Reposted by Tessa Louw
“The best craftsmanship always leaves holes and gaps … so that something that is not in the poem can creep, crawl, thrash, or thunder in.” ~ Dylan Thomas
February 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
“The best craftsmanship always leaves holes and gaps … so that something that is not in the poem can creep, crawl, thrash, or thunder in.” ~ Dylan Thomas
Reposted by Tessa Louw
There’s a Turkish phrase about the upside of hitting rock bottom being that things can’t get any worse. It goes göte giren şemsiye açılmaz and it means “an umbrella up one’s ass cannot be opened”
February 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
There’s a Turkish phrase about the upside of hitting rock bottom being that things can’t get any worse. It goes göte giren şemsiye açılmaz and it means “an umbrella up one’s ass cannot be opened”
Sculpture by Marieke Prinsloo-Rowe.
Exhibition: "On Beauty (With Apology to Umberto Eco)"
📷 Tessa Louw
Exhibition: "On Beauty (With Apology to Umberto Eco)"
📷 Tessa Louw
January 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sculpture by Marieke Prinsloo-Rowe.
Exhibition: "On Beauty (With Apology to Umberto Eco)"
📷 Tessa Louw
Exhibition: "On Beauty (With Apology to Umberto Eco)"
📷 Tessa Louw
"For Paul Celan (2001-5)"
~ Anselm Kiefer.
"Before your late night face, passing
solitary
between
nights that reshaped me too,
something came to stand there
that was already with us once before, un-
moved by thought."
~ Paul Celan
~ Anselm Kiefer.
"Before your late night face, passing
solitary
between
nights that reshaped me too,
something came to stand there
that was already with us once before, un-
moved by thought."
~ Paul Celan
January 19, 2025 at 6:20 AM
"For Paul Celan (2001-5)"
~ Anselm Kiefer.
"Before your late night face, passing
solitary
between
nights that reshaped me too,
something came to stand there
that was already with us once before, un-
moved by thought."
~ Paul Celan
~ Anselm Kiefer.
"Before your late night face, passing
solitary
between
nights that reshaped me too,
something came to stand there
that was already with us once before, un-
moved by thought."
~ Paul Celan
"Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority."
A. Schopenhauer.
A. Schopenhauer.
January 19, 2025 at 5:54 AM
"Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority."
A. Schopenhauer.
A. Schopenhauer.
"Strong Breeze" (2023)
* Graphite on matte photo paper
✏️ Tessa Louw
* Graphite on matte photo paper
✏️ Tessa Louw
January 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"Strong Breeze" (2023)
* Graphite on matte photo paper
✏️ Tessa Louw
* Graphite on matte photo paper
✏️ Tessa Louw
"Earth Angel"
* Graphite
✏️ Tessa Louw
* Graphite
✏️ Tessa Louw
January 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"Earth Angel"
* Graphite
✏️ Tessa Louw
* Graphite
✏️ Tessa Louw
Reposted by Tessa Louw
Reposted by Tessa Louw
David Lynch.
Factory photographs.
“The factories that I love, are black-and-white experiences. Colour putrefies them. I really love the oil-impregnated earth, gleaming with black oil; steel and brick, and glass and these machines, and the smoke and fire. An amazing, phenomenal thing.”
Factory photographs.
“The factories that I love, are black-and-white experiences. Colour putrefies them. I really love the oil-impregnated earth, gleaming with black oil; steel and brick, and glass and these machines, and the smoke and fire. An amazing, phenomenal thing.”
January 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
David Lynch.
Factory photographs.
“The factories that I love, are black-and-white experiences. Colour putrefies them. I really love the oil-impregnated earth, gleaming with black oil; steel and brick, and glass and these machines, and the smoke and fire. An amazing, phenomenal thing.”
Factory photographs.
“The factories that I love, are black-and-white experiences. Colour putrefies them. I really love the oil-impregnated earth, gleaming with black oil; steel and brick, and glass and these machines, and the smoke and fire. An amazing, phenomenal thing.”
"Sunlight" (2021)
* graphite
✏️ Tessa Louw
* graphite
✏️ Tessa Louw
January 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"Sunlight" (2021)
* graphite
✏️ Tessa Louw
* graphite
✏️ Tessa Louw
😂😂😂
January 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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On the road between Loeriesfontein and Calvinia in the Hantam region, Northern Cape, South Africa.
📷 Tessa Louw
📷 Tessa Louw
January 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
On the road between Loeriesfontein and Calvinia in the Hantam region, Northern Cape, South Africa.
📷 Tessa Louw
📷 Tessa Louw
Cape Town Contrasts.
📷 Tessa Louw
📷 Tessa Louw
January 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Cape Town Contrasts.
📷 Tessa Louw
📷 Tessa Louw
Johan Rockstrom of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research: "We have now experienced the first taste of a 1.5 C world, which has cost people and the global economy unprecedented suffering and economic costs ..."
www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/...
www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/...
2024 hottest recorded year, crossed global warming limit
Excess heat is supercharging extreme weather, and 2024 saw countries all over the world suffer disasters that cost more than $300 billion.
www.japantimes.co.jp
January 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Johan Rockstrom of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research: "We have now experienced the first taste of a 1.5 C world, which has cost people and the global economy unprecedented suffering and economic costs ..."
www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/...
www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/...
Some photos I took of animals.
1) Cape dwarf chameleon drinking water (male)
2) Chacma baboon mother & baby - Franschhoek Mountains
3) Female ostrich - Stellenbosch
4) Blue headed male agama (lizard)
1) Cape dwarf chameleon drinking water (male)
2) Chacma baboon mother & baby - Franschhoek Mountains
3) Female ostrich - Stellenbosch
4) Blue headed male agama (lizard)
January 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Some photos I took of animals.
1) Cape dwarf chameleon drinking water (male)
2) Chacma baboon mother & baby - Franschhoek Mountains
3) Female ostrich - Stellenbosch
4) Blue headed male agama (lizard)
1) Cape dwarf chameleon drinking water (male)
2) Chacma baboon mother & baby - Franschhoek Mountains
3) Female ostrich - Stellenbosch
4) Blue headed male agama (lizard)
The beautiful and vibrant Bo-Kaap, Cape Town. Previously known as the Malay Quarter, it was established in 1760.
Here you'll find narrow cobbled stone streets & colorful houses built on the slopes of Singnal Hill. Cape Malay culture is present at all the sites and restaurants.
📷 Tessa Louw
Here you'll find narrow cobbled stone streets & colorful houses built on the slopes of Singnal Hill. Cape Malay culture is present at all the sites and restaurants.
📷 Tessa Louw
December 27, 2024 at 7:36 AM
The beautiful and vibrant Bo-Kaap, Cape Town. Previously known as the Malay Quarter, it was established in 1760.
Here you'll find narrow cobbled stone streets & colorful houses built on the slopes of Singnal Hill. Cape Malay culture is present at all the sites and restaurants.
📷 Tessa Louw
Here you'll find narrow cobbled stone streets & colorful houses built on the slopes of Singnal Hill. Cape Malay culture is present at all the sites and restaurants.
📷 Tessa Louw
“We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective.”
~ Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007)
~ Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007)
December 18, 2024 at 9:43 AM
“We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective.”
~ Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007)
~ Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007)
“Everything indicates that humanity is going downhill, despite its successes or rather because of them.”
~ Emil Cioran (Romanian philosopher, aphorist & essayist: 1911 - 1995)
~ Emil Cioran (Romanian philosopher, aphorist & essayist: 1911 - 1995)
December 18, 2024 at 8:23 AM
“Everything indicates that humanity is going downhill, despite its successes or rather because of them.”
~ Emil Cioran (Romanian philosopher, aphorist & essayist: 1911 - 1995)
~ Emil Cioran (Romanian philosopher, aphorist & essayist: 1911 - 1995)
"The Thinker" - Aldebran Art Gallery, Cullinan, South Africa.
📷 Tessa Louw
📷 Tessa Louw
December 17, 2024 at 9:44 AM
"The Thinker" - Aldebran Art Gallery, Cullinan, South Africa.
📷 Tessa Louw
📷 Tessa Louw
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Here's your #DailyDose of medical history!
COFFIN COLLARS were used to thwart bodysnatchers in the early 19th century. The collar was fixed around the neck of a corpse and bolted to the bottom of a coffin. Bodysnatchers sold bodies to anatomists and medical schools. #skystorians #histmed
COFFIN COLLARS were used to thwart bodysnatchers in the early 19th century. The collar was fixed around the neck of a corpse and bolted to the bottom of a coffin. Bodysnatchers sold bodies to anatomists and medical schools. #skystorians #histmed
November 20, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Here's your #DailyDose of medical history!
COFFIN COLLARS were used to thwart bodysnatchers in the early 19th century. The collar was fixed around the neck of a corpse and bolted to the bottom of a coffin. Bodysnatchers sold bodies to anatomists and medical schools. #skystorians #histmed
COFFIN COLLARS were used to thwart bodysnatchers in the early 19th century. The collar was fixed around the neck of a corpse and bolted to the bottom of a coffin. Bodysnatchers sold bodies to anatomists and medical schools. #skystorians #histmed
The night of 19 July 1965, poet Ingrid Jonker (31) walked into the sea at Three Anchor Bay.
"My lyk lê uitgespoel in wier en gras op al die plekke waar ons eenmaal was..." (My body lies washed up in weeds & grass in all the places where we once were)
I found her grave at Woltemade Cemetery.
📷 TL
"My lyk lê uitgespoel in wier en gras op al die plekke waar ons eenmaal was..." (My body lies washed up in weeds & grass in all the places where we once were)
I found her grave at Woltemade Cemetery.
📷 TL
November 20, 2024 at 6:55 PM
The night of 19 July 1965, poet Ingrid Jonker (31) walked into the sea at Three Anchor Bay.
"My lyk lê uitgespoel in wier en gras op al die plekke waar ons eenmaal was..." (My body lies washed up in weeds & grass in all the places where we once were)
I found her grave at Woltemade Cemetery.
📷 TL
"My lyk lê uitgespoel in wier en gras op al die plekke waar ons eenmaal was..." (My body lies washed up in weeds & grass in all the places where we once were)
I found her grave at Woltemade Cemetery.
📷 TL
As Far As The Eye Can Touch" an exhibition at Map (Modern Art Project), Loop Street, Richmond, Upper Karoo, South Africa.
Reflection from within looking outward.
📷 Tessa Louw
Reflection from within looking outward.
📷 Tessa Louw
November 19, 2024 at 1:02 PM
As Far As The Eye Can Touch" an exhibition at Map (Modern Art Project), Loop Street, Richmond, Upper Karoo, South Africa.
Reflection from within looking outward.
📷 Tessa Louw
Reflection from within looking outward.
📷 Tessa Louw
"One foot in the grave" became a reality when I visited a cemetery in Franschhoek to take photos and had to jump onto a grave to avoid being bitten by a cape cobra. As I jumped onto the grave my right leg sunk into the grave (up to my knee). It might have been shock, but I couldn't stop laughing.
November 18, 2024 at 7:11 PM
"One foot in the grave" became a reality when I visited a cemetery in Franschhoek to take photos and had to jump onto a grave to avoid being bitten by a cape cobra. As I jumped onto the grave my right leg sunk into the grave (up to my knee). It might have been shock, but I couldn't stop laughing.
Mickey Muis (Afrikaans)
Mickey Mouse's name in ten countries...
10. Mickey Mouse (Denmark)
9. Mickey Mouse (Belgium)
8. Mickey Mouse (Croatia)
7. Mickey Mouse (the Netherlands)
6. Mickey Mouse (Malta)
5. Mickey Mouse (Wales)
4. Mickey Mouse (Slovakia)
3. Mickey Mouse (Czechia)
2. Mickey Mouse (Turkey)
1. Topolino (Italy)
10. Mickey Mouse (Denmark)
9. Mickey Mouse (Belgium)
8. Mickey Mouse (Croatia)
7. Mickey Mouse (the Netherlands)
6. Mickey Mouse (Malta)
5. Mickey Mouse (Wales)
4. Mickey Mouse (Slovakia)
3. Mickey Mouse (Czechia)
2. Mickey Mouse (Turkey)
1. Topolino (Italy)
November 18, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Mickey Muis (Afrikaans)