Story Info
Story Info
Scotch Madhlophe
Thlolego Village, South Africa
2013
Type of Wounded Place
Story & Experience
I recently have been doing some history gathering on one of the old first mine spaces for our local youth awareness…& local tourism research. All that is left is the fake gold sand mountains. The belly of the earth is empty with routes which are left just like that, wondering what is going to happen. At the very same time I easily fall in love with places which have been exploited by humans…To continue…
To my surprise I have also been fascinated by old sites of buildings or untouched spaces…there is some amazing energy in those places … anyway just felt of talking ‘bout that. Thanks for encouraging us all to honor those forgotten, exploited, used, left out, etc spaces by doing this. I think we are also doing it to our fellow people ‘because of our interconnectedness with mother earth.
I recently have been doing some history gathering on one of the old first mine spaces for our local youth awareness…& local tourism research. All that is left is the fake gold sand mountains. The belly of the earth is empty with routes which are left just like that, wondering what is going to happen. At the very same time I easily fall in love with places which have been exploited by humans…To continue…
To my surprise I have also been fascinated by old sites of buildings or untouched spaces…there is some amazing energy in those places … anyway just felt of talking ‘bout that. Thanks for encouraging us all to honor those forgotten, exploited, used, left out, etc spaces by doing this. I think we are also doing it to our fellow people ‘because of our interconnectedness with mother earth.
Thlolego Village, South Africa
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