My nemesis, my muse

“The taxi drivers in town.” This was my spontaneous reply when asked about the most dangerous and challenging situation I have ever found myself in. The interviewer chuckled, and repeated, “No, but seriously…?” Seriously. How do you explain such a moment – one which is relative? That fleeting moment which lingers as an afterthought and changes as time goes by. It creeps into your subconscious and it finds a cosy place where it settles as a neuropath that develops in your brain. One where your senses are exhausted, tested and tried to such extremes that you have moments where you question everything about it.

Danene van der Westhuyzen

Daybreak finds my hunter and I sitting close to a camel thorn wood fire, for the morning air is chilly after the night’s rain. It is the end of March in Namibia and the coolness is a welcome surprise, caressing us in the eerie stillness enveloping the camp. The sound of the crackling fire is the only reminder of the present, as our thoughts are lingering on the previous day, and no word is spoken between us. It is slightly disturbing. It is fitting. There are some things in this world which defy conventional description, where language and words fall short of recounting experiences or the complex emotions behind them. Africa offers little middle ground; landscapes that demand huge acceptance, to the extent that one would lose oneself, willingly and…

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