Favourite 6 on S'leens Creative Challenge.

Creative Challenge was a task given by our lecturer Elinza Zaza Pretorius to complete over 18 days. the challenge was to create anything that was the task for that day, you could draw, paint or even take photographs.
I've chosen the favourite 6 challenges that I must admit I enjoyed the most.

1.INKOSAZANA

(ZULU QUEEN)

I believe I am my own queen

My mind sets my rules

No queen break her boundaries and lowers her standards

Life is lived with all the beautiful things

2.TATTOO ART

Pink is the colour of my blood

The skull lives forever

Together in a flame surrounded by roses

3.FAVOURITE SEEN FROM A MOVIE

Think like a man. Chick flick. Comedy romance and also a reality

4.BEST FRIEND

 

Ignatia Lekhoane. Crazy personality, loving spirit that is a friend indeed.

5.SELFIE

I do not remember taking this selfie but I fell in love with the colour the weather created that day.

6.BLACK AND WHITE

Art by Koketso Letlape. The best birthday gift I’ve ever received in my whole life so far.

Reinventing artist

Steal reinventions.

Nothing was ever original.

1.“All creative work builds on what came before. It is right there in the bible “there is nothing new under the sun.”, (Ecclesiastes 1:9)”

2.“Garbage in, Garbage out. Hoarders collect indiscriminately, artists collect selectively. They only collect things they Love.”

3.“Start copying not plagiarising. Plagiarism is trying to pass someone else’s work off as your own. Copying is about reverse-engineering. It’s like a mechanic taking down the car to see how it works. The human hand is incapable of making a perfect copy.”

4.“Side projects and hobbies are important.”

5.“Write the book you want to read and write what you like.”

6.“Don’t throw any of yourself away. Keep all your passions.”

7.“Be nice. The world is a small town.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My top seven guides to building a creative life.

The author Austin Kleon is an inspiring artist who shows that artists and creative are human too and need to follow certain guidelines in order to survive and be sane.

The influence the book has had on me is to come out of the little shell I always hide myself in, not to doubt my strengths and abilities and to challenge myself and maybe I will realise my unknown passions. Reading the book during assignments in my creative development module has boosted my mind to open up a third eye and see things differently. I learnt new ways to improve my thinking in creativity. I now venture into my hobbies and they are becoming stronger, though I don’t shut down my other passions as life is not as short as it seems. I am permanently deaf and dumb to negativity though my ears are never shut to the man upstairs.

The book is the easiest to read because it goes straight to the point. Pick your favourite top guide lines to creativity… http://austinkleon.com/steal/

When Empathy Meets Creativity

The Ntshulisa Foundation

Founded by Karissa Samuel

 

The foundation affectionately known as TNF is a collaborative effort which officially began in 2011 and grew from the “freelance” volunteer initiatives of the organisations C.E.O Karissa Samuel. The main aim of TNF is to empower the nation through children by promoting civic participation and community involvement. (The Ntshulisa Foundation.2011)

The name “Ntshulisa” means to grow and develop in the language of Xhosa. Which is exactly what the foundation is about, developing the young people and helping them grow knowledge and guiding them to achieve their career dreams by assisting them with the educational tuition fees.

 

 

 

I have always had a soft spot for organisations that help the youth of our country as I aim to also begin a foundation for young girls in the country starting with the townships. Through creativity good communication can be created to top companies to sponsor, creativity is not only to play with a paint brush but to also think aloud that one crazy idea that can change the lives of the youth even in the whole continent of Africa.

 

Starting with one poem that will motivate different thinking and even some pocket digging :

The “Green” Envelope

Green is the colour of trees

Green was never created to be final

It is the colour of the sky inked with the yellow sun

Sounds like the creation that was intentional

Be green to a child in need today

Check under your chair and maybe on your way to the bank.

Sponsor the future generation of the Ntshulisa Foundation.

By Shirleen Mkwebane

Inspired by my project 3 and 4, a presentation about The Ntshulisa Foundation. Let us not forget others in the process of growing up and making that paper.

 

 

 



MAYA is an ANGEL thOUgh

My All Time Inspiration.


As I've been growing up the one hobby that was therapeutic and entertaining it seemed as if I was living in another time zone in another planet that all my words turned into fantasies, writing.

I created poems to express my anger, sadness, happiness and excitement. I wasn't a google fan so searching for poetry was not my favourite thing. As I was growing up I took my writing to another level and saw myself performing on stages and platforms, speaking a language of art that awakened feelings and emotions to think in an empathetic way.

I have one lady to thank in absentia and that is a powerful woman who took the words in her head and turned it to logical creativity, Maya Angelou.

 

Born in on the 4th of April 1928 in St.Louis, Missouri in the United States of America Maya was a poet, civil rights activist, dancer, film producer, television producer, playwright, film director, author, actress and professor. nothing hindered her creativity and how she chose to express it. Her most notable work is her book Ï know why the Caged Bird Sings" which created world recognition. My favourite poem that she wrote was "Men," it was the first poem that inspired me to have a different perception on poetry, and with that inspiration I wrote the "Girl Alive" poem.

 

 

 

Normal is not part of Maya's vocab, as I erase it in the dictionary in my brain I think and steal like an artist, creating my own language and expressing my talents just like how Maya had no limits to who she wanted to become.

 

 

 

 

Sauti Kutoka Kenya (Voice from Kenya). xeNOphobia.

Sauti Kutoka


“Sauti kutoka Kenya, Kiswahili (voice of Kenya, Swahili)
African South East
Seeing human habitations
Since the beginning of Lowe Paleolithic
Multi-ethnic
Cross roads of the Bantu,
Nilo-Saharan and Afro-Asiatic ethno linguistic
Should I oppress my skin colour for your acceptance
My precious gemstones melted and molded for your ungratefulness
While load shedding strikes I can provide hydropower
While you say I steal, I say let us learn and make tomorrow ours
Skill we were not born with
Zealousness avidity committedness we all possess
Murder my kid I murder yours
Teach my children I will teach yours
Feed me and I will lift you up
Brotherhood sisterhood lovable hood
We belong should we never belong
To a home that is better than my own
See beyond ethnicity
Sauti Kutoka Kenya

By Shirleen Mkwebane

Ignore Everybody

“Ignore Everybody”

Hugh Macleod

The man who took business cards and turned it to humour with in words and imagery. He made cartoons on the business cards and gained popularity with the humour leading to his blog blog-gapingvoid.com. He is the man with the opinion on every topic but his main one is on creativity.

How does one person make a good living as a creative? Nobody suddenly discovers a person, things are made slowly and in pain. You choose to not follow the crowd, choose to be the odd one out. The idea doesn’t have to be big, it just has to be yours. Ignore everybody.

 

 

Freedom is blogging in your underwear is a book about freedom that Hugh discovered from blogging. He believes blogging is a world that everybody can discover as it lets you be yourself. To Hugh having a blog gave him a voice a media and completely changed his life. The reason he wrote the book is he still does not understand why people don’t blog.

Hugh Macleod is an inspiration to me as he understands that the pressure of life is not easy when you trying to live your life completely as a creative. His books talk about how life should be treated differently by ignoring everybody and finding ways to express your freedom and actually communicating that to people.

Enjoy reading his books and check the link http://gapingvoid.com/books-by-hugh-maleod/

Gapingvoid| "hugh Macleod" Cartoons drawn on the back of business cards. [online] Available at http://gapingvoid.com [Accessed 29 May 2015].

Haiku Poem

SuNNy Set Down

The heat provided by the sun

Sets with it beyond the hills

Beautiful sight of warm peach oranges

As it goes quenching chill pinches my skin

Creative Journey

Journey on my Creative Bus

The venture into the new and completely unexpected life begins.
I needed to organise the ticket, pack my luggage and get ready to go. Plans were made to get on the first bus after matriculation.

Psychology, intimate connections, personality theory, personology… I am ready, I am prepared lets...Wait!  Is that the marketing bus?  Peoples skills, strategizing, branding, economics, analysing, management and so much more. 

Not sure which bus to take. Not sure where my passions lie but I am very sure I want to be surrounded by people people and more people. I want to hear laughter’s and connect with different personalities, experience different types of thinkers and creatives on a journey. Psychology it is. 

First year hardships were felt as I was getting on my feet. The second bus stop I was getting the hang of things and how I should plan my job and studies in order to afford my future bus trips. As I was standing at the bus stop so excited of reaching my third year one very attractive bus called My Future First came by and offered a ride of a lifetime, a trip to Vega School of Branding, my free trip to marketing and Branding. 

So sad psychology had to be paused because the MFF bus was intense, making me think, eat, talk and sleep while running all at the same time, I’m becoming superwoman by the day more than the doctor I anticipated to be in psychology. Pushed to the right edges the bus is turning into the Ogilvy and Mather bus station, I got off with quite a number of people.

As the road keeps going I know I will experience the different personalities and the creatives on a journey that is what my life is about. Do not worry too much, I will make sure I stay on the f*%$#@ bus.

End.

Inspired by Helsinki's "Bus Station Theory"



fotocommunity.com, (2015).Helsinki Bus Station Theory - fotocommunity.com. [online] Available at: http://www.fotocommunity.com/info/Helsinki_Bus_Station_Theory [Accessed 30 May 2015]

The Loud inner Voice

Blaque Cherry Lips

 

 

 

One thing I love about my insanity is listening to the crazy voice in my head.

The voice that whispers “why not?”

The voice that says “go ahead!”

The voice that says “do not trust this sh*#”

 

Lips are always shut

But the mind has its own facet

With a full structure of a nose, eyes, ears and lips

Paint the lips with that sweet Blaque Cherry

Let your creativity speak, louder

 

By Sleen Love

Every GIRL needs to feel ALIVE.

Lying, thinking
Should I still anticipate
The thought of my soul returning
To a home where I feel heart beats
Where water is not thirsty
Where my spirit speaks
A language of laughter
Can I make it out here alive.

The voice above presses protection
The screams from beneath
Grip on harder with detention
My pride melts like lava
A traumatizing sin it is to claim
Can I make it out here alive.

The hatred that exhales through my nostrils
Can burn the fear that clots my veins
The strength undermined can throttle
The men aren’t women but their brains smaller than grain
Can I make it out here alive.

Half North Eastern, half Muslim
Half Inhumane, Half devils
Behead yourselves
Slave each other, trade one another
I say no to Sharia Law
Can I make it out here alive.

Where is the hand that holds so gently as if I were
The last raw egg in the world
Will I ever tell between a man and a monster
Can anybody define man
Am I suffocated by man,
Am I suffocated by beings that say they are not gay
Can I make it out of here alive.

My vocals have sang above and over
The cry has dropped beneath and below
Can the nation hear that I’m here
Will Goodluck defend beyond fiercely
Is heaven receiving me yet
Can I make it out here alive.

Hope pinches my chin to stay up
The hurt will end soon
Courage pumps more blood in my soul
I shan’t be intimidated
I can make it out here alive.

GIRL ALIVE

By Shirleen Mkwebane