DAY 1

Pbm-Ams
Not remarkable: flight delay 4 hours
Highlights on board: old people with heavy bags they can hardly carry by themselves, smiling stewardesses, seat 4a (me) , half mouth open sleepers (two men on row 5).
Highlights outside: flying in a cotton ball.

South Africa, Artistic weeks to come march 2- march 15

In capetown in october 2008, standing on top of the tablemountain I wrote a poem with the last line.....it is here I met my Africa. The heart spoke.
When saying 'my' it sounds like posessing but it is not. It is really something you want to be with, to go home to , go back to, be together with because it feels so good, it feels connected it feels special. It is like love, not possessing someone but wanting to be with someone. So with South Africa. And I am so glad South Africa wants to be with me too! In the most artistic weeks to come in Capetown I will be in the middle of it. A combination of art, culture, heritage, literature and music on different spots, with as highlight the heritage symposium and the Sara Baartman festivities , a story in which Diana Ferrus played a very important role. As part of the heritage symposium I connected with my South african friends, Diana Ferrus, a great writer and Marius Absalom , a sensitive poet, to present a piece on diversity of languages, bridges to cross and the heritage of dutch/afrikaans. We will connect our visions, our experiences and it will be very exciting to do this together. The heritage symposium will give us the opportunity to connect and share this vision and to discuss our experiences in the field. Also different heritage organizations of Capetown will present there work and there projects. So in the coming weeks, i will connect You with the artistic weeks in Capetown and my experiences. It is great to be back againg in My South Africa!.

communication 2

So easy to send all these boaring forward mails.. jokes.. winning money.. gaining good luck or more of this #&(%#&&# . Today I deleted again a couple of those non communicative mails. It worries me. Is it such an easy way to avoid personel communication, avoid giving to people , avoid sharing something of your own, avoid the touch of your souls, avoid being human.
It is communication so far away of what we are meant to be, ubuntu.

Knowledge transfer

Communication
Everyday I become more aware of the differences in what i communicate and others. What others want from me and what I want to do. What is it , about this profession , that made it mine. How does it work for me, what do I do with it. Why do I choose for one special tool of communication and not for the others. I found out that for me communication is sharing, is giving. That the heart of communication lies in knowledge transfer. It is something from the inside, going outside and live on. Communication for me is worth it , as long as it involves this knowledge transfer, it will always be for others to share with.