Weekly GQ column

I write a weekly column for GQ now, please read it here

http://www.gq.co.za/girls/632052.html?iidx=1

That's all for now x

My sister is an artist

CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE (that way you get all the watercolour detail)

My little sister Nina lives in LA. With her technically gifted hands she does etchings and commissions for buyers as well as assisting other artists. Nina also produces her own work in her trademark naive style and meticulous attention to detail. These two pieces are watercolours she did for friends and lovers.

Nina is an actress and a writer too, and we are brewing a project together to culminate into final product in November this year. Will post on progress.

RVCA launches Artist Network Program ANP

RVCA is finally launching their Artist Network Program in South Africa. This is a noble cause - unlike most lifestyle brands that use 'artist' culture as a springboard for marketing, RVCA has a longstanding initiative called the ANP that supports, develops and enables creative souls to keep doing what they do best, without having to sell out or compromise on integrity. The ANP aims to give back by providing a voice for the creative growth of the artists and musicians it represents.

If you can make it (and onto the guest list), check out this event at the Labia in Cape Town on the 17th of May. Artists represented by RVCA's ANP are Taxi Violence, Haasbroek, Jade Klara and Senyol.

Icon du jour - Jade Castrinos

Jade Castrinos is the Jade whom Alexander Ebert from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes has written many songs for. Her muse status is unquestionable. Always slightly more shy and outshone by Alex in the Magnetic Zeroes, Jade's voice is Janis, Joni, PJ Harvey - and then some. She's is massively inspirational. And she looks like and reminds me so much of my dear friend Serena.

Also, have a listen to Alexander Ebert's self-titled solo album. More to bemuse <3

Ginka in a tunnel and a sunset over the Thames

Taken with my BB curve. Impressed by its camera.

SA shooters: Jesse-Leigh Elford part 1

Jesse-Leigh Elford's beauty photography stands out in an often samey-looking discipline. He captures his thoroughbred subjects thoughtfully and with precise technical skill. Yet all these images seem caught in the moment rather than orchestrated and staged. Go Jesse.

The pictures are retouched and processed by Juanel vd Walt, a friend I studied with at Vega and a very gifted thinker and designer.

www.jesseleighelford.com/beauty

The most magic vintage find

Dress, belt and Bailey Hat all lucky vintage discoveries.

I love that in London you get chain stores that re-sell vintage (albeit slightly overpriced) but really great for leather skirts and denim jackets. This ensemble (not the belt) is from Rokit.

It's my Easter Sunday look <3

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The daily

A moment in London

It seems that life is forever more side tracking me, pulling me towards the observation of, but seldom the translation onto the page - this will change. This must change!

Yes. So I am in London. It's big, and grey for the most part. There are so many people and everyone does their own daily stampede to and fro. It's thrilling and I am revelling in the challenge of making my own way here. I see everything, register even more, love to eavesdrop - it's quite fantastic the things one over hears on the public transport. My god, public transport is fantastic (for the most parts).

The move here was an organic one : Not challenged, inspired or motivated in Cape Town, I felt purposeless and distracted, dusting away into the easiness of the most beautiful place in the world. Of course, coming London means a million more distractions, but it is different. Because there is so much to choose from, I become selective and (once more) observant, rather than complacent because it feels like the same thing over and over again.

My purpose here: To do exactly what I want to do, no compromise. This sounds somewhat hedonistic; what I mean is that I have done a full circle of trying to find that one thing, filter my interests and talents into one thing that will grip grasp me and give me definition. Purpose.

Instead of being the best at one thing, I have decided that I will be good (striving for best) at many things. I neglected my passion for performance since I dropped out of theatre school, yet it is the only thing that makes sense. Another full circle. I am making music again, inspired by the colour of London, the texture of life in anonymity. I am writing.

My ultimate job title: I am creatively opportunistic. Has a ring to it, no?

I feel like I am breathing deeply, a million moments for me of unfamiliarity and newness. It's exhilarating. And it tingles. I feel bravely happy.