Description
I’ve called her Humanity: Bruised by the recent unrest in KZN and the constant sound of gunshots that rang through the nights, I started this piece. I chose the colours because of the fires all around and because of anger and fear. When I started I was very unsettled but as it progressed something bigger took over. Instead of focusing on the sadness and shock of those events I started to focus on the incredible sense of humanity that we all witnessed. The enormity of this humanity became greater everyday. This is what has stayed with me. My neighbours came together, people who have not shared a table, shared food, kindnesses and empathy. I used proteas, becuase proteas acutually thrive after fire, so we found, beauty, compassion and warmth after.
