inspiration – Becoming The Muse

Of Kamwenje

4 Jun 20235 Jun 2023

Jah Prayzah a Zimbabwean contemporary musician recently pulled off the ambitious project of dropping his 12th album Chiremera on the 12th of May and his 13th album Maita Baba on…

Of Big Little Words

Why are so many big words so small?Life, breath death,space, time, love,lie hate, truth,fate, me, you,we, am, us,one.

Of Zesa Gone: Flying In The Dark

Sometimes you fall before you fly…in my case I had to stumble in the dark,discover a coffee table with my ankle,explore something hard with my pinkyreach with my hands into…

Of Being A Creative: Suffering

To write is to suffer. To not write is to suffer. To suffer is to suffer. To be happy a writer must write.Therefore to be happy a writer must suffer…

Of Reset An A-Z Guide To Thrive In Trying Times

16 Oct 202119 Oct 2021

Just to put the cards on the table, I am the kind of reader who reads mostly for the fun of it, and these days I am gravitating towards a…

Of Zuva Risingasvike Enzo Ishall

12 Oct 20215 Dec 2021

After bidding the Zimbabwean music scene an emotive farewell and making headlines a month ago, when he announced he was quitting music, Enzo Ishall is back. His comeback track titled…

Of The SleepWalker

5 Sep 20215 Sep 2021

Awake but never really aware,Dreaming by nightDaydreaming by daySlept through life,Slept through loveslept through pain,slept through rain,Slept through memories,slept through nightmaresThe universe unfolded,Before your eyes unfocused,And yet you still slept,the…

Of Being A Creative: The Soul beneath

8 Jun 20218 Jun 2021

It's a commonly held notion that the inspiration for creativity comes from tortured souls who create from a dark place of pain, sadness, loss,... but inspiration comes even from happy…

Awards and Challenges…

Of Lessons 2020 Taught Me

For my Best Of The Year series #BOTY2020 I give you the biggest lesson 2020 taught me… In my head, I picture 2020 as a school teacher who normally dresses…

Of Muse and Museability

12 Nov 202012 Nov 2020

What happens when someone asks to be your muse?... Namupolo asked... https://videopress.com/v/Bkk1TJHR?preloadContent=metadata and The Mused replied https://videopress.com/v/4K6Mk9L1?preloadContent=metadata Namupolo blogs at InkedQuilsandScribbles And these musings came to life from an exchange…

Defining Moments…

Of The End Of Reason

1 Oct 20201 Oct 2020

I grew up in a very small town, the kind of place where everyone knows everyone else and if you rented an age –inappropriate video cassette from the Video Club,…

Of Coffee With 3am Scones

26 Aug 20201 Jan 2021

If you were having coffee with me, we would chat with a lady whose remarks about waking up to bake scones at 3 am went viral on the internet sparking…