Category Archives: General Discussion

General thoughts & musings.

Ramadan 2017

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Karima Hoisan

Ramadan Mubarak! (Blessed Ramadan) Ramadan Kareem! (Generous Ramadan)I invite my readers to look at this ad made by an Arabic telecommunications company, Zain, that portrays beautifully and powerfully the true spirit of Ramadan. Our religion has been hijacked for decades … Continue reading →

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Safe in Spring

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Karima Hoisan

                           Male-American-Robin-on-nest-©-Ann-MacRae.jpg I still have hope..even against everything I read and hear on the internet. The Robins in my garden are building nests.. They chatter to themselves busily…hauling building supplies back and forth. Some unwound yarn strings, dry strands of … Continue reading →

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Rob Steenhorst’s Art Book-Sporting Life

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Karima Hoisan

This seems to be my week of “Show and Tell.” 🙂 I don’t mean to be blowing my own horn too loudly, just as luck would have it, two collaborations that I was lucky enough to be part of, were … Continue reading →

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“Catharsis” by Akoviani

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Karima Hoisan

As I mentioned in a past post, Catharsis and Serendipity, I was lucky enough to hear Akoviani for the first time, when I was looking for just the right music for our machinima, “Unmindful.” I was captivated by his original … Continue reading →

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Women’s Digital Cinema Talks to Natascha Randt

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Karima Hoisan

Glasz Decuirs is featuring various women machinima-makers in her video series. She asks a few questions, in order to discuss each ones’ individual process, and discover their approaches, techniques, examples and anecdotes. It’s fascinating and I want to reblog the … Continue reading →

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“The Changes Changes” A Randt & Hoisan Production

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Karima Hoisan

This is our 20th collaboration!! It’s something we want to celebrate with all of you too! (Clinks her glass against Natascha’s..Here’s to many more, my creative partner!!) Only 5  years after we started thinking about  doing “The Changes Changes”  and … Continue reading →

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Catharsis and Serendipity

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Karima Hoisan

Do I believe in magic? Well of course I do. I have seen the proof of its existence so many times, I would be a fool to deny it. Magic is perhaps most easily seen in the creative world, the … Continue reading →

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“Unmindful” The Movie by Natascha Randt & Karima Hoisan

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Karima Hoisan

On July 16th, I posted here in my blog, about a new world that Dale Innis and I were beginning to build on Kitely – Virtual Worlds on Demand, called, “Unmindful” See post: As I said in the post, it … Continue reading →

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All My Boats-The World & My 5Th Rez Day

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Karima Hoisan

How can a poem become a world? Well, only if you are a resident of a virtual world grid, like my beloved Kitely-Virtual Worlds on Demand… otherwise it is not that easy:) I am turning 5 years old on Kitely … Continue reading →

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All My Boats

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Karima Hoisan

All my boats tied up to posts upon the docks, began to slip away. It was not noticed by anyone, their shiftings on the moorings, their pullings on the sailor knots, lolling in a windless, waveless bay. They tugged the … Continue reading →

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