I love the Blues. Saying that, I realise that there is so much that I still have to discover. What specific type of Blues is it that I love – Detroit Blues, Memphis Blues, Delta Blues? I’m not quite sure. Blues has gone through so many stages and still has such a huge influence on other genres of music that it is very difficult to narrow down and categorize. I would say I lean more towards Delta Blues. Where they use the acoustic guitar to its fullest. Where they sometimes tap with their fingers on the body of the guitar and where the strings have a sound as if they’re not tight enough. It has a certain twang to it. The piano, harmonica and other instruments being used tend to roll and wail. Without necessarily using percussion instruments, there is a deep beat to my type of Blues. And the main thing, it is somehow raw, touching the primal. So, I am constantly listening and looking for my Blues. And without being able to categorize it exactly, I definitely know when I fin
The Restory is a Retreat Centre nestled against Tafelkop, a singular mountain head near Wakkerstroom, South Africa. Here we live a simple life as contemplatives. It is a place of re-connection: with ourselves, people, Nature, Silence and Creativity. Our retreats are aimed at this. Our conversations, writing and art centre around the univocity of life. We need a place that reminds us that we are all one. The Restory hopes to be such a place and space.