Photography-Steve Gosling

I love Steven Goslings Photography as it is very tranquil and calm.

Em x

Knysna Half Marathon

On Saturday I ran the Knysna Half Marathon! It was an amazing and very beautiful run but it took me a few days to be able to walk normally again.
I ran the race for "Live and Dance for Life", a charity that is raising money for a three year old girl with childhood arthritis.  Kevin and I kept each other company before the delayed start at 8.50 and then ran the race at our own paces.  Kevin's time was 1hr 49mins and mine was 2hrs 20mins.

 Waiting for a Taxi at 6am!

Running in!

And looking tired at the end :)

It was great to know that I was running for a good cause and maybe you will see me back next year!

Em x 

Secretariat

The Real Deal

Secretariat was an amazing horse who has recently had a movie made about him.  His owner Penny Chenery recognised his talents and used him to save her farm.  He won the U.S. Triple Crown for the first time in twenty years and he won the Belmont Stakes by 31 won lengths, a record that still stands today.  His family called him Big Red and he really was a beauty. 

He won 16 of his 21 professional races and when he retired at age three he went one to sire over 600 foals.  He lived out his life on the farm and when he died it was discovered that his heart was twice as big as the average horse.

 A statue commemorating his win at the Belmont Stakes

 Big Red's extraordinary 31 length win.

The cast of the film.

The film "Secretariat" is a beautiful look at an amazing story of determination and love and of a woman's struggle to save her farm in a mans world.  It is very uplifting and is made extra-special because it is a true story.

Love Em x

Fathers Day

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. - Mark Twain

Dear Dad
Maybe you were right... but only sometimes :P

Love You ♥
Em x

Willie is the Bester

Willie Bester is a South African artist who used art to fight against Apartheid.  I love his use of colour and the deep under lying meanings in his beautiful paintings! Here are some of the best and they show the wide ranges that he operates within:

This experimentation and lack of fear inspires me as an artist to try new things and to do so without shame :)
Em x

Jodi Bieber Photography

Jodi Bieber is a South African photographer whose photo's comment on South African and global societies.  I love her unusual compositions and how she doesn't set up the photograph but rather focus's on real life.

She was made famous for this cover of Time Magazine.  The girl in the photographer was sentenced to having her nose and ears cut off for trying to flee from her abusive in-laws.

These next photographs are some that I liked from her website; www.jodibieber.com

Em x

Running for Life :)

I was recently asked if I wanted to run for a charity at my school to raise money for a little girl called Mila who has child artheritis! I signed up for the Knysna Half Marathon, which is probably the most crazy thing I have ever done and re-inforced the idea that I am slightly insane! I have been training for the past two months but have also been a bit sick so who knows... I just keep telling myself it is for charity.

The charity is Live and Dance for Life. 

When I have done it (9th of July) I will post photo's

Em x