http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:zaka-xox&section=today deviantART RSS for by:zaka-xox en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:12:27 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://zaka-xox.deviantart.com/journal/23524410/ http://zaka-xox.deviantart.com/journal/23524410/ Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:25:37 PST I found this rather provocative and proceeded to call out: "What kind of asshole said that?" Only to realised... "Jesus"

Looking at the original context of the verse it seems to be controversial mostly in the essence that it is missing this context. I think it's incrediably scary that the Bible can be so easily misused...especially considering that religious people view it as a soveriegn form of law, perhaps even above international/national laws. Thus the potential for abuse seems endless.

In Nigeria a Christian evangelical movement has become obsessed with the idea of child whitches and proceeds to exorcise the whitches by beating, starving and burning the falsly accused children. Most of these actions are motivated by greedy self-serving evangelicals, who in all fairness are financially and not religiously motivated, but this demonstrates how easily the Bible can be manipulated to serve malicious purposes.

Please feel free to disagree and debate or just share your own views with me

]]> ~zaka-xox http://zaka-xox.deviantart.com/journal/23480039/ http://zaka-xox.deviantart.com/journal/23480039/ Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:59:45 PST Firstly I've just started first year at the University of Cape Town. I'm doing a [link] - taking politics, philosophy, sociology and hebrew.
Secondly I joined approxiamately a million debating unions so I'll be engaging in alot of debates... and I'll have an excuse for being a fiesty bitch.
And most importantly! I've joined a student magazine and so I'll be producing alot of satirical cartoons! (I hope)

Hope you're having a great year thus far!

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Art, a necessity? I concur! I find myself going slightly insane if a whole day passes without an expression of creativity.

You can see David Ho’s work here:
[link]
very interesting!

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]]> ~zaka-xox http://zaka-xox.deviantart.com/journal/20017642/ http://zaka-xox.deviantart.com/journal/20017642/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:21:18 PDT Procrastination is a cruel and ruthless master (in the words of some random person - Kaliski)

In other thoughts...I am getting some awesome poetry from students for our United Africa Society project to raise awareness about xenophobia in South Africa. YAY

]]> ~zaka-xox http://zaka-xox.deviantart.com/journal/19946984/ http://zaka-xox.deviantart.com/journal/19946984/ Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:47:56 PDT I had an HIV test this week and was luckily not unpleasantly surprised by the result.
If u haven't been tested I can vouch that it is a very quick and unpainful event.

I started exams today
English literature is over, but I have another 16 exams to write. Methinks it is going to be a long month...

well I am off to write a poem I just composed while in the shower. Perhaps you will get to see it soon.

oh yes - i just cut my hair. it is rather short. my principal told me to tie it up so it's kind of an act of defiance. (petty, probably regret it tomorrow)

]]> ~zaka-xox http://zaka-xox.deviantart.com/journal/19771584/ http://zaka-xox.deviantart.com/journal/19771584/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:13:11 PDT
Yet more disappointing news! And some people are ignorant enough to believe that xenophobia is really a thing of the past.

The United Africa Society - a High School based initiative to increase solidarity among African countries - is holding an art competition. The aims are to create an artistic response to the xenophobic violence in South Africa in the forms of prose, poetry and art. We are hoping to exhibit these works at the Cape Town Holocaust Museum. If you are a South African student and you’re interested in this project please ask me for more details

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I will also be uploading a project based on the role of 'animals in art.' well that was the brief anyway, but I got rather side tracked (as usual) and turned it into a comment on the poltical situation in the DRC.

Happy painting to all!

]]> ~zaka-xox http://zaka-xox.deviantart.com/journal/17778140/ http://zaka-xox.deviantart.com/journal/17778140/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:09:20 PDT but i am excited for next terms art practicles.
Hopefully i will be posting more work soon!







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