Womankind

Womankind

28 Happy times • ANTONIA CASE

Womankind

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Writers

Manifesto • What is a ‘good life’? What makes a life worth living?

IMMORTAL FORESTS • “To the human eye, immortal forests cannot be seen.”

The pause

QUIRKS OF HAPPINESS • Why can’t we be happy all the time? While humans have been blessed with happy chemicals, they are designed to keep us wanting more than we can get.

Being important

Deeply embedded • Artist Tawny Chatmon’s work Deeply Embedded is layered with memories of the distant past.

Every meeting ends in parting • When we look around, we see the denial of the impact of time everywhere.

MILESTONE BIRTHDAY • Tomorrow the number 60 will be pinned to my chest. And when this happens, I’ll be expected to be something as simple as happy about it.

Layers of history • South African fashion designer Marianne Fassler’s house in Johannesburg is both home and creative inspiration.

The legacy of apartheid • In pre-apartheid South Africa, there was no social media. But British colonialists understood the power of tribal politics.

Plant passion • South African botanical artist Gillian Condy was the resident botanical artist at the National Herbarium, the South African National Biodiversity Institute, for 35 years. She has participated in over 140 exhibitions worldwide, has illustrated two books, and has received many awards for her work.

Refiloe Fifi Molefe • When Refiloe Fifi Molefe set up Bertrams Inner City Farm to feed underprivileged children, she could never have foreseen what the future would bring.

Nyakwezi Esteri Katuliiba • Nyakwezi Esteri Katuliiba is testament to Aristotle’s belief, “where your talents and the needs of the world cross; therein lies your vocation.”

Amyna Fakhude • Amyna Fakhude, educated as a teacher, spent 15 years in prison, but committed her time there to opening schools so prisoners could come out educated.

Re-imagining space • South African artist Alexis Christodoulou creates ‘Imagined Architectural Spaces’ using 3D art as a way of re-imagining what could be.

The art of selling art • Thandi Sibisi became the first black woman to open an art gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa, at age 25.

HOW TO BE YOURSELF • Clinical psychologist Ellen Hendriksen believes that social anxiety is a distortion that can be overcome with deliberate behavioural change.

WOMANKIND’S Self-care challenge • Womankind readers were sent on a self-care challenge for three days and were asked to report back in the form of a diary.

What is a life lived well? • To become human, thought philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, you must adopt a ‘life-view’ full of values and purpose.

NADINE GORDIMER • South African writer Nadine Gordimer used fiction to shed light on the labyrinth of human experience.

THE AWAKENING • Photographer Tawny Chatmon uses her work to inspire a world that she hopes for her children.

WOMANKIND Photographers’ Award INSPIRATION

The comrades of Nelson Mandela • Nelson Mandela made it clear throughout his political life that his contribution in the struggle against apartheid always involved working with comrades.

Books

Documentaries

All Woods Must Fail