Charles Bukowski once said that: "The male, for all his bravado and exploration, is the loyal one, the one who generally feels love. The females is skilled at betrayal and torture and damnation." John le Carre said, "Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love." Tennesse Wiliams concluded that: …
OLD REFRAINS: A QUAGMIRE
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun” KING SOLOMON A QUAGMIRE The saying is that there is nothing new under the sun; and that therefore in one way or another, similar …
TO BE OR NOT TO BE YOURSELF: THAT IS THE QUESTION
The formula for being wanted- what is it? If I asked you what you think this formula entails, or what you think is common about people that are easily liked, what would you say? Maybe you would say that they are easy to get along with, or that they are the kind of people that …
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OTHER PEOPLE’S EXPECTATIONS: A NAUSEA
Today I shall get straight into it because I have a few minutes before I need to get into a meeting I am not as prepared for and also because the coffee is just kicking in. Yes, I am doing this at work. You should see how I am typing this with the most intent …
GOOD NEWS: MORE MUSIC. BAD NEWS: SAME OLD FEARS.
New year. More projects. More Singles. Higher heights of creative expression. Bet. IZABELug shall deliver. A lot of the questions from friends, fans and whomever is curious when it comes to a creative is, “When are you doing the next thing?” I am no exception to this for sure, and the questions usually concern whether …
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MUSICAL SPACES FOR UGANDAN ARTISTS I FOUND IN 2023
As an artist and creative, one of the ways I felt so starved of inspiration at a point towards the end of 2022, was because of the unfortunate fact that I hadn’t put in enough time and effort, or deliberate intention to be around other artists and creatives. I remember the moment it hit; and …
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DEAR ARTIST, BREATHE
I don’t know about you but there is some serious mental tae kwon do I am doing more often than not lately because this is the last year I shall be in my twenties. Yes, I shall be thirty this year. I feel it’s a sad thing and I feel at the same time, like …
newsflash: life is pain, so tell everyone about it!
One of my favorite songwriters and musical expressionists in her song, South London forever sings this: “And we're just children wanting children of our ownI want a space to watch things growBut did I dream too big?Do I have to let it go?What if one day there is no such thing as snow?Oh God, what …
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NAVIO: TWENTY YEARS OF CONSISTENCY AND SUCCESS
I knew my life was going to be steeped in creativity and artistry from a very early age; as early as five years old to be exact. I can never forget how moving it was to hear Celine Dion’s “My heart will go on.” Yes yes. I was a softie like that from then and …
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UNCHARTED SONIC TERRITORITIES: LOWENNA, A UGANDAN ARTIST
Most of the suffering I experience as a person in some way or form is rooted in having to endure the loneliness of being misunderstood; not because I was inarticulate or incoherent in the presentation of ideas, but because almost all my expression is steeped in cross cultural references stretched over centuries, relating to Charles …
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