on the biblical primacy of the Word, the wish for an empty mind and the lure of bread. and how Mira's birth brings it all together by HA!Man | 6 Nov 2020 TO READ THE FULL ESSAY -and receive regular new releases, as well as many morecatalogued videos, music tracks, writings, visual art, etc go … Continue reading in the beginning was the Word not (preview)
07 ESSAYS
The Meaning of the Pandemic (open release)
There is a lot of noise in a world with an array of approaches to the COVID-19 reality. Who is right and who is wrong? Besides the effort to get past this, is there any shared meaning that we can derive from this historical disruption? by HA!Man | 5 February 2021 --------------------------------------- I regularly express … Continue reading The Meaning of the Pandemic (open release)
IMPROVISATION NOW Part 7 – the healing power of improvisation (preview)
the seventh installment - the healing power of improvisation. how improvisation as an act of expressive flow can help to restore the human being to a whole, especially regards deeper and more long term conditions of dis-ease. by HA!Man | 9 January 2021 TO READ THE FULL ESSAY -and receive regular new releases, as well … Continue reading IMPROVISATION NOW Part 7 – the healing power of improvisation (preview)
The Afrikaner (extract)
who is the Afrikaner and what has this (my) nation to show for after a very short history that includes the dark shadows of Apartheid? anything to learn here? by HA!Man | 14 October 2020 TO READ THE FULL ESSAY -and receive regular new releases, as well as many morecatalogued videos, music tracks, writings, visual … Continue reading The Afrikaner (extract)
IMPROVISATION NOW Part 6 – improvisation is political (preview)
the sixth installment - how improvisation is political. the essay investigates the root meanings of politics and leadership, how this reflects on the way we practise democracy today and how improvisation can inform and inspire a more fully participatory form of democracy. it proceeds from the premise that how the individual is internally organized ultimately … Continue reading IMPROVISATION NOW Part 6 – improvisation is political (preview)
CULT (open release)
a biief treatment of the evolution of religion and cults, how Christianity started out as a cult to become a world religion, and how its cultic roots impacted on western societies - up to the crises of the present day by HA!Man | 10 October 2020 --------------------------------------- they always come crashing down. these cults. but … Continue reading CULT (open release)
THE NINE PARTS (preview)
explaining the nine parts of a HA! performance on the basis of the "3D analysis" to Joke by HA!Man | 30 July 2017 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
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 … Continue reading the false split between The Left and The Right
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
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 - … Continue reading race, racial, racist (preview)
