Sometimes you can’t …
You cannot say it. Real joy, optimism, sadness, depression. No words can.
You cannot say it. Real joy, optimism, sadness, depression. No words can.
But maybe your cello can. Or maybe your piano can. Like when it is in the hands of the Ha!Man. To watch him express his feelings through his musical instruments was a real Ha!-moment for the audience. Quite a few Ha!-moments followed when we understood without him saying a word.
This is a gift . It is a gift when you can find such a vivid way to express yourself. Even a bigger gift when you can make other understand what you feel. Often during his show the audience would just look at each other and you could see – there was a Ha! in their eyes. They understood .
This valuable ability can easily get lost in a world of canned music and backtracks. Our kids (and ourselves) should learn from artists like Francois le Roux. We should learn to find a way to say it and we should learn to hear it .
And then you get those who CAN say it. They are masters with language . They can arrange words to express deep inner feelings and then they can put a melody to it. Like Koos du Plessis could. Real thoughts in real words. I miss him. A real poet – troubled yes, but extremely gifted.
We have a
tribute show for Koos du Plessis
on Saturday evening. It is presented by
Franz Geldenhuys
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Franz is another artist who feels and talks through his music. It is appropriate that he should do a Koos du Plessis show.
Franz is also a teacher par excellance. He now started the iCan! Music Acadamy at Potters place. It is an academy for all in the community . Now you can learn!
