Visual journal entry (2007)
I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”
- Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis –

Die digbundel, EK SKRYF MET BLOED EN BENE is deurspek met webwoorde, woordbeelde , Kafka en Nietzsche wat hande vashou en draf deur ‘n vrou se mymeringe van haar onmiddelike leefwerêld se ontvouing in ‘n komplekse land. Dit bestaan uit gedigte, gedagtes, mymeringe, drome, aanhalings van beduidende leermeesters in my lewe en beelde wat saam met die woorde sing en dans in beide tale.

one day there was just a red line
it came from nowhere
it ran through everything I could
see or feel or sense
it was relentless

…and then it crawled into my body
and I became the red line….
( journal 1994)

The red line refers to the life-energy (chi), the blood of the mortal soul…embodied life…incarnate life…

It refers to an exploration and elucidation of the life-force of mortal life oscillating between life and death, of an immortal being.

Bones refer to the essential almost indestructible aspects of human life. There are many myths about resuscitating life through the gathering of bones of sentient beings by an old woman walking the desert. (Female archetype)

Through the gathering and appropriation of the essentials aspects of our being, we embark on the process of individuation, which means we become more and more aware of the truth of our human existence, which implies clarity of thought and a deepening of our understanding

In this sense it is an invitation to be present to your immediate life-world, to show up and to take responsibility for every action and thought.

Louisa skryf en teken van jong’s af. Die skryf en die teken het altyd saam gebeur. Dit was ˊn manier om die werklikheid van elke dag se onverstaanbaarhede vas te hou. Dit was haar wiegie-liedjie en transionele troosmiddel. Dit was ˊn geheim, want niemand het geweet nie (so het die digter gedink, maar natuurlik het haar moeder Charlotte geweet , sy was self ‘n skrywer).

Hierdie bundel is ˊn versigtige samestelling van jare se skryf en teken en wonder. Hierdie gedigte se woorde en troos-ritmes lê diep in die hart van die digter geslaan en vertel van direkte ervarings van haar interaksies met die wêreld. Dit is eerlik en het integriteit.