Here’s the first page of the project #Roomforwords. The idea was born a few years back when I was still living in South Africa (Cape Town at the time.)

Roomforwords: The Lowdown
It is a book-in-the-making, essentially. From the inner-city of Cape Town to the streets of London, I will be travelling by foot and writing in crayon, paint, ink, and chalk.

Each week I’ll visit the various dialogues to record their evolution. In a year’s time, I will bring you twelve dialogues, capturing the weekly exchange. Hope you like the idea. #roomforwords

There will be no tangible reference to me documenting this online. I will be uploading the images and the pages online, and at the end will create a short doccie of the process and a digital mag capturing the process and the dialogues as they unfold and take a life of their own.

The project will be documented (film and photography) as I am interested to learn how a piece of writing/an image (even if initially created for oneself) becomes an open dialogue when placed in an inclusive public space amid the presence of unknown passers-by.

Interaction is what I’m interested in, whether people write over the message or respond to it — it doesn’t matter. Cultivating a broader conversation around self-exploration, perception, and collective vs. personal truths, is on the table for exploration.

Page 02 is where things begin. London, I’m keen to hear your thoughts. Keep posted.

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PAGE 01 (image above)

Wed. 22/01/2014. 3pm (ish)

Who the fuck am I today?

1 A Mermaid

2 A Tomatoe 
        –> still not sure if it has an ‘e’

3 A girl with less than R10

4 Someone else who is full of dreams.

5 one of the few who is making them happen.

6 29 years old.

7 A witness to an act of kindness.

8 A daytime voyeur

9 Pretty alone

10 A Princess making plans.

11 A daughter standing her ground

12 A girl falling in love, again.

13 Hungry.

14 Probably the same as I was yesterday

15 Without a job.

16 Trying to find a job.

17 Confused by human contradictions.

18 Very grateful that I am here.

19 Who the fuck really knows.

20. A writer, writing her first page of her first book.