those army days (1) “brown” (extract)

in the first delivery of reminiscences of the two years i was conscripted in the South African army, i recount how i romanticized war-making, was ready for war-making and how, within the first days of being a military rookie, my world was turned upside down. by HA!Man | 15 August 2020   TO READ THE …

the false split between The Left and The Right

there is a retreat of religion world-wide, but also a rise of rightwing extremism. how to square these, and how to find common ground between Conservatives and Liberals who treat each other like aliens. and yes, why this is a necessary thing to do. by HA!Man / 31 August 2020 the world is split. especially …

plasticcimo (extracts-medley)

symphonic ensemble moves through a varied landscape of gentleness, rhythmic exuberance and celebration, playing with impure harmonies to depict the sad beauty of abandoned plastics left to play and decorate nature in the wind by HA!Man / 26 July 2020 HA!Man (Francois le Roux) · Plasticcimo Extracts-Medley TO LISTEN TO THE FULL TRACK -and  receive …

Yearning to Breathe Free (DVD preview)

a moving visual collection of poems and stories written and told by Chicago immigrants from around the world with soundtrack and live improvisations Brought together and filmed by Cathleen Schandelmeier. Oroginal Soundtrack, Statue of Liberty visuals and DVD editing/production: HA!Man. Live instrument improvisations: Peter Bartels (trumpet), HA!Man (cello) October 2006 More "Yearning to Breathe Free" info …

on educating a toddler at the piano (extract)

thoughts around music education on occasion of Mira's first musical expression on the piano (barely) by HA!Man | 27 June 2020  TO READ THE FULL ESSAY -and  receive regular new releases, as well as many morecatalogued videos, music tracks, writings, visual art, etc go here for more info &SUBSCRIBE

kcheewck (extract)

sustained african drum beat drives all sorts of whirling and cheeky sound bits, thickening, relaxing, thickening again as the female voice starts playing along by HA!Man, Joke Debaere and guitarist Joe van der Linden | 1 August 2012 HA!Man (Francois le Roux) · kcheewck (extract) TO LISTEN TO THE FULL TRACK -and  receive regular new …

art debut of a two year old (detail)

Mira's first complete work of art, independently completed and consciously brought to our attention for recognition. The media - white crayon on mirror - was a novel idea of hers by Mira le Roux HA!Man (the after-treatments by HA!Man) | 1 June 2020 TO VIEW ALL 8 PICTURES in FULLand  receive regular new releases, as …

al dat (fragment)

on ways a small child can bring healing to a big human (in Dutch) by Joke Debaere | 24 Feb 2020 TO READ THE FULL POEM -and  receive regular new releases, as well as many morecatalogued videos, music tracks, writings, visual art, etc go here for more info &SUBSCRIBE

race, racial, racist (preview)

during times of protests against racism all around the world, my thoughts work around the meaning of race, what it is to be racist when everybody seems to confess colour blindness and how to go about race relations in a more mature way by HA!Man | 21 Jun 2020 TO READ THE FULL ESSAY - …

IMPROVISATION NOW Part 5 – the structure of flow (preview)

the fifth installment - reflecting on the notion that improvisation is without structure, because it does not start out from an idea, because it is not con-structed. but this is a misrepresentation of what improvisation is, and should be  by HA!Man | 25 July 2020 TO READ THE FULL ESSAY - and  receive regular new …