THE PUPPET PARADE AND THE MAN OF PEACE

THE PUPPET PARADE AND THE MAN OF PEACE

In his second article for #itchysilk, Matt Jones, Canadian veteran and born-again bohemian, brings the first of a five part series. In it he is recruited by a troupe of artists in the town of Ouzouer-sur-Trézée, South of Paris, to carry an enormous puppet in the...
ESWATINI-IS IT TIME FOR A REVOLUTION?

ESWATINI-IS IT TIME FOR A REVOLUTION?

A little while back an #itchysilk writer wrote a piece regarding the unrest in Nigeria fuelled by an angry ‘youth’. In a similar vein eSwatini and its youth are voicing the need for change while their absolute monarch clings to power with a vice like grip. Let’s not...
SHAUN RABAH-THE MOUTH THE WINDOW TO THE SOUL

SHAUN RABAH-THE MOUTH THE WINDOW TO THE SOUL

Photographer, filmographer and painter Shaun Rabah is a wandering soul who seems to be on some perpetual journey to find……. something. It does not always seem clear what this ‘something’ is he is searching for. One gets the sense that even if he does find ‘it’ he will...