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Please note: These reasons are not medically encouraged/approved or researched or anything along those technical lines - they're just purely thoughts. Sorry. But since you're here, you might as well stay.

1. When boredom strikes and that sly, even liberating, thought of 'I feel like cutting my hair' creeps in - act on it. I've always made the fault of not executing  my thoughts immediately, thus resulting in me: procrastinating, then altering the thought, then procrastinating some more,  then not doing it at all. 

So, just do it.

2. Tshepo's comment on the image I uploaded earlier today on instagram: "You did it (heart icon) and this has made me alive."

You see the thing is, dear Reader, you're not alone on this wondrous, natural (for some), short-haired  journey. You officially become the source of inspiration to most sisters out there whom are not as daring as you. You become the ambassador of your own beauty that seems intriguing and desirable to the next. Doesn't that seem so wow? -No pressure of course.

3. You'll look mooi (beautiful) I promise you! Note: I don't have time to lie on my blog - remember that.

4. It's an inexpensive lifestyle ! Erh mah gordt, Hallelujah, Praise Him; Yeshua, son of God! 

Spending just R35.00 to trim that baby up is a miracle compared to what I used to do (and I wasn't even weaving it up, yo !)  and I'm quite the lazy lad at the moment so maintaining half of my head is sooo much better!

5. You'll look kwaai (cool). 

6. Remember Tshepo's comment from point 2? I can guarantee you that you'll feel or be alive, if not, more. Not only does a fresh cut accentuate your facial features, it does a whole lot of justice to your self-esteem too. 

7. Short hair is in (if you're the type who cares  for what is trending).

8. Short hair is different (if you're the type who cares for the hipster lifestyle).

9. The first time I cut my hair, I was in grade 4 (I remember that evening so vividly it's a joke). I informed uMama that I wanted to cut my hair because I was so intensely displeased at the fact that my hair was not budging - in terms of growth - so I decided to hack it. Stunned at the fact that I went ahead without her blessing, she made sure I went  to school the following morning. 

I had never felt so insecure in my life.

I legit looked like a boy and the hurtful comments that were dispersing from my fellow classmates' mouths weren't helping either, but I learnt to deal with it because I had to.

10. Lastly, do as you please. You're going to be stuck with that head at the end of the day, so, do as you  bloody well please.

There are so many reason that I could mention but I don't lis to continue. I hope they help.

Enkosi and good night. Sharp.


  • Taking the opportunity to style the Bantu Wear Spring Summer Collection was epic.
  • Being in the thick of all the prints (prints on prints on prints on prints) took me back to my Solange days that are the most thrilling when it adds up to defying matching wearable items as well as sourcing the 'relevant' locations in the CBD that would subtly compliment the looks.

  • My favourite moments consisted of running into the Somalian homies at the Spaza shop, waltzing around the streets of Cape Town (with the wardrobe in hand) and searching for a fairly private place (that excluded the usual sketchy perverted guy) to switch outfits. Nini, the true amateur photographer, who performed a surprisingly good job at capturting images for the inaugural time in her oh-so-rad lifetime, was the best to work with - especially since we only had 5 shots to make it work for every look (because the memory card was that swaak). The hustler's life is appreciated.

The outcome was pleasing and we got the job done in 4 hours - WHOOP WHOOP ! Talk about troopers.

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It's 21:05 somewhere in Africa and 

1.  State prosecutor Gerrie Nel is accusing someone of not being qualified enough to discuss Pistorius’s mental state.
2. Somewhere on the shores of Africa, Castro's body is missing. Thoughts go out to the family and friends.
3. Somewhere in Africa (in South Africa to be precise) South Africans are urged to take part in Mandela Day activities. Okay ? I'm totes not against this day and what it stands for and/or anything along those rosey faint lines
4. Somewhere in Southern Africa Tony Yengeni is pompous.
5. Two years after the Marikana Massacre, the fallen are remembered and forever will be. #RememberMarikana.
6. It's Women's month - whoopee.
7. Too many people are dying in Palestine ! TF Israel?
8. Ogilvy & Mather Cape Town made a controversial ad for Feed A Child - awkward
9. Somewhere in Africa there's a TV show (Interface on SABC 2) that's discussing racism in SA, but there's only two white people being interviewed really - awkward.


"Why?", they ask and in response I say, "Because I want to."

It's okay to not deliver a reason for everything. - laak fo' reals fo' reals. I've spent 6 months attempting to execute meaningful content to a disinterested audience, but how did that end up? 

Comfortably, I hardly blogged and stuff cause I was too busy frying my head (from thinking too much), worked at a swaak call centre for too long and procrastinated like it was somebody's business.

Today, I'm unwinding those 'bad habits', those basic thought processes and I'm going to shiya a 360 back to where I started.

Practice what you desire to serve and never perform it for the audience - it was never about the hype anyway. Chances are somebody will appreciate it. Don't waste your precious creative time like I did. 


"Other people are always going to impatient about your life with all that "It's normal to not know what you want at your age" ... Who decides what's normal at what age anyway?! Who decides what's "normal" in the first place? Normal is subjective. Define your own lane. Define your own pace." - Nontsie Dube

"Make up your mind that you're not going to quit until you see the fruit of what God has placed within you." - Wongama Senti

Sharp.

(Water painting of bananas by Lady Skollie.)


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