What is ‘BEYOND SPICE’?

 

Zena John has written poetry as a hobby for years and her poems were recently assembled into a collection. This poetry anthology is beautifully accompanied by the art collective of Jayna Mistry, Kershnee Velloo, Raeesah Mahomed, Shaskia John and Shenaz Mahomed. These visual artists were inspired to create art based on their interpretation of Zena’s poems. The book “Beyond Spice” was born from this collective creativity.

 

 

Overview of the book:

BEYOND SPICE

 

Piercing the veil of invisibility, six South African ‘Indian’ women invite your gaze into their artistic and intellectual creativity.

 

Devolving their humanity into bite-sized chunks, these creative fragments voice the myriad dimensions of being: from birth, through life and love, to death; overcoming challenges yet still touched by spiritual beauty.

 

Visual artistic expressions of  Jayna Mistry, Kershnee Velloo, Raeesah Mahomed, Shaskia John and Shenaz Mahomed are interlaced with the musings of Zena Velloo John to evoke individual and collective interpretation.