When the novel coronavirus reared its ugly roundish head and COVID-19 turned into a global monster of apocalyptic proportions, questions, theories, and questionable theories sprouted almost as quickly and prolifically as the virus
Category: Writing
Stuff written by Leonie Vorster
Living in a world of fake news and deepfakes
What should we do as active participants in the sharing of information and content, which we have readily become by engaging on social media and using the internet?
Has politics served its purpose?
There seems to be a power/ideology struggle going on, in terms of South Africa’s emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and politics are getting in the way of saving lives
The peculiar puzzles of change
Entire theories have been devoted to the art and science of change: why we change, how we change, what we change, when and where we change
Choices come with responsibility
Today, and every day, we each have some important choices to make, and choices come with responsibility
Emigrating, without leaving a country
You don’t have to emigrate (or have the means to emigrate) to leave a country; many people leave their country without packing a single thing
Klimt in France
A visit to France in 2014, and travelling throughout the southern part of the country, inspired this poem – an ode to Gustav Klimt, who inspires me
Carpe Diem
In memory of a yoga friend and artist who died young, and unexpectedly, after having a stroke during a trip to Cape Town
Reset Button
In celebration of the two-year anniversary of leaving a bad marriage, and choosing to live a happy life once more
Le Cercle de la Vie
In the circle of life and love, as the Afrikaans saying goes, one person dead is another person’s bread
