Worlds coming together, if for a moment . . .
House Warming Party
Mashoga (my wife): 18-20 October, 2012 Glasgow, Scotland
A 10 minute play performed as part of the Glasgay “Any Objections” Festival. A Congolese woman flees her village at night and runs into a young man. Both have something to learn about where the enemy lies.
133 Word Play
My Southside 133 word play is now on the Royal Court Website: Song of the Hungry Grocer
My Books . . .
My books have finally arrived after four months. I now feel at home: their clamor greets me as I wake and soothes me as I fall asleep.
Life imitates Art
Tractors on Bole Road in Addis Ababa. Almost an exact scene from my film (still being written). I’ve lost writing confidence, not sure why. Need to find my way back as life and art continue to overlap.
Throwing Stones . . .
My new glass house in Johannesburg . . . .
Rumble Play Reading: 13 April
Last night I held a reading of my “Rumble in the Jungle” play at my new glass house in Johannesburg. Blessed to have everyone participate and bring this beast to life. My head and heart is now full of changes to make. Thanks everyone . . .
100 Word Play
My 100 word play is now on the Royal Court website.
Ball Play by Alex Burger
I am fennel . . .
An odd thing has happened as I have moved back to working full time within a big mining organization. I took the job because I was worn out by being out there on my own – managing so many jobs and writing projects – a heavy freedom. Now, being part of an organization, I now imagine myself as fennel. On its own fennel is a strange and sometimes difficult food, but as part of a soup, it add a unique flavor while losing its singular bite. I am now enjoying being part of a mix, my identity now much more about how I influence others and they me. The break and context I’ve sorely needed.
Amazing Life
Have been working in Ghana, Liberia, South Africa, DRC, and Tanzania for the last six months, and will continue to do so for awhile. One of my big jobs to figure out how to co-exist with the hundreds of thousands of Artisanal and Small Scale miners that work in and around our mining operations. Some pictures from Tanzania. An amazing life . . . .
