the-undergraduate
Hanging out my pals at the story moja hay festival yesterday brought back memories of freshman and sophomore years.Me and the twins used to be allover campus signing up for clubs and events that we'd end up missing.We also walked around teasing people who seemed to be working too hard to try and blend in with the 'in crowd'.We tried all sorts of stuff from ice skating,football,artist management and at some point we even went gambling at a casino and....lost!!It's like whenever you win,you'll always get tempted to play another round!
So we walked into impala club to find a quiet orderly event with lotsa book,sculpture and film enthusiasts and within minutes we were allover creating mayhem and running our own side show.I think we might have even traumatized a very friendly artist who had displayed his iron cast sculptures cos we started acting like the sculptures were real animals.we knew we had to draw the line somewhere after kissing a giant frog in the hopes that it would turn into prince charming....in our defence...the fairytales never said whether a metal frog could replace the real thing and so we had to try our luck despite the many camera flashes directed at us :)
I also loved canvas painting where everyone was allowed to modify or add their own drawings to create one huge painting.Our contribution was adding a huge sun at the botton of the painting since we were in an 'artsy' mode which left a few high school kids staring at us wondering whether we were high.To cap it all we signed our names allover the canvas and made it look like we'd painted the whole thing by ourselves,took a few pictures posing to smile for some 'fans' who'd been busy recording our craziness on their cellphones and left for the film workshop.At this point,i should probably say,IT'S RUDE TO PHOTOGRAPH OR RECORD PEOPLE WITHOUT ASKING!!I see this happening alot and guys are the main culprits!!
The event turned out to be fun but i hope next year theyll consider incorporating live music as a way of promoting up coming bands and also to make it more interesting/lively.
Some of the comedians deserve to be on telly cos i loved their material that left the audience in stitches 'he was the marking scheme of an ugly baby'.A couple of tears were shed at the kenya burning photo exhibition tent since they had very many graphic images that really make you question human nature.After seeing photos of beheaded kenyans,some burnt in their cars and mobs caught in action during the post election violence...i hate to think of where we could be headed if we dont act soon and work at transforming the way communities view each other.
Tuungane tujenge taifa pamoja kama wakenya
