findingthemojo no 198

Hi there

With the weekend on our doorstep, you need to get to Sir Lowry Road in Woodstock, pronto!

Kentridge's A Poem I used to know

• the William Kentridge art exhibition No, It Is at The Goodman Gallery ends this Saturday!  www.goodman-gallery.com has all the details.  A must see

Brainwash's Love Painter

•  the 34 Fine Art Gallery is hosting the Mr Brainwash exhibition until 16 February. Find out (try) what's behind the collaboration/'working relationship' with the graffiti artist Banksy - are they one and the same person after all?  Go to www.34fineart.com

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 197

Hello

A couple more interesting stats from 2012

image: vaniviswanathan.wordpress.com

• The Times reports that "more households in India have a mobile phone than have a toilet.  Ten years ago, fewer than 4% of rural households had a mobile phone; now 54% do" - ditto SA, probably

image:  georgeweigel.net

• happy in your job? maybe it's time to make that change.  It seems, according to City& Guilds/The Daily Mail, that only a few bankers are; yet an incredible 87% of horticulturists say they happy in their work - get weeding! it's cathartic

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 196

Morning

Before the first month of 2013 is out - a couple of random snippets from 2012, courtesy of The Week

• according to a recent Gallup poll which asked residents from 148 countries five questions about whether they were happy, Singaporeans are the most miserable people in the world (no chewing gum???).  Panama and Paraguay residents topped the list with 85% responding yes to all questions (seriously?) - Daily Mail

image: forums.hardwarezone.com.sg

  

•  and, the Office for National Statistics says that the divorce rate in England and Wales has fallen to it's lowest point since the '70s, dropping from 45% in 2005 to 42% in 2011, except for one group: the 'silver splitters'.  The number of over-60s who have separated from their spouses has doubled in the last decade (and possibly moved to Panama/Paraguay?)

image: covertress.blogspot.com

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 195

Hello

Here in CT,  we are well into our third day of gale force winds, with the outlook pretty much the same for the rest of the week - a fitting intro to the Suidoosterfees which officially starts this Tuesday.  Celebrating the festival's 10th anniversary with a truly varied programme throughout the City, the festival is also a tribute to Prof Jakes Gerwel who sadly passed away in Nov 2012

•    "Mens moet nooit te windmakerig wees nie, want winde waai op en af, dwars en kruis; een dag is jy bo, ‘n  ander dag onder.  Maar hierdie keer mag die kunstefees van die Kaap – die SUIDOOSTERFEES – sekerlik ‘n bietjie spog. Dis nou TIEN jaar dat ons hier onder Tafelberg in die hartland van Afrikaans fees vier." -Prof Jakes Gerwel 1946 - 2012

image: www.fridayisland.co.za

• so (message to self) let's stop whining about the Cape Doctor and get wind/kite surfing instead.  There are loads of second-hand shops selling/renting out decent equipment, all over Town and in the coastal malls - the sun is out so go and give it a try

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 194

Good day!

Two interesting articles

image: The Washington Post

• the first by Suzy Parker in the Washington Post: in her Capitol Hill swan song, there's proof of the rising popularity of Hillary Rodham Clinton,  "the Athena Hillary - the wise warrior who slays Republicans (especially men) with iciness and harshness". Trust her 'retirement' will include lots of exercise and less food - more warrior style, please (from a big fan)

image: Warner Bros

• did Tolkien have a problem with women? asks Ruth Davis Konigsberg in The Times - "Tolkien seems to have wiped women off the face of Middle-earth"  Anyway, don't think he anticipated women reading The Hobbit - show me a together lady who has time to read such a fat book!

cheers and here's to a great weekend!
jp

findingthemojo no 193

Hello again and before this month is out, a very happy 2013 to you and yours - and apologies for the lack of comms over the last two days, the holidays have taken their toll.... back to the blogging business and it's almost the weekend again........

image:  fietsenpagina.nl

• working backwards......., plan to ride in the monthly Moonlight Mass Ride on Sunday evening, starting at 9pm from Greenpoint roundabout (different times and venues on their website), loads of fun!

• it's the Stellenbosch Wine Festival, from Friday till Sunday of this weekend with loads of delicious food and wines to taste and a variety of activities to suit everyone - definitely worth the trek from the City

• and, before heading off into those beautiful winelands, why not stop off and get that tattoo you've always desired at the annual CT Tattoo Expo on at the Cape Town City Hall from Friday to Sunday   

good to be back
cheers
jp