220807 mixed media impression of colourful flowers and leaves against a grey-ish dark background (JD Aug 2022) 220828
2-1 explorative, ominous what a mess you've made 221204 scattered elements with a dark water colour background, plus text as commentary (JD Dec 2022) 230208
2-1 explorative, ominous thinking man 230305 a mysterious world pulls the man inwards. we will never know what he thinks, but we can follow with with our hands, with our eyes, the lines on his face (JD Mar 2023) 230603
2-1 explorative, ominous creepy crawly 230708 layered graphic elements with patches of colour (tturquoise especially) against a white background (HM Jul 2023) 230710
2-1 explorative, ominous the war 231017 the disorganized organization of war in scribbles, figures and lines (HM Oct 2023) 231025
2-1 explorative, ominous by hook and by crook 240422 loose elements in a spontaneous flurry of line and writ, digitally colour-touched (HM Apr 2024) 240501
2-2 impactful, multivarious fly 010320 spontaneous graphic art piece suggesting some sort of flight, or...? (HM March 2001) 190810
2-2 impactful, multivarious flyingfish 020409 scratchy structure follwing from free hand pen that could resemble a strange sort of fish in the air (HM Apr 2002) 190910
2-2 impactful, multivarious itsaysnothing 020608 (HM Jun 2002) 190711
2-2 impactful, multivarious explosion 031129 free hand graphic against blue background, with a core of exploding colours (HM Nov 2003) 200705
2-2 impactful, multivarious playfield 040113 special effects explosion of bubbles and stars (HM Jan 2004) 190928
2-2 impactful, multivarious swirl 041226 wild free hand swirling lines treated with colour (HM Dec 2004) 200802
2-2 impactful, multivarious eyes 080929 busy layers of chaotic lines covered by a thin white grid and grey rectangles with yellow eyes (and a mouth, for that mater) (HM Sep 2008) 200906
2-2 impactful, multivarious egg 090901 complex geometric mixes filled with bright colours and some inner scrawling. an egg can be configured from it, with its growing inner life (HM Sep 2009) 200928
2-2 impactful, multivarious first try 100420 trying out a new graphic art software. somehow i did not use the programme again. (HM Apr 2010) 201018
2-2 impactful, multivarious masked 131011 intense swishing-swirling of the pen on paper gradually turning out to resemble an ominous facial figure, a WWI gas mask? (HM Oct 2013) 201108
2-2 impactful, multivarious layering 140321 swirling scribble upon swirling scribble upon swirling scribble. many colours. one black. (HM Mar 2014) 201108
2-2 impactful, multivarious cheese in the hole 150928 thick lines with overlaid thin frame, then coloured in with multi colours. a mesh mash making me think of holes in cheese, or cheese in holes (HM Sep 2015) 210303
2-2 impactful, multivarious we hear the wind 190131 mixed media abstract impression of a raging storm (JD Jan 2019) 201214
2-2 impactful, multivarious steer 210314 a surreal stage with a storming steer and his shadow (JD March 2021) 210318
2-2 impactful, multivarious turbulence 210415 a cone-like figure with swirling lines and dots and colour patches (charcoal drawing with digital oolouring) (HM Apr 2021) 210505
2-2 impactful, multivarious umbilical colour 210603 a range of koki's applied in rash lines to a white surface, growing into an embryonic cornucopia of colour (HM Jun 2021) 210606
2-2 impactful, multivarious incidental splashes 211113 lively water colour strokes while playing with Mira, who contributed with the out-of-place dark strokes!) (HM Nov 2021) 211116
2-2 impactful, multivarious bird with flowers 220321 black line on white - an outpouring of floral shapes and textures with a bird almost imperceptibly looking on (JD March 2022) 220405
2-2 impactful, multivarious the colour of swimming 220412 only water colour can do to fish what fish in water can show. and what a show! (JD Apr 2022) 220420
2-2 impactful, multivarious intense 220715 leaf-like texture with free hand thank inks in darker hues (JD Jul 2022) 220922
2-2 impactful, multivarious ferns 220809 ferns expressively suggested in darker colours (JD Aug 2022) 230201
2-2 impactful, multivarious floating burn 240425 something like something forwarding like a fish burning on the tail side with elements of regimentation to heat up the scene (HM Apr 2024) 240501
2-3 structural, rhythmical drifting past 000000 constellation of playfull but symmetrically flowing lines clustering into a drifting spectacle like a kite.. (HM late 90's) 190711
2-3 structural, rhythmical nested bird 000000 expressive lines and scratches give form to a bird-like figure lying in a nest (HM late 90's) 190711
2-3 structural, rhythmical construct 000823 (HM Aug 2000) 190711
2-3 structural, rhythmical nowindows 010828 wall effect with text (JD Aug 2001) 191211
2-3 structural, rhythmical spaceship 031120 symbols scripting combined with geometric forms (HM Nov 2003) 200802
2-3 structural, rhythmical whiteline 050608 brightly coloured spaces between a few strong intersecting free hand lines - mostly white (HM Jun 2005) 200830
2-3 structural, rhythmical fishnet 070712 spontaneous drawing skeleton-like suggesting a net-like fish-form (HM Jul 2007) 200320
2-3 structural, rhythmical balance 090728 intricate structure born from a spontaneous flow - balancing itself on a sharp point (HM Jul 2009) 200614
2-3 structural, rhythmical bubble 091224 free hand spontaneous drawing climbing into a cabin, a cozy bubble to gain the wider view from (HM Dec 2009) 200906
2-3 structural, rhythmical disintergage 091224 with pen on paper - skeleton-like dissembling figure (HM Dec 2009) 200411
2-3 structural, rhythmical trunk 100823 playful lines scribble around the shape of a tree trunk (sort of) (HM Aug 2010) 200928
2-3 structural, rhythmical kite 110124 improvised line drawing with some sharp angles and analytical feel (HM Jan 2011) 200420
2-3 structural, rhythmical windows 110709 interlocking geometric forms, brightly coloured (HM Jul 2011) 200426
2-3 structural, rhythmical baby alien 130717 the title came afterwards (as usual). open to interpretation. it could be an alien baby, yes. a dangerous one. (HM Jul 2013) 201018
2-3 structural, rhythmical balledina 130717 the twirling of little circles is a dance that creates the dancer (HM Jul 2013) 200906
2-3 structural, rhythmical castle 130717 playful structure siuggesting the multi-level stairs and turrets of a castle (HM Jul 2013) 200608
2-3 structural, rhythmical drilling deep 130717 spontaneous drawing that grew into a construction that does have a hint of an oil drill at sea (HM Jul 2013) 200504
2-3 structural, rhythmical elephant planning 130717 line drawing revealing an elephant head as a planning scheme (or of course, not) (HM Jul 2013) 200726
2-3 structural, rhythmical emigration 130717 an elaborate kind of air ship to (i imagine) transport those who are looking for a new life (spontaneous hand drawing) (HM Jul 2013) 201108
2-3 structural, rhythmical enriched 130717 spontaneous drawing suggesting a certain structural lusciousness (HM Jul 2013) 200608
2-3 structural, rhythmical heart condition 130717 spiky lines shapes a web like figure - or an overweight man with a trembling heart (HM Jul 2013) 200628
2-3 structural, rhythmical locomotive 130717 looks a bit like an old snail locomoting forward slowly but surely (HM Jul 2013) 200517
2-3 structural, rhythmical mouse 130717 a playground of little line and shape things, layered like a castle, a castle like a mouse (HM Jul 2013) 201011
2-3 structural, rhythmical roller 130717 a nest-like cob-web grown from spontaneous pen on paper (HM Jul 2013) 200510
2-3 structural, rhythmical sink or dive 130717 spontaneous hand drawing - something of a dolphin diving, but could also be a boat sinking (HM Jul 2013) 201025
2-3 structural, rhythmical stay where you are 130717 web-like organic structure that turned out to have two eyes and quite a stance.. (HM Jul 2013) 200719
2-3 structural, rhythmical dissociation 130725 spontaneous drawing that resulted in a networked two-layered three dimensional construct, half mirroring each other - darker and lighter (HM Jul 2013) 210814
2-3 structural, rhythmical looking through the past 130725 spontaneous hand-drawing resulting in a webbed fish-like figure, but with a curious hole giving view to some depth (HM Jul 2013) 200921
2-3 structural, rhythmical Prins Albert 140321 The Onse Rus guest house in the quaint Karoo town of Prince Albert, as drawn by Joke (JD March 2014) 201006
2-3 structural, rhythmical stadium 160810 systematic hand drawing, filled in with colour, suggesting elements of a stadium suspended on a shell-like underbelly (HM Aug 2016) 200705
2-3 structural, rhythmical under cover 160810 spontaneous hand drawing that resulted in a dense oval structure overhanging a layer of figurative lines (HM Aug 2016) 210105
2-3 structural, rhythmical space gogga 161028 abstract graphic with deep and bright colours, turning out to be quite the "gogga" (a bug.. or virus??) (HM Oct 2016) 200420
2-3 structural, rhythmical intrusion 191203 spontaneous drawing with a layer that entered like an unwanted growth (HM Dec 2019) 191203
2-3 structural, rhythmical Central Souk, Sharjah 200128 newly built market building in Sharjah, UAE, where mainly carpets and gold products are sold (black ink on white) (JD Jan 2020) 200202
2-3 structural, rhythmical three musketeers 200902 network-like organic hand drawing with suggestions of a ship manned by three figures (HM Sep 2020) 201025
2-3 structural, rhythmical keep Going 200919 a man, from the back, sitting on a trailer with goods that might bring in a few rands (JD Sep 2020) 200921
2-3 structural, rhythmical face the facts 210112 there is a certain simplicity and constructiveness about facts. and a deadpan look in facing them (HM Jan 2021) 210117
2-3 structural, rhythmical circle of domestication 210303 our interdependence with the domesticated animal depicted as a swirl of figures connecting an arm chair with the slope of bare land (JD Mar 2021) 210325
2-3 structural, rhythmical structure of play 211102 digital rendition of a blue pen on white spontaneous drawing (HM Mar 2024) 240313
2-3 structural, rhythmical is this a brain 211201 interwoven graphic textures of white on black suggest a brain-like substance (HM Dec 2021) 211224
2-3 structural, rhythmical screwed 220510 intuitive drawing from the nineties, put into its reverse (white lines on black). this semi-mechanical figure grew from a not-knowing start, as did all drawings from "The Papers" of those years (HM May 2022, from 1997) 220511
2-3 structural, rhythmical Mira's Map 220722 she took a while to draw this one. then she came to explain that it is a map, and, as can clearly be seen, there is a house, several playgrounds and a shop. (ML Jul 2022) 220728
2-3 structural, rhythmical bakkie ride 221102 drawing of a pickup truck (bakkie) in South Africa, typically transporting farm workers (JD Nov 2022) 221124
2-3 structural, rhythmical finding ways 230222 lines finding little figures finding lines all over again (HM Feb 2023) 230224
2-3 structural, rhythmical codified oddification 240111 figure built up from scriblings, lines and structural shapes (HM Jan 2024) 240115
2-3 structural, rhythmical towards 240427 something is pushing and organically unfolding in a multi coloured and lined and layered (HM Apr 2024) 240501
3-1 emotive neighbours 040125 bright coloured simple graphic with two houses face-ing each other anxiously (HM Nov 2004) 200823
3-1 emotive old man faltering 090728 spontaneous hand drawing - perhaps the toppling of an old dictator's bust (HM Jul 2009) 200816
3-1 emotive sad cat 100310 decorative but simple lines suggest some figures, most prominently a sad cat (HM March 2010) 200830
3-1 emotive coming out 130717 spontaneous line drawing suggesting echoes of emerging bird heads (HM Jul 2013) 240224
3-1 emotive struikel 130725 "struikel" means to stumble, to slip up.. is what i see here, things breaking down a little bit, but in a relaxed way (is what i see, for now) (HM Jul 2013) 201102
3-1 emotive protest 140314 pastel drawing - an impression of a service delivery protest in South Africa (JD Mar 2014) 200614
3-1 emotive time, where did it go to 150207 sketch of a man reflecting on time that slipped by (JD Feb 2015) 190928
3-1 emotive broken earth 170831 broken geometrical forms against a black background (HM Aug 2017) 210808
3-1 emotive male society 210208 the male smirk, the dark spots, the free fall of the feminine (JD Feb 2021) 220707
3-1 emotive warm feelings 210216 tender drawing of a man carrying a child on his back (JD Feb 2021) 211002
3-1 emotive worried about you baby 210327 surreal image of a drifting woman past the mouth of a young man (JD Mar 2021) 210913
3-1 emotive all over the globe 210522 melancholy resignation against the backdrop of a turbulent earth (JD May 2021) 210613
3-1 emotive young man 210525 the wistful face of a young man overlaid with active paint (JD May 2021) 210526
3-1 emotive i receive 210926 pencil drawing of a man's face in a state of listening (JD Feb 2021) 220622
3-1 emotive i have seen it all before 220215 woman with wine glass in hand, draped in red, against a dark textured background (JD Feb 2022) 220420
3-1 emotive mourning flowers 220223 figures of flowers against a glimmery watery background, drifting in the dark (JD Feb 2022) 220228
3-1 emotive stepping train 220326 figure of a young woman waiting for a metro train.. waiting to embark on a journey of life (JD March 2022) 220330
3-1 emotive flower power 220717 red flowers scratch over the darkness of office buildings (JD Jul 2022) 220802
3-1 emotive little house 220917 crayon drawing of a humble rural house, with a sad mystery to it (JD Sep 2022) 230208
3-1 emotive woman with tear 221121 realistic pencil drawing of a woman's anxious face (JD Nov 2022) 221216
3-1 emotive distance 221123 chrcoak drawing of HA!Man trapped in thought, with cello in distant background (JD Nov 2022) 230216
3-1 emotive defeated 231002 blurred figure of a man in distress (JD Oct 2023) 231014
3-2 boisterous, fun baarmoeder 000000 black painted lines suggesting the inner workings of a baarmoeder (uterus) (HM late 90's) 190711
3-2 boisterous, fun spring 000402 spontaneous graphic (HM Aprii 2000) 190727
3-2 boisterous, fun gogga 000823 "gogga" means some kind of insect, or in this case just a pet name for a strange little being (HM Aug 2000) 190711
3-2 boisterous, fun paris 000823 did i draw this while in Paris? inspired by a carousel? (HM Aug 2000) 190711
3-2 boisterous, fun pine 000823 drawn for small exhibition with eating as theme. it's actually a pineapple (HM Aug 2000) 190711
3-2 boisterous, fun streems 001223 layered strokes of colour suggestive of flags in the wind (HM Dec 2000) 190711
3-2 boisterous, fun face 010308 graphic play - fun face (HM March 2001) 190816
3-2 boisterous, fun offshoots 020212 childlike bright-coloured playthings against a turquoise background (HM Feb 2002) 200524
3-2 boisterous, fun colour code 031129 bright primary colours in a flowing geometrical graphic (HM Nov 2003) 191203
3-2 boisterous, fun gryspatrys 040314 lurking face amongst lots of red (HM March 2003) 190826
3-2 boisterous, fun estertjie 050130 colourfull interlocking geometric forms (HM Jan 2005) 200113
3-2 boisterous, fun woman with bell dress 060726 graphic lines and colour patches, and a bell dress, if you like (HM Jul 2006) 200816
3-2 boisterous, fun crooked smile 090223 when a drawing turns around and smiles at you wryly (HM Jul 2009) 200329
3-2 boisterous, fun pumpkin face 090728 spontaneous hand drawing by pen on paper. kind of a face. kind of a pumpkin (HM Jul 2009) 200405
3-2 boisterous, fun teapots and trays 100429 funny how a red colour background inspires its own twists and twirls (HM Apr 2010) 200426
3-2 boisterous, fun intuition 2 110112 the result of play.. for a Christmas day! (meer hier = "more here") (JD Jan 2011) 191222
3-2 boisterous, fun priesthood 111225 loose lines, bright patched colours, fattish facial figure in centre (HM Dec 2011) 201025
3-2 boisterous, fun long street cape town 140107 brightly coloured pastels (with decorative text) depict a small church in lively Long Street (JD Oct 2014) 200517
3-2 boisterous, fun of the day of the red blossoms 140324 broad brush strokes in bright colours mingle to create exuberant feeling of blossoming (HM March 2014) 200510
3-2 boisterous, fun caramel day 140518 haphazard colour fun, or is it caramel fun? (HM May 2014) 200504
3-2 boisterous, fun consumer fever 151010 the text is from a live improvisation during a performance in the US, 2015 (JD, Oct 015) 191013
3-2 boisterous, fun play on 191031 a jolly graphic dance of shapes and figures, lines and fill-in colours (HM Nov 2019) 191104
3-2 boisterous, fun busy woman 200411 coloured drawing of a woman's face amidst a play of lines and shapes - a collaboration between Joke and the little Mira (JD & ML Apr 2020) 200411
3-2 boisterous, fun ESCAPISM 200712 four colourful variations on a cozy corner theme (JD Jul 2020) 200712
3-2 boisterous, fun childhood wonder 200801 African-style graphic with text. Mother and child at a curiosity stall. (JD Jul 2020) 200802
3-2 boisterous, fun Happy rest of the year! 201022 a trilogy of drawings as a reminder that this is still the year that was supposed to be happy and new - until the end! (JD Oct 2020) 210922
3-2 boisterous, fun bubbleland 210124 a layered and festive play of geometric forms and multi-coloured splashes of paint (HM Jan 2021) 210130
3-2 boisterous, fun blue hair trilogy 210725 she loves, she sits on nature and is turning upside down (JD Jul 2021) 210725
3-2 boisterous, fun night time fest 211201 colours flow from playing hands and dream up a festival (HM and Mira le Roux, Dec 2021) 211224
3-2 boisterous, fun female ladder 220122 a sketch-impression of rising females in a modern world (JD Jan 2022) 220503
3-2 boisterous, fun joyful flowers 220225 unashamedly bright coloured flowery motives (JD Feb 2022) 220307
3-2 boisterous, fun circus times 220304 the elephant, the carousel and the fantasy aeroplane, all in festive colour (JD Mar 2022) 221228
3-2 boisterous, fun primate colours 220312 a tropical bouquet against a lively background gives cover to a shy monkey (JD Mar 2022) 220322
3-2 boisterous, fun trumpeteer 220513 a colourful trumpet player reclines in a flowery unfolding (JD May 2022) 230315
3-2 boisterous, fun new dawn 220627 bright water colours on cuttings that frames and celebrates a rising and friendly sun (JD Jun 2022) 220713
3-2 boisterous, fun kermis 230721 interplay of minimal graphic elements, with a dash of colour (colours chosen by Mira) to suggest a human figure in play with a square ball (kermis = fun fair - Mira's choice of title) (HM & Mira le Roux Jul 23) 230728
3-2 boisterous, fun the children play 1 231129 first of simulated water colours series with loose strokes and shapes balancing each other (HM Nov 2023) 231201
3-2 boisterous, fun the children play 2 231130 second of simulated water colours series with wild running continuous strokes layering each other (HM Nov 2023) 231201
3-2 boisterous, fun the children play 3 231201 third of simulated water colours series with lines and shapes playing hide and seek with each each other (HM Dec 2023) 231201
3-2 boisterous, fun Mira dance 240413 she is dancing on a mountain range of colour, the sun shining and the earth turning (ML Apr 2024) 240501
3-2 boisterous, fun bunny, cat, and Cat 240420 multi colour depiction of three child favoured characters - easter bunny, a cat and a meat eating tiger (ML Apr 2024) 240501
3-3 communal, comprehensive warrior 031122 spot the warrior in this colourful intertwining of wannabe living forms (HM Nov 2003) 200621
3-3 communal, comprehensive cosy 050602 peaceful lines, bright yellow dominating, the suggestion of a teddy being tucked into a bed (HM Jun 2005) 200921
3-3 communal, comprehensive stallation 110202 hand-drawn line figurines plotted communally around a rectangular grid (HM Feb 2011) 201006
3-3 communal, comprehensive landscape 110604 interlocking shapes and figures, coloured with an array of colours. could also be an agricultural landscape as seen from above (HM Jun 2011) 201018
3-3 communal, comprehensive grand plan 130717 this line evolvement can be looked at as being the expression of one of those single-minded grand plans, trying to fit a world into one head. usually rather weakly anchored.. (HM Jul 2013) 201102
3-3 communal, comprehensive hearth 160810 black line drawing of disparate elements coming together in a kind of hearth (HM Aug 2016) 200524
3-3 communal, comprehensive let's take you home 220910 pencil drawing of a swan mother swimming with her two little ones on her back (JD Sep 2022) 230119

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10 PHOTOGRAPHY

HA! O E cat title HA! O E title DATE HA! O E description HA! O E date posted
1-1 mystical, core dusk forever 060714 a dusk-time view of the Amatola mountain range from afar (HM Jul 2006) 221117
1-1 mystical, core into a new dawn 071216 human silhouette against a setting sun on top of the Drakensberg (HM Dec 2007) 220128
1-1 mystical, core Aidirondacks blue 141127 tall trees at winter dusk in upstate New York (HM Nov 2014) 220210
1-1 mystical, core twighlight zone 161212 dusk on a far and flat horizon, somewhere from the air over Africa (HM Dec 2016) 220116
1-1 naked, core desertroad 080224 treated photo from a road in Namibia (HM Feb 2008) 200320
1-1 naked, core dark mountain 090818 part of the mighty Drakensberg ("mountains of the dragon") on a misty day (HM Aug 2009) 211130
1-1 naked, core let me in 160412 black and white image of a forest portal (HM Apr 2016) 201123
1-1 naked, core emergent 161215 out of focus image of a winter tree in the Netherlands (HM Dec 2016) 211110
1-1 naked, core towards 161215 the out of focus lights of two oncoming cars on a rainy night (HM Dec 2016) 211210
1-2 artful, dream-like black and white face 040824 HA!Man portrait treated in Black and White (HM Aug 2004) 190826
1-2 artful, dream-like chicago puppets 041026 shadow puppet shadows during a show somewhere in Chicago.. (HM Oct 2004) 190719
1-2 artful, dream-like lighting man 041026 treated picture of a Chicago based artist preparing his puppet show (HM Oct 2004) 190910
1-2 artful, dream-like cello pick up in black 041226 treated HA!Man image posing on Noordhoek Beach (photo by Fiona Hinds, Jan 2004) 200113
1-2 artful, dream-like puppeteer 041226 treated picture of an artist preparing a puppet show in a small Chicago theatre (HM Dec 2004) 200726
1-2 artful, dream-like carpaint 050125 out of focus image of HA!Man giving yet another coloured cover to the original HA!Mobile (Opel Kadett) (HM Jan 2005) 200123
1-2 artful, dream-like berlinwall 050602 treated picture of a remaining section of the wall that divided Berlin between East and West (HM Jun 2005) 200123
1-2 artful, dream-like human figures 060217 people and painting mingling after a performance (unknown location) (HM Feb 2006) 220315
1-2 artful, dream-like still life 060217 classic interior somewhere in rural South Africa (HM Feb 2005) 220402
1-2 artful, dream-like neck 070423 plant looking like cello neck, HA!Man signed (HM Apr 2007) 200823
1-2 artful, dream-like bent over backwards 080508 bronze sculpture in the Keukenhof gardens near Amsterdam (HM May 2008) 220530
1-2 artful, dream-like the wait 080508 a woman with a large hat in parallel with an air duck (HM May 2008) 220617
1-2 artful, dream-like buitelyn 080926 treated photo of a dancing female figure, reducing it to gentle outlines (HM Sept 2008) 200320
1-2 artful, dream-like pillar 090704 treated photo of an ancient Roman column in Syria (HM Jul 2009) 200329
1-2 artful, dream-like spontaneous direction 140903 treated picture of a moment during a school performance. HA!Man needed to provide a little prompting for the spontaneous song to get going.. (HM Sept 2014) 201006
1-2 artful, dream-like chicago duo 160405 improvising with Peter Bartels on a stage in Chicago (JD Apr 2016) 190711
1-2 artful, dream-like socially distant 200411 even before the social distance regime of the coronavirus crisis, how socially together were we? (treated photo of people crossing the Tames) (HM Apr 2020) 200411
1-3 serene, holy lost in arizona 041226 abandoned hotel next to highway (HM Dec 2004) 190711
1-3 serene, holy curve lagoon 050201 beach scene, Kenton-on-Sea, Sunshine Coast, Eastern Cape (HM Feb 2005) 220722
1-3 serene, holy hogsback dusk 050712 view from the Eco Shrine, Hogsback (HM Jul 2005) 190711
1-3 serene, holy paris dusk 061206 rooftop view of old Paris at dusk (HM Dec 2006) 200214
1-3 serene, holy ground cover 070505 a footbridge over a grassy swamp somewhere in the Walloons (HM May 2007) 210712
1-3 serene, holy the eco shrine 080128 the landmark monument to Mother Earth in Hogsback, Eastern Cape (HM Jan 2008) 220801
1-3 serene, holy nr39 080224 treated photo of an oldapartment door somewhere in Manhattan (HM Feb 2008) 200320
1-3 serene, holy free state 080702 typical farm scene in the Free State Province, South African interior (HM Jul 2008) 190711
1-3 serene, holy church window 100530 a small section of the austere lines of the inside of a church building (HM May 2010) 200928
1-3 serene, holy American snow 141127 through winter trees a snow covered structure (HM Nov 2014) 220918
1-3 serene, holy leysin view 160412 view of the Alps from the Leysin American School, in black and white (HM Apr 2016) 201011
1-3 serene, holy as it is on earth 160511 an alpine mountain and sky, competing for the majestic.- from a balcony in the Swiss town of Leysin. with text (HM May 2016) 200816
1-3 serene, holy love travelling with you 160511 on a walk with Joke down a street in Leysin, Switzerland (treated) (HM May 2016) 200517
1-3 serene, holy your feet will grow 190923 baby Mira's leg next to mom's with quite a difference in length (JD Setp 2019) 210904
2-1 explorative, ominous shitklip 060408 ("klip" means "stone" in Afrikaans. the other word you know) (HM Apr 2006) 190711
2-1 explorative, ominous feet 080409 the still life of feet on a carpet (HM Apr 2008) 200906
2-1 explorative, ominous ghost home 090311 treated picture of an abandoned home in the deep woodlands of upstate New York (HM March 2009) 200915
2-1 explorative, ominous HA!Man Workshop 110125 three reflective faces of school children during a HA!Man workshop (JD Jan 2011) 200405
2-1 explorative, ominous three portraits of loneliness 210820 someone somewhere in a motel at night, the guitar and the closed down music shop, the cow and the abandoned school building (HM, compiled Aug 2021) 210820
2-2 impactful, detail brooklyn 041115 photo scenes from New York City taken and treated during one of my early visits there (HM Nov 2004) 200719
2-2 impactful, detail cello chase 041226 photo by Fiona Hinds on Noordhoek beach - treated (HM Dec 2004) 190923
2-2 impactful, detail tsitsi water 061215 autumn leaves on riverbed in the Tsitsikamma forest (HM Dec 2006( 200214
2-2 impactful, detail tsitsi water 2 061216 close up of bubbling stream in the Tsitsikamma forest (HM Dec 2006) 200226
2-2 impactful, detail Drakensberg heights 071216 grasses, flowers and krantz on top of the Amphitheatre, Drakensberg (HM Dec 2007) 221010
2-3 architectural, technology north west cowboy town 041105 treated picture of a historic building in a Rocky mountains town, Washington State (HM Nov 2011) 190917
2-3 architectural, technology times square revisited 041115 photo scenes from New York City, taken and treated during one of my early visits there (HM Nov 2004) 190711
2-3 architectural, technology neona 041219 the original picture was taken somewhere in the States (HM Dec 2004) 190711
2-3 architectural, technology san fran bridge 041226 crossing one of Uncle Sam's very big bridges.. (HM Dec 2004) 190711
2-3 architectural, technology berlinvolla 050602 treated photograph, taken of a classic Volkswagen Beetle ("Volla" as it has been called in Afrikaans) somewhere on the streets oif its heimat, Berlin (HM Jun 2005) 200809
2-3 architectural, technology roma 050605 a corner of the eternal city caught while cycling (HM Jun 2005) 200816
2-3 architectural, technology antwerp cathedral 060517 night-time picture of one of Antwerp's Cathedral's impressie main steeples (HM May 2006) 200113
2-3 architectural, technology french town 060525 from the inside of a restaurant (HM May 2006) 190711
2-3 architectural, technology white house blue sky 060724 partial angle on cape dutch style house (HM Jul 2006) 200226
2-3 architectural, technology tulips 070509 close-up of tulips in rows, in Keukenhof, the Netherlands (HM May 2007) 200304
2-3 architectural, technology johburg reflect 070622 found myself reflected in an iconic Johannesburg glass building, looking through the window of a rooftop apartment (HM Jun 2007) 200614
2-3 architectural, technology shifting grounds 070706 dancing feet at a camp for school leavers, Eastern Cape (HM Jul 2007) 221126
2-3 architectural, technology glorious past 071001 a lone standing vintage car somewhere in North Dakota (HM Oct 2007) 221204
2-3 architectural, technology workstation 071005 in the days of Hogsback as a base, this is how my "studio" looked like (HM Oct 2007) 200320
2-3 architectural, technology door to the past 071204 close up of a handle on an old door somewhere in South Africa (HM Dec 2007) 230117
2-3 architectural, technology wheels of Amsterdam 080427 detail of bicycle in night time Amsterdam (HM Apr 2008) 230201
2-3 architectural, technology detail in Vienna 080512 close up of the central cathedral wall (HM May 2008) 230221
2-3 architectural, technology mountain rider 081204 photo (treated) taken by Lara Kirsten of me on mountain bike near Hogsback, Eastern Cape. (HM, Lara Kirsten Dec 2008) 200320
2-3 architectural, technology zurich interior 110625 the interior of part of the Zurich airport, treated to bring forward the suspended eeriness of a flying hub (HM Jun 2011) 200426
2-3 architectural, technology new direction paris 160416 taken (and treated) on a day of protests in Paris. the quiet scene belies the rumblings of an old world that is losing its stone-faced innocence, bursting into colours of all kinds (HM Apr 2016) 200426
2-3 architectural, technology night riders 160511 treated picture of a makeshift office, somewhere on tour. somewhere.. (HM Jun 2016) 200830
3-1 emotive, forlorn dakota push 041026 the push against progress.. (HM Oct 2004) 190711
3-1 emotive, forlorn california face 041104 treated sef-portrait (HM Nov 2004) 190711
3-1 emotive, forlorn chinese man in new york 041115 from a New York City photo scenes taken and treated during one of my early visits there (HM Nov 2004) 200524
3-1 emotive, forlorn break down 060910 HA!Man at the HA!Mobile ("Rozinante") after a breakdown on the dusty road to Riemvasmaak, near the Namibian border. (Lara Kirsten, treated by HM Sept 2006) 200830
3-1 emotive, forlorn namibia gate 070107 forlorne gate to farm dip, Witvlei, Nambia (HM Jan 2007) 200304
3-1 emotive, forlorn future build 080304 face of a child amongst locally made bricks, Southern Cape (HM Mar 2008) 230310
3-1 emotive, forlorn resting skuins 130107 from the back in a ruin, treated to yellow and green (photo Lara Kirsten 2006, treated HM Jan 2013) 200504
3-1 emotive, forlorn please, world 130418 picture of a wild prickly pear bush, with text imploring nature not to die on us (JD Apr 2013) 200405
3-1 emotive, forlorn the walls they do not protect me 210827 treated picture of a child with lines in a futile effort to frame it (HM Aug 2021) 210827
3-1 emotive, forlorn broken 220713 a shattered windscreen has been lying on a pavement for some years. sun and soles laid it into the tarred surface. i took eight detail shots and then treated it to some varied effects (HM Jul 2022 from Jan 2020) 220713
3-2 festive, busy-ness halloween in Dallas 041103 treated selfie with a friend, all dressed up (HM Nov 2004) 190928
3-2 festive, busy-ness friend in focus 041105 treated photo of a friend taking a photo (HM Nov 2004) 191020
3-2 festive, busy-ness kevin out of focus 041105 a friend at a Halloween party shot and treated (HM Nov 2004) 191030
3-2 festive, busy-ness fifth avenue glitz 041115 snap moment on a fifth avenue sidewalk, New York (HM Nov 2004) 200712
3-2 festive, busy-ness new york twist 041115 treated photo taken during one of my early visits to New York City (HM Nov 2004) 191203
3-2 festive, busy-ness klaas voogd restaurant 041211 "klaas voogd" is a farm area near Robertson, a 90min drive from Cape Town (HM Dec 2004) 190711
3-2 festive, busy-ness blue jump 041226 photo taken by Fiona Hinds on Noordhoek Beach, Cape Town (HM Dec 2004) 190711
3-2 festive, busy-ness troyeville 050203 treated picture of a road and city scape scene in Troyeville, Johannesburg (HM Feb 2005) 200802
3-2 festive, busy-ness bonnet ride 060724 three school girls taking a ride on the HA!Mobile during a festival parade in the town of Somerset East, Eastern Cape (HM Jul 2006) 200123
3-2 festive, busy-ness the wink 070726 a child's face at a festival in Somerset East, Eastern Cape (HM Jul 2007) 230330
3-2 festive, busy-ness township dogs 080304 three dogs approaching near a township in The Crags, southern Cape (HM Mar 2008) 230407
3-2 festive, busy-ness the young crowd 080505 treated photo of kids in a crowded Sutherland community hall (HM May 2008) 200712
3-2 festive, busy-ness an aside 100119 inside of a bustling cafeteria while on a walkabout with my sister and niece, downtown Boston (HM Jan 2010) 200411
3-2 festive, busy-ness walking amongst people 100119 my sister, Marie Bosman (on the right) and her daughter Claudette on one of the many American excursions she took me on (HM Jan 2010) 190711
3-3 communal, political first los angeles house concert 041029 (HM Oct 2004) 190711
3-3 communal, political a teen age in Oudtshoorn 070330 young girl posing on a farm in the Klein Karoo (HM Mar 2007) 230517
3-3 communal, political with the people 160503 picture of a friend o fours in Paris, during a street protest, talking to a fellow elderly person. he, a socialist in the true French tradition (HM May 2016) 200510
3-3 communal, political tomorrow 160511 i saw everything in Joke's face: the observer (Paris streets during a protest), a sensitivity to looming crises, a deliberation as to what to do and a resoluteness to do something (HM May 2016) 200823
3-3 communal, political waiting 160831 treated photo of people waiting for a bus in front of a house, somewhere in Belgium East (HM Aug 2016) 201025
3-3 communal, political mother and child 201025 a quiet moment after a bath (HM Oct 2020) 230621

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11 SLIDE SHOWS

HA! O E cat title HA! O E title DATE slide show NR HA! O E description HA! O E date posted
1-2 aesthetic, the arts show time 191215   sitting on the floor i took images of people and performers, THE ARTIST AS SHAMANIC CAVEMAN.. lights and objects in De Studio in Antwerp at a festival concert organized by friend Andy Fierens (HM Dec 2019) 200101
1-2 aesthetic, the arts art debut of a two year old 200501 8 Mira's first complete work of art, independently completed and consciously brought to our attention for recognition. The media - white crayon on mirror - was a novel idea of hers (the after-treatments by HA!Man, May 2020) 200504
1-2 aesthetic, the arts Mira lines and colours 201110 20 there is something more here than the embodied and uncrafted water colour playfulness of a two and a half year old. something just slightly more. it is art. (ML Oct 2020) 201208
1-2 aesthetic, the arts FACES 210221 7 I took an online course in figure drawing. these are seven faces i drew each day of the past week. faces exercises in drawing faces showing feeling. or faces of which i could find feeling, without which i cannot draw (JD Feb 2021) 210221
1-2 aesthetic, the arts a certain south africanness 210718 30 detail views from a rural homestead in Kwazulu Natal, some of which portray a typical South Africanness. on the whole, a rough-edged closeness to nature and its materials (HM Jul 2021) 210720
1-2 aesthetic, the arts textures of cloud 221009 49 passing through the Free State Province - South Africa's heartland plains - these cloud formations impressed with their textures, layeredness, play with light and sheer drama (HM Oct 2022 from Sept 2010) 221009
1-2 aesthetic, the arts Drakenslines 230322 54 lines following my eyes on a crispy winter walk in the central Drakensberg (HM Mar 2023 from Jul 2014) 230404
1-2 aesthetic, the arts a night of lights 240113 58 Bruges set out a route through its historic centre, leading from one light feature to the next, making use of the structure of buildings, water reflections and high tech wizardry (HM Jan 2024) 240115
1-3 serene, holy six flowers for this time 200601 6 white with coloured background drawings, combining botanical elements with relevant words for our time of the Corona virus (JD May 2020) 200601
1-3 serene, holy Kologha forest walk 200801 54 10 minutes walk from where we stay, an indigenous forest with smells, textures and shapes from ages deep past (HM, JD Aug 2020) 201115
1-3 serene, holy the Outeniqua 221123 88 intimate and broad scenes along the Outeniqua mountain hiking trail (HM Nov 2022, from Dec 2006) 221124
2-2 impactful, detail things that move me in Canada 191104 8 Black and White drawings of things that move me in Canada, October - November 2019 (JD) 191114
2-2 impactful, detail 4 black and white 200524 4 black and white drawings, combining botanical elements with words (JD May 2020) 200524
2-2 impactful, detail plastic scene 200725 31 Stutterheim's derelict dumping site gave the wind fair game with plastics. an environmental horror. a visual feast. (HM Jul 2020) 200726
2-2 observations, detail the ADM is no more 210814 47 ADM stands "de Amsterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij." It's property, became an intermittent squatter camp for creative and alternative lifestyle people. After many battles, they were finally evicted in 2018, five years after my visit.. (HM Aug 2021) 210814
2-2 observations, detail sailing through West Texas 220316 60 cattle ranches, the wide open fields and straight roads to nowhere, the sun-crippled wooden houses, dusty towns and grand old cars: riveting, alien and somewhat less than wild (HM Mar 2022, from Nov 2011) 220316
2-2 observations, detail Streets of Bruges 230409 79 walking through a neighbourhood in Bruges, finding views and waterways, domestic details, numbers and colours, textures and lines, plus a duck or two (HM Apr 2023) 230415
2-2 observations, detail Norway and Sweden 230610 86 travelling through Norway and then Sweden, i took photos around two fo the countries' respective towns and sorted them one after the other, first the Norwegian, then the Swedish. open to interpretation and characterization! (HM Jun 2023) 230715
2-3 mechanical, architectural across the big divide 201106 78 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) 201108
3-1 emotive, moraily financial drain 131117 7 Walking through the streets of Manhattans Financial District shortly after hurricane Sandy came flooding through, i took some photos which i later interpreted with text: Nature catching up on human hubris (HM Nov 2013) 200510
3-1 emotive, moraily the future looks bleak 190915 18 series of 18 photos with Mira featuring, each with text touching on the mining propects of the O'Kiep area, global warming and the future of humanity (HM Sept 2019) 190917
3-1 emotive, moraily world war graveyard 210827 42 graves, soldiers and maxims at the World War I graveyard in Ieper, Belgium (HM Aug 2021) 210827
3-2 festive, fun Swimming Gala in Hawaii 130101 39 a celebration of human physicality and the joy of converging around our watery origins (HM Jan 2013) 201123
3-2 festive, fun Afrikaans vir Vlaams 201011 6 Joke took some Afrikaans words, illustrated them with vivid colour, to be presented as cards to Felmish and Dutch people who would appreciate the descriptiveness of these homegrown words with broad smiles (JD Oct 2020) 201011
3-2 festive, fun It's the Season 201221 7 artistic impressions of the time we celebrate the (northern) Winter Season, or the fact that it will not last forever (JD Nov 2020) 201221
3-2 festive, fun blauwe lijnen 210120 10 a series of drawings rendered in blue, with touches of red and dutch text. in the style of greeting cards (JD Jan 2021) 210125
3-2 festive, fun the oppikoppi people 210802 27 the looseness, the lying, the clothing, the hats, the smiles, the thinking, the drinking, the youthful seriousness, the love and the fun of a rock festival (HM Aug 2021) 210802
3-2 festive, fun venice the vacuous 210910 87 the topsy-turvy city, where visitor became the victorious and its hearth an empty shell. a land of selfies and sentiment, of rushing through to see and to be seen (HM Sep 2021 / May 2015) 210913
3-2 festive, fun shapeland 211016 35 shapes and faces, shadows and lines of toys - the art of fantasy (HM Oct 2021) 211018
3-2 festive, fun the old Las Vegas 211028 112 a walk through the domed corridor of the original Las Vegas tourist trap - the good, the bad and the lost (HM Oct 2021 / Nov 2015) 211102
3-2 festive, fun mira and the muizenberg wind 211220 46 glimpses of her dancing and rolling and running around mini dunes with a strong Cape wind edging her along (HM Dec 2021) 211224
3-2 festive, fun a flowery affair 220204 58 during a HA! event (FlorHA!) in the Baxter (Cape Town), my camera was available to anyone of any age who would like to take photos. the results came out rather flowery, fuzzy and festive. (HM Feb 2022 from Sep 2011) 220205
3-2 festive, fun a theme park in Korea 220403 74 a dazzling disney-like display of flotillas and dolls and dancers and dolphins during a show to the benefit of South Koreans, just outside Seoul (HM Mar 2022 from Jun 2012) 220405
3-2 festive, fun she swings! 220503 30 images of Joke on a swing near the Polish border with added textual hints of liberation (HM May 2022 from May 2013) 220503
3-2 festive, fun the wall drug 220614 31 if you have ever driven through South Dakota, endless advertisements for Wall Drug would have intrigued you. until you leave the high way and found just another monument to American materialism. but a charming one at that (HM Jun 2022 from Oct 2018) 220615
3-2 festive, fun belgitude 220804 70 Belgians gather for a showing of a soccer World Cup match in 2014. The images follow the multicolour fun from the park side into the hanger and its big screen, the eruptions and signs of a hail storm afterwards (HM Aug 2022 from Jun 2014) 220802
3-2 festive, fun brass band moves 230119 44 a brass band in Antwerp caught live in different postures. open aperture and their movement creates blurry images suggesting something of the wonderfully lively energy of their playing (HM Jan 2023 from May 2013) 230119
3-3 community, culture china 070415 9 china - a few images of my only visit to China (Shanghai) that could be saved from many that went lost through a hard drive crash. A tale of the old and the new. (HM Apr 2007) 210206
3-3 community, culture japan driveby 190928 20 various scenes taken from a cehicle driving through parts of Japan near Osaka (HM April 2019) 190928
3-3 community, culture a canadian winter town 191123   somewhere in remote Canada, a small town that clearly suffers, but for that shows a lot of character (HM Oct 2019) 191123
3-3 community, culture 10 Days in Sharjah 200131 50 50 impressions of our visit to the emirate of Sharjah, having performed there at their first Fringe Festival (JD Jan 2020) 200202
3-3 community, culture manhattan walk 200608 60 visual arrests the last time i was able to walk the streets of Manhattan - on my way to the new World Trade Center building and back (HM Nov 2016) 200608
3-3 community, culture most beautiful town 210405 33 key places, buildings and views from my (and my parents') past in Stellenbosch, described by some foreign visitors as the most beautiful town in the world (HM Apr 2021) 210405
3-3 community, culture Alexandria 210519 67 the obscure town of Alexandria sits on the "Sunshine Coast" route of the Eastern Cape. It has always drawn my eye. finally a moment to take the lens on foot.. (May 2021) 210517
3-3 community, culture Osaka city 220106 40 images of details mainly from the tourist section of Osaka where America is much valorized. (HM Jan 2022 from Apr 2019) 220107
3-3 community, culture Bushveld Town 220822 43 a visit paid to Raphuti, a typical impoverished black township. in the shadow of hardship, there is yet much joy, closeness to nature and inventiveness. and the camera agrees (HM Aug 2022 from Deb 2016) 220828
3-3 community, culture Bethesda relief 221206 57 images of the town of Nieu Bethesda (in slight relief-haute), known for its "Owl House". Somewhat isolated in the heart of the Karoo, it retains an air of a different time where a deep tranquility reigns (HM & JD Dec 2022) 221207

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12 VIDEOS

HA__O_E_CA HA__O_E_TI DATE TOTAL_DURA HA__O_E_DE HA__O_E_DA
1-1 mystical The Day I Got My Body Back 1 050710 05:21 Piano improvisation with dancer Penny Hin on a given theme: the return of the body awareness - Part 1 of 3 (2. the death of god 3. reconnection) (HM Jul 2005) 191211
1-1 mystical Song of Nature 130105 07:01 Joke and I stopped for an hour or so in the rugged beauty of the "Seweweek's Poort," taking visuals feelingly, afterwards adding text (Joke) and music (HA!Man) to render a Song of Nature.. (Jan 2013) 211018
1-1 mystical lights in the rain 1 190726 04:35 captured by the lights of cars, moving across the water, with drops waiting patiently on the windscreen of the car i am sitting in (HM, Jul 2019) 190727
1-1 mystical Relentless Void 191020 06:45 dramatic night sky scenes from Hogsback overlay Joke's text to this (first) part of the Relentless Universe soundtrack (JD & HM Oct 2019) 191020
1-1 mystical heavy as a feather 191114 05:57 the endless fascination with falling snow, its mystery, its soft dangers and angelic redemption (HM Nov 2019) 191114
1-1 mystical northern trek 191211 07:20 visuals from moving vehicle somewhere in central Canada on the trans Canada highway along with music from the opening of a live performance in the Netherlands some months earlier (HM Nov 2019) 191211
1-1 mystical hier sta ik 210326 04:32 Joke's improvised Dutch poem "hier sta ik" blends with a drive through a misty Karoo in the early morning hours ((HM March 2021) 210327
1-1 mystical ADEM 211018 08:32 the text of a Dutch poem by Joke drifts along with a mystical performance opening piece and ocean waves - the confluence of breathing, being alive and not knowing what comes next (JD & HM Oct 2021) 211018
1-2 aesthetic a family connection 191006 06:00 medley made from performance at the Pretoria house fo Petrus Gous. involving members of Petrus's family with imprisation. there were a bass, a grand piano, voices, two more cellos and two saxes (HM 6 Oct 2019)  
1-2 artistic Montana University Performance 031010 04:48 HA!Man plays piano, cello, dances and interacts at Montana State University, Oct 2003 190810
1-2 artistic mystical paint brush 040522 07:09 HA!Man improvises with cello and keyboard while master action painter Yokoo Tatsohiko from Japan performs. Near Berlin, at Christiane & Reinhard Fo"rster's farm, May 2004. 190711
1-2 artistic piano improvisation on the theme of Sarie Marias 040522 08:23 during a HA!Man performance at the Libertas Theatre, Stellenbosch. The piano was once imported especially for maestro Vladimir Ashkenazy (camera: Lara Kirsten, May 2006) 190711
1-2 artistic somewhere in Arizona 040522 00:47 bare breasted cello inspired by the Wild West! (HM May 2004) 191030
1-2 artistic Seoul workshop solo 050424 04:42 a solo cello improvisation during a corporate workshop at LG, Seoul (HM Apr 2005) 191020
1-2 artistic The Day I Got My Body Back 2 050710 04:11 Piano improvisation with dancer Penny Hin on a given theme: the return of the body awareness. (Part 1: away in the spirit 2. the death of god 3. reconnection) (HM Jul 2005) 200214
1-2 artistic The Day I Got My Body Back 3 050710 04:51 Piano improvisation with dancer Penny Hin on a given theme: the return of the body awareness. Part 3. reconnection (HM Jul 2005) 200304
1-2 artistic Owl house final 050800 04:33 the video and music track for Marlene Zwiegers Uilvrou production, with dancing images from the "Uilvrou's" (Helen Martin) garden statues, glass work, the house itself.. down to the end of the work. (HM Aug 2005) 200226
1-2 artistic uilvrou tour 050830 09:20 a visual tour through and around the Owl House in Nieu-Bethesda - the singularly eccentric life-work of art by the enigmantic and celebrated Helen Martens. with an original soundtrack (HM Jun 2005) 200320
1-2 artistic kansas city SA benefit 071020 07:52 Extracts from HA!Man live performance in Unity on the Plaza, Kansas City. Also with children's choir premiering Child of the World and singer Teri Wilder improvising with HA!Man (Oct 20017) 200510
1-2 artistic sequence 090713 02:54 a short duo improvisation taken from a whole collection done with Paul de Mayer - master organist and keyboardist, Gent, Belgium) - here in a piano shop (Jul 2009, camera Lara Kirsten) 200614
1-2 artistic Beautiful Land in Grahamstown Cathedral 090803 03:53 Beautiful Land's lyrics describe and praise the natural beauty of South Africa. A combined schools choir is performing it in the cathedral in Grahamstown. The HA!Man on cello and Priscilla Glover conducting. Camera by Laura Kirsten. (Aug 2009) 200621
1-2 artistic the lines of the rocks of Kenton-on-Sea 130205 05:51 striking beach rock formations at the wild little town of Kenton-on-Sea in the Eastern Cape keeps on drawing me.. flavoured with the lines of strings sounds from layered cello recordings.. (HM Feb 2013) 200621
1-2 artistic piano improvisation #3 at Turckstraat 10 130515 06:39 final improvisation on Joke's beloved white piano in Turckstraat, Antwerp - forward waves in three-time, a musical reflection on intense times (HM May 2013) 211124
1-2 artistic praying with open eyes 170121 06:05 a sensuous flow of movement, line and blended piano (HM Jan 2017) 190711
1-2 artistic piano solo in leysin 190314 03:44 only the last minutes of a self-filmed piano improvisation (the larger part got corrupted). this was after a performance in the Grand Salle Belle Epoque, Leysin, Switserland, stealing a moment with an excellent grand piano (HM March 2019) 200504
1-2 artistic is it small is it big 190709 03:23 series of photos with inlaid text forming a poem about a special kind of beauty.. (JD & HM, Jul 2019) 190719
1-2 artistic choir spontaneity moments 191015 05:21 with Joke holding the camera (and Mira), a few scenes from a spontaneous expression workshop. with members of the University of Johannesburg Choir. a few moments of living music making. (HM Oct 2019) 201208
1-2 artistic lines of love 200910 05:13 woven images of Joke's mixed media graphic series "flowers of love and hope" [https://flowersofloveandhope.wordpress.com/] along with original soundtrack in minimalist style (JD, HM Sep 2020) 200915
1-2 artistic interior 210517 06:53 how the artful interior of a house only matures with the ticking of time (with HA!Man and violinist Veronika Soreide improvisation as soundtrack) (HM May 2021) 210517
1-2 artistic non-linear 210627 07:58 a play with Joke's original drawings - black lines on white - produced during the first lockdown year, forms the basis of this video, along with parts of the draft soundtrack produced for Animal Planet's documentary on the Knysna elephants (Jun 2021) 210628
1-2 artistic HA!Man impressions 211109 04:23 live performance of the HA!Man piece "sag" (Afrikaans for "soft") overlaid with intense images of past performance acts (HM Nov 2021) 211110
1-2 artistic Cello Improv at the Linder 220121 04:17 As part of a mass choir concert in the Linder Auditorium, Johannesburg, this piece started out with serene, almost hymn-like whistling and voice, then slipped into a bravura african-style groove, reaching an exciting end (HM Jan 2022 from Aug 2007) 220125
1-2 artistic lilypond 220809 04:16 gentle (and wafty) string sounds accompany intimate images of a lily pond in the Netherlands (JD & HM Aug 2022) 220810
1-2 artistic sounds of silence 220920 05:39 with no sound, images of HA!Man performing and prancing around on top of Table Mountain are loudly and softly interspersed with singers from Makhanda township and a waterfall in the Amatola mountains (HM Sep 2022 from various) 220922
1-2 artistic township performance 230313 06:20 my late friend Nyebho Swartbooi took me to this church in a township of Gqeberha. music abounded from the dusts of poverty. Nyebho later commited suicide. (HM & JD Mar 2023 from Oct 2017) 230315
1-2 artistic nocturnal study 240210 09:11 fixed camera on my hands as I express a nightly sphere in a small room near Cape Town (HM Feb 2024) 2
1-3 serene driving home in Hogsback 030715 05:25 filmed in Jul 2003 as I was driving to the Eco Shrine cottage where I used to live until 2012. Music track: "Softglider" 190711
1-3 serene Lost amongst the Redwoods 031028 03:31 visuals of the giant trees of the Californian Redwood forest as enjoyed by the HA!Man and Rebecca Jones (Oct 2003) 190711
1-3 serene railway 051001 03:09 railway scenes in and around Chicago. with the music it formed part of the Moving Chicago multi-media production. Inspired by a poem relating the story of a soldier who survived WWII, only to be killed by a train on his return (HM Oct 2005) 200411
1-3 serene snow blizzard 110828 03:50 snow storm reflected in car lights while driving through upstate new york, along with HA!Man track "soundbed for recorder" (HM Aug 2011) 200809
1-3 serene swartberg uphill 110828 05:02 music from the MIGRATIONS soundtrack, part three: "prayer of the long haul" along with treated visuals of the actual migration up the Swarberg Pass, Southern Cape.. (HM Aug 2011) 200304
1-3 serene koker spirit 150330 04:20 in the district of Nieuwoudtville, there lies the southernmost Kokerboom (quiver tree) forest in Africa. Actually a succulent, these ancient plants thrive in the harshest of conditions. A camera walkabout combined with hymnal soundtrack (HM March 2015) 210206
1-3 serene mother, daughter 190803 09:36 images of Joke and Mira along with opening of a live performance that happened along the Cape Coast in 2015 190803
1-3 serene i look into the morning light 190810 04:21 images of the rising sun at Eagle's Ridge both inspired Joke to new insights and to combine them with her hopeful words. HA!Man recorded a track according to her specifications.. (JD & HM Aug 2019) 190810
1-3 serene dutch dusk 190928 04:15 sunset and moon rising scenes on Dutch country side along with haunting but serene music track (HM sept 2019) 190928
1-3 serene as if the snow 191030 05:10 images taken after a snowfall in Regina, Canada, set to Joke's poem As If The Snow and HA!Man track Children Asking (JD & HM Oct 2019) 191030
1-3 serene frozen falls 191123 06:10 mezmerizing images of ice formations along a far-off highway in winter Canada. soundtrack: "two hours after midnight" (HA!Man) (HM Nov 2019) 191123
1-3 serene a home i cannot name 200116 04:47 Joke's poem describing feelings on our first meeting, read by herself along with visuals of fleeting flowers, majestic mountains and intimate homes. original soundtrack evokes the homecoming to a home that cannot be framed, or named. (JD & HM Jan 2020) 200705
1-3 serene when the herd came down 200116 03:40 the track "when the herd came down" was originally recorded as i watched footage of an elephant herd going down to a water hole. visuals here are from roadside flowers passing by and majestic mountains - equally suited (HM Jan 2020) 200123
1-3 serene roadside rest 200411 07:04 driving out north towards Cathcart with Mira. Stop. Picnic site. Look. Rest. (HM Apr 2020) 200411
1-3 serene thank you 200926 04:22 an oak leaf dangling from a spider string amongst the big trees at our Eagle's Ridge home, with the track"thank you" to accompany it (visuals JD music HM Sep 2020) 200928
1-3 serene you may call this our garden 201011 04:35 one part of the Eagles Ridge property is a kind of semi-wild garden. only we go there regularly. the camera rolls along tree trunks, leaves, grasses, horses, reeds and more, embraced by a melancholy musical drift. welcome to our garden! (HM Oct 2020) 201011
1-3 serene me and you 201214 05:01 a road, somewhere in central South Africa, rolls under wheels. delicate music from improvisations with violinist Veronika Soreide accompanies, along with poetic text about the steady bond between the me and the you (HM Dec 2020) 201214
1-3 serene moon, child and the dangling leaf 210601 06:11 the chant-like track "nnghai-nnghai" is combined with video layers of a full moon night with moving clouds, Mira walking and playing in a historic Arab square and a leaf hanging on a spider thread at Eagle's Ridge (HM May 2021) 210603
1-3 serene rolling greens 220214 05:55 visuals taken while driving on the road between Kokstad and Underberg in Kwazulu Natal. along with the track "the opening". heavy rains have fallen, the green seen through a cracked windscreen (HM Feb 2022) 220214
1-3 serene springtime strings 240514 09:37 spring is breaking in Switzerland and Mira and I are visiting various playground sites. a selection of photos is combined with a recording of myself and violinist Veronika Soreide during our first public appearance, during the same period (HM May 2024) 240520
2-1 explorative kicking dust 071010 01:49 in a third reflection, as Nyebho Swartboois feet kicks township dust, HA!Man speaks on behalf of a predatory civilization which refuses to return to... dust (HM Oct 2007) 200628
2-1 explorative Brooding Sarah 090106 07:01 photos by the HA!Man of people in stolen moments of reflection along with soundtrack created by the HA!Man. in honour of all our moments of allowing the mind to sink deeper, searching for the whole of things. . (HM Jan 2009) 200304
2-1 explorative lights in the rain 2 190726 06:58 mystical view from inside a car, while raining in the Netherelands. the play of reflection and mocing car lights along with a double layered soundtrack - strings and choir voices (HM Jul 2019) 191013
2-1 explorative windscreen rain 190823 04:23 improvised poem in relation to the image of raindrops sliding on windscreen with Noordhoek beach in background. music track "Autumn" (HM Aug 2019) 190826
2-1 explorative a south african home 191012 04:04 interior images of a typical south african apartheid era house. guitar effects overlayed by chunks of afrikaans folk songs and my voice improvising an Afrikaans text around what everybody used to say.. (HM Oct 2019) 191013
2-1 explorative musings of a 1 year old 191221 04{21 the little Mira's debut: drawings completely her own as well as her own solo piano playing. The only foreign addition is a layer of some trumpet sounds (ML 2019) 191222
2-1 explorative spontaneous drawing to guitar percussion 200311 03:38 another jiffy on the guitar - this time with slapping and clapping, as entertainment for Mira. subsequently i put a pice of drawing board on another carpet and let the colours of ink dance to it (HM March 2020) 200329
2-1 explorative mr trrrump 200419 02:55 abstract geometry fumbles along with a quirky, yet ominous soundtrack which supports a mvoice and text message to mr Donald Trump: you have missed your calling! (HM Apr 2020) 200420
2-1 explorative they too, will disappear 200516 05:08 a nature-inspired poem by Joke accompanied by sounds of birds, crackling leaves and a plucked autoharp. we should be free to be as a pinkish cloud. it won't last forever. (JD & HM May 2020) 200517
2-1 explorative truth distorted 200607 03:53 water colours on an A4 (mostly by 2-yr old Mira le Roux) are taken as the starting point of a series of added visual effects, until the original is completely unrecognizable. with original symphonic soundtrack (HM Jun 2020) 200608
2-1 explorative Winds of No Change 201129 06:38 a reflective juxtaposition of windblown plastics at a neglected dumping site., a street scene in Antwerp and a young man with impossible dreams in the Karoo town of Beaufort West. (HM Nov 2020) 201130
2-1 explorative Chicago Fire 210606 04:22 music originally recorded for a poem on the late 19th century fire in Chicago used as accompaniment to a live, digital white on black drawing (HM Jun 2021) 210613
2-1 explorative un re la t e d 220512 05:49 the shadows of blinds, a dog that does not know whether it's left or right, the Old Las Vegas, the Alexandria grave yard and a bicycle fall.. related? a car being pushed? (HM May 2022) 220518
2-1 explorative late night guest room 220819 03:54 four layered voice recordings recorded in a bed & Breakfast room in East London, the added to three layers of video play in the same room that responds to the "music" (HM Aug 2022) 220819
2-1 explorative Relentless Reflectivity 221227 05:58 the age old questions that keep returning - why are we here, as the wheel of life keeps passing the goal post of experimentation and re-orientation - with images of HA!Man art that plays with complexity and chaotic dances (HM and JD Dec 2022) 221228
2-1 explorative she is in this world 240221 10:20 poetic text filmed as it is typed, layered on a slide show of a forest in the Ardenne, with Mira featuring around, accompanied by simulated guitar distortions. the world is a mess (HM Feb 2024) 240224
2-1 explorative wind woven white 240307   the wind can do wonders with clouds over the plains of the South African interior. photos were taken from one vantage point, carried along by a windswept violin (Veronika Soreide) and strings improvisation (HM Mar 2024) 24034
2-1 explorative song of lostness 240614 09:33 the recorded piece "song of lostness" was used as soundtrack for past video material from Table Mountain walks, driving passes in SA and Canada, the Eiffel Tower and snow in Hogsback, evoking both the beauty and tragedy of lostness (HM Jun 2024) 240619
2-2 outward Laatmiddag Bethesda 030802 05:07 peaceful scenes from Nieu Bethesda, a small town haven in the Karoo.. with original music (HM Aug 2003) 190711
2-2 outward Wall Drug 031005 03:01 visiting a paragon of traditional American commercialism along with a frind from Chicago: "Walll Drug", South Dakota.. with original music (HM Oct 2003) 190803
2-2 outward Pitstop 031103 03:27 visuals at an american gas station on the way to San Francisco, with original music by the HA!Man (HM Nov 2003) 190711
2-2 outward Nyebho 031230 08:38 Nyebho Swartbooi improvises what he wants to tell the world.. at our favourite performing spot, overlooking the Zuurveld.. With original music (HM Dec 2003) 190928
2-2 outward London City 031231 02:28 fleeting images of London captured with original music (HM Dec 2003) 190711
2-2 outward Jardin 050702 07:49 this is in effect an ode to the passionate interest in the natural life of gardens, of artist Anette Urbanski in Nuremberg. I recorded original music and made a slide show out of the pictures she sent me (HM Jul 2005) 200123
2-2 outward Seoul Humans 060415 04:03 walking at night through the streets and alleys of a bustling and bristling Seoul.. with some clear public music blare-outs coming through (HM Apr 2006) 200420
2-2 outward rainbow dance 140421 05:24 images taken from Rhodes Scholars at the Mandela Museum in the Easter Cape dancing after a HA! workshop - sliding along with HA!Man's track "First Contact." a flow of all the vibrant south african rainbow colours.. (HM Apr 2014) 200113
2-2 outward Relentless Explosivity 190529 06:19 extracts from the Moving Johburg video, interlayered with raw footage of night-time Johburg, along with Joke's text to this part of Relentless Universe (JD May 2019) 190816
2-2 outward those italy days 200320 04:29 i took my guitar to play music to Mira, lying on a carpet in Cape Town. the music took me back to Italy - in the days long before the virus - how we strolled along streets in mountain villages.. (HM & JD March 2020) 200320
2-2 outward park & film Chintsa farm road 210109 06:20 the wealth of what the eye can find in a limited radius from where a travelling car has been parked. music and video effects added. the spot is near Chintsa, a coastal town in the Eastern Cape province (HM Jan 2021) 210112
2-2 outward chromatic soldiers 210414 04:16 on the Karoo road between Somerset East and Bedford, I hit swarms of smaller, red locusts crossing and dying en masse. back home i improvised a chromatic kind of hymn in their honour, or dishonour (HM Apr 2021) 210414
2-3 structure Chicago Industrial 051001 03:02 robust soundtrack with scenes from the industrial basin of Chicago (I was driving far and wide to get these), interspersed with geometric black and white graphics (HM Oct2005) 190923
2-3 structure fire 051001 03:59 slow animation (graphic drawings) impressionating the great fire of Chicago during the late 18th century - and also how it has impressively been rebuilt (HM Oct 2005) 200405
2-3 structure Moving Chicago 051001 03:24 created for the multi-media and poetry production "Moving Chicago" - the main theme here accompanied by visuals from qnything that moves around the city.. (HM Oct 2005) 200329
2-3 structure Relentless Machine 200531 06:38 humanity as machine - with soundtrack from the "Relentless Universe" project, text written and read by Joke Debaere - multiple slides layered by visuals of rocks, the ocean, birds and running machines.. (HM May 2020) 200601
2-3 structure on the farm 210926 04:26 views of the surroundings, the implements, the buildings, the animals, the old objects and trees on a farm in the Eastern Cape, farmed by sixth generation 1820 British Settlers (HM & JD Sep 2021) 210926
3-1 emotive feeling toes 071010 01:27 feet from two worlds briefly meet: a black and a white one. the black feet since died. two worlds tragically uneven (HM and Nyebho Swartbooi, Oct 2007) 200705
3-1 emotive the carpet factory 071010 03:11 With visuals from children playing on the dusty streets of Rhini, Janet Kuypers reads her poem on the human price of luxury shoes. With moving duo between the cello and Peter Bartels on trumpet (Oct 2007) 200524
3-1 emotive we have hung up our feet 071010 02:26 poem quote: "foot fantasias in spite, we might soon meet with our night, and the sleep will soon invite us.." - along with poignant soundtrack and the visuals of the feet of the late Nyebho Swartbooi (HM Oct 2007) 200426
3-1 emotive human drift 190830 04:15 photographic scenes of destruction on the Kwazulu Natal north coast due to the rising ocean, evocative of humanity at drift, sliding off the existential cliff (HM Sept 2019) 190830
3-1 emotive history lesson 190921 04:09 probing the meaning of the monumentalizing of the fallen during conflicts run by men (HM Sept 2019) 190923
3-1 emotive road to Hiroshima 191115 03:52 a dark, but strong piece recorded during a performance is here layered with scenes of the highway from Osaka to Hiroshima, and that of a really worn down South African "bakkie" (pick-up truck) that is actually still working, Mad Max style. (HM Apr 2020) 200405
3-1 emotive global warming 200116 07:14 images and video material given to an older track which is a kind of fantasy on the theme of global warming. it does not end too well. footage includes that of the eroding coast line at Richards Bay. (HM Jan 2020) 200123
3-1 emotive nyebho's dark night 201023 08:59 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) 201025
3-1 emotive Relentless Tears 210220 07:17 with text about finding and losing oneself in darkness, the drifting and wailing soundtrack is accompanied by solitary visuals of our visit to Sharjah, UAE.(HM, JD and ML Feb 2021) 210221
3-1 emotive america 211210 06:16 a dedication to the spirit if the United States in the form of the Lady of Liberty, playing on both her promise and her brokenness (HM Dec 2021) 211212
3-1 emotive rows, rows, rows 230216 05:06 inages from the World War One graveyard in Ieper, Belgium, march slowly along with an utterly sad voice and soft padding, reflecting on the tragedy of regimented human destruction (HM Feb 2023) 230217
3-1 emotive sailing on the side 230415 04:53 walking through a neighbourhood in Bruges, following the meeting line between pavement and walls, that intimate public space for those on the side and those sidelined (HM Apr 2023) 230415
3-2 fun Tradouws Pass 030817 04:09 in the HA!Car through the beautiful mountains of Tradouw's Pass, Western Cape (HM Jun 2003) 190711
3-2 fun Loodskoot 030828 04:48 seuntjie Lood hardloop rond voor huiskonsert by liesl & george van niekerk, constantia - in hierdie tyd het ek spontane klein videos gemaak voor elke optrede.. (HM Aug 2003) 190727
3-2 fun Hollywood 031105 04:09 random scenes from Sunset Boulevard (HM Nov 2003) 190711
3-2 fun Montagu 031229 05:14 Andy Fierens discovers quirky Montagu.. With original music (HM Dec 2003) 190816
3-2 fun dance for everything 040522 04:05 see how the HA!Man dances, jumps, and runs all over the place.. on the finale from his "Skepping 7" soundtrack (various locations)
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3-2 fun me and my feet 071010 03:59 Chicago-based Peter Bartels filmed by his wife Cathleen doing a daily routine between bath and bed room. HA!Man improvises a poem to highlight the intensity of feet-consciousness. (HM Oct 2007) 200504
3-2 fun HA!Man visit to Bokhoro school Lesotho 080923 05:44 highlights from a visit by the HA!Man to Bokhoro school in the Lesotho mountains. Great footage of spontaneous items by various students, including a home-made instrument band. (HM, camera Lara Kirsten Sept 2008) 200608
3-2 fun the summer of East London 200105 05:58 visual news from a breezy summer day on beautiful Nahoon beach, East London, also starring Mira le Roux and her mamma (HM Jan 2020) 200105
3-2 fun teddie hide-and-seek 200718 02:31 Joke took a series of pictures of the little Mira doing a hide and seek act with her little teddie - all this then danced to the HA!Man track "Light Steps" (JD & HM, Jul 2020) 200719
3-2 fun park in autumn 231128 06:16 images of a park in Basel, Switzerland with huge trees in full autumnal colours. the music is from the opening of a live performance in Arizona, segueing into a piece called "free State" when Mira is also becoming part of the scenery (HM Nov 2023) 231201
3-3 all-embracing finale 200116 04:36 a series of pictures sliding along the brilliant "finale" piece, a celebration of people and places met and seen around the world, of life, energy and gutso.. (HM Jan 2020) 200217
3-3 all-embracing a warm, warm reception 200503 04:55 focusing on film material taken during a thank you-reception by Primrose December in Khayelitsha, this video introduces her organization, developing the youth in her community (HM & JD May 2020) 200504
3-3 all-embracing Singabanqobi Educare 230120 06:00 video and photo impressions of a home made school in Khayelitsha, striving to become registered as a state sposored school (HM Jan 2023) 230603

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13 FILMS

HA__O_E_CA HA__O_E_TI DATE TOTAL_DURA HA__O_E_DE HA__O_E_DA
1-1 mystical dream train 220622 11:02 the violin of Veronika Soreide joins strings and the sounds of people on the train from Kortrijk to Gent in Belgium. the visuals simply feels out the passing scenes in a dreamscape of shadowed vulnerability (HM Jun 2022) 220622
1-2 aesthetic Whale 061031 14:44 i deliver commentary, sort of.. if i may call it commentary.. on the unfolding of a graphic drawing done years ago. borderline silliness. or art, if you like. with original soundtrack. (HM Aug 2020) 200830
1-2 aesthetic piano improvisation #1 at Turckstraat 10 130515 10:24 improvising on Joke's piano in Turckstraat, Antwerp - hyper sturm und drang (HM Jun 2013) 210206
1-2 artistic HA!Man at Cello Madness Congress 151023 12:40 Part of a performance given at a cello happening in Oakland, California. Very scary improvisation followed by the vainglorious track "Chicago Industrial." (sound quality regrettable) (camera JD, Oct 2015) 200915
1-2 artistic tjello se tonge van vuur 200608 21:36 cello and fire collaboration recorded during strict lockdown for a Dutch festival (commentary in Afrikaans). four improvisation pieces (the final piece is also lightly orchestrated, along with nostalgic images of our pre-COVID days) (HM Jun 2020) 210318
1-3 serene water and light 220607 11:50 extract from a live performance where cello, choir voices, voice, strings, then whistling too, is enhanced by a lightning storm in the Eastern Cape, a water organ display in Dubai and the surface of big waters somewhere on the planet (HM Jun 2022) 220609
2-1 explorative ABC Talk 210123 10:01 sitting on a couch an improvised "talk" happens to revolve around the ABC. the "talk" is both play-acting and thought, both impressionistic and expressionist dabbelling with the ABC of a child and the childhood of the ABC (HM Jan 2021) 210125
2-1 explorative coincidental 240122 13:47 a stream of the random and the odd, both visuals and sound, bric-a-brac over two decades from all over the world. the beauty of chance (HM Jan 2024) 240118
2-2 outward night walk 200730 12:50 having missed the last train, i walk the streets of Paris back to where i was staying, rolling camera in hand. it becomes a narrative of nightly sights and sounds, strange moods and a notorious laptop (HM Jul 2020) 200802
2-3 structure the impossible pass 070303 10:00 the story of the HA!mobile who tried to play 4x4 (near Hogsback, Eastern Cape, South Africa). the year was 2007, when Lara Kirsten ("Larha!") was on the HA! road. she is the one behind the camera, and this crazy idea! 190711
3-1 emotive The Chicken Thief 040618 14:55 a little movie made to teach a lesson in crime. shot in a Grahamstown township, based on a story written by Nyebho Swartbooi, who also stars as the thief and narrator. (Camera: kate Louw. Music and direction: HM, Jun 2004) 190711
3-3 all-embracing Early HA!Man Profile Project 040301 12:54 Rozanne Stoman interviewed and filmed me in Knysna as part of a university project (March 2004) 190719
3-3 social little steps of life 200815 12:58 filming Mira from behind as she walks the Kologha forest path, i remember a recurring dream i had as a child. i remember the steps life took me on. (HM Aug 2020) 200816

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90's ARCHIVE

HA! O E title TOTAL_DURA HA! O E description HA! O E date posted
THE PAPERS July 1995 A4 hand 15 'n gedig oor 'n blaartjie, a 3-d model of reality (with listings), a mathematical joke, 'n woord-skets van verlorenheid, a scribbled figure, pogings om "The Papers" te definieer, on the nature of music a scribbled figure and a cry against alienation 210713
THE PAPERS August 1995 A4 hand 23 woordloed, vertwyfeling, tree and landscape, human faces, the expression of insecurity, dualism and depression, a music score, lewe in Johannesburg, another go at the 3-d model of reality, wildness and sex, privacy, sex education, sketches and more
 210718
THE PAPERS September 1995 A4 hand 23 a story about jan and the lion and baboon, the garage as metaphor for humanity, reconciling object with subject, some drawings, oor blikslaters, how creation disturbs the Nothing, the ugliness of being precious, desperate to express, die brommer
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THE PAPERS October 1995 A4 hand 27 the point of surrendering to the inexplicable, theTHE PAPERS January 1997 never never sea waves (inexplicable), staggering how abusive a typical household can be, what to say when there is nothing to say, on writer's block and the necessity of the subconscious, the way a god should lead one to nothingness, of sex without shame, drawings and text-drawings
 210904
THE PAPERS February 1996 A4 hand 17 of existential angst, body parts, life of the performer, a world of suffering, loose thoughts, the body as instrument, to be stuck somewhere in the middle when it comes to the fate of humanity, motivation and three-dimensional thought
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THE PAPERS March 1996 A4 hand 18 on the nature of belief and understanding, gevoelens van verwees en verval, 'n onsinlike skets, a feathered bird, of discernable beauty in old age, botanical sketch, language as musicality, intercourse as death-invoking, summer time in the Cape, failing faces and more
 220108
THE PAPERS April 1996 A4 hand 18 die kompleksiteite van 'n verhouding, a rant against the curious habit of celebrating birthdays, loose lines in different languages, man-brain trapped in global cloud, a rhyme on time, life as jester, a wiry self-portrait, to dissolve into one's unbiased body, disillusionment and madness, the escaping from the i and other strange drawings
 220812
THE PAPERS June 1996 A4 hand 19 the uninspired expression (Socrates as the coffee table), heaven as total hell, asking - what is it to be human? applications for the three-dimensional conceptual framework, then the story of Thumb, the hitch-hiker's spiritual moment, organic drawings, the deep tire after struggle, why should i be a master when i can be me? mindless sex and food, starches and civilization, die orde-konings van Afrika
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THE PAPERS July 1996 A4 hand 34 reflections on James Joyce's "A portrait of the artist as a young man", notes from newsreels, a brief critique of miracles (both faith-based and scientific), train wheels, of birth and death, what is it to be human?, what is sex?, infinity!, is it only me and you?, wederopverkrampteliefdesmaand, for seven thousand years.., come, boykey, come!, int int int.., thoughts on "Citizen X", gesteelde kar-storie, Johburg scenes and reflections, the German man who gave me a lift, Keimoes encounter, irrational numbers, Xeno's paradox, climbing a mountain, tell us a story!, woman driving, 221118
THE PAPERS August 1996 A4 hand 21 about mountains, Bob Dole and Mars as i hitch-hike; realistic lines; on crime and creativity, the West hitting Africa; an exposition of the Three Dimensional Analysis of Reality; heaven and fear; the jesus-fix; hitch-hiking anecdotes 230125
THE PAPERS October 1996 A4 hand 21 of thorns and droppings, pienk geskaamtes, a word play on p and who said sense was born overnight? a warped mind going mind, but we honestly did not know! of dying the wrong death and it's best not to be. more drawings and lists of words, this everlasting unhappiness en.. ons is toe nie almal grens toe nie, Ma! 230417
THE PAPERS December 1996 A4 hand 20 a poem about a shooting culture, or just a shooting poem? and then mostly drawings - phantasmagorical structures, a sort of heart, a bird, plant, a ballerina and another, a short essay on God and the Sun, the pain of being true to self and then in praise of confusion! 230527
THE PAPERS January 1997 A4 hand 21 the deadness of the father-son blood sacrifice, the silent world of the hitch-hiker, the difficulty of difficulties, the un-under-unfounded-unning-unness, hitch-hiking blues and wonders, the supply chain of writing, die kat skop die bal en, various fantastical drawings 230801
THE PAPERS March 1997 A4 hand 22 form and line compilations, three-dee constructions, a deep down dive into there the darkish core, lostness poem, holiday train, ich liebe nicht, dead cat flies, word bumbles, spare me the pain, dear uncle world, and some birds 231211
THE PAPERS May 1997 A4 hand 17 the drawings becoming more three-dimensional with stronger hints of character and animals figures and the writings reflecting those last-ditch efforts to find I fixed idea, or a fixed lover that can be made to stay and not escape away, yet more and more, failing into the flow 240414