I'm gonna creep up inside ya, like a warm kitten.

Nicola | 21 | South Africa | UCT | Gender & Film Studies

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4/4 'Flowering Love' collage series Soft, loving, intimate, consensual, sensitive, mindful sex. This is something that I crave & simultaneously deny myself. This series is an exploration of what I (or anyone) could potentially open up to & enjoy. The 'Flowering Love' series is intended to be a gentle encouragement for one to envision this kind of sex/love as being accessible to oneself, and to practice fantasising oneself as worthy of it. We are deserving. #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #capetownartist #collage #collageart #collageartist #papercollage #analoguecollage #roses #yellowroses #sex #love #makinglove (at Cape Town, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrK6WemBQgf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mbdou4btfa7o

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The 'Flowering Love' collage series (swipe to see all four) I am taking a break for a bit, but v soon I will be back with a wee holiday competition where you could win prints of the whole series. For those interested to know where I sourced these images: The figures come from an old-fashioned 1970s liberal handbook called "The Joy of Sex" which was well-meaning and sex-positive for its time, but does not hold up to today's standard of sex, gender & sexuality intersectional inclusivity, and so I cut it up into bits. Some of the text was used for my 'Body of Work' collage poems. The roses came out of a gardening book called "How to Grow Roses" of which I have three copies - I plan to do something with the book covers, but that's a project for next year. #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #capetownartist #collage #collageart #collageartist #papercollage #roses #sex #sexualhealing #feminism #queerlove (at Cape Town, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrK4OZzhRB4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=eaqr0iyhl0sh

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3/4 'Flowering Love' collage series I piece together brief periods of peace in love. A field on the edge of a dam. Water droplets on warm, sunny skin. The swaying shade of a pine tree. Reading stories aloud and salad for lunch. A walk along the cliffs. I am opening myself to soft love. #art #arttherapy #collage #collageart #papercollage #roses #queerlove #minimalism #flowering #love #womxn (at Cape Town, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrIFanXhxbV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kfh4y6rc5ieb

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2/4 'Flowering Love' collage series This series is about accepting good, beautiful, healthy sex & companionship, in a visualised piecing together of ideals with experience. I feel happy when I look at this because it reminds me of the feeling of being adored. I take that memory and add to it a desire for mutual respect to flower between my partner and I. #art #collage #collageart #roses #orange #love #sex #makinglove #lifepartner #feminism (at Cape Town, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrFM2S4Bauv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ba4ryy8h7ljc

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A portrait of Stephanie. Made for the @nomvulafilm project. #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #capetownartist #blackandwhite #illustration #face #thankyou #film #shortfilm #brushpen (at Cape Town, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq7Dv6BhXDs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bqhxnqepzjpz

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The lovely Johanné #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #capetownartist #blackandwhite #illustration #portrait #pentelbrushpen #brushpen (at Cape Town, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqjrU3uB_gC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lqze6zdqt420

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Nomvula got a standing ovation! Afterwards there was a Q&A, where someone asked if we had plans to make it into a full-length feature film! We were so touched by all the support and positive feedback. Thank you to everyone who made it to the screening, and to everyone who gave support and love along the way. I'm so proud of what we have produced, and proud of our whole class; our cumulative talent and skill shone through in all the films screened that night. Congratulations everyone! Photo: @lylehlyleh #film #shortfilm #shortfilms #capetownfilm #capetownfilmmakers #cptfilm #cpt #studentfilm #uctfilm #uct #nomvula #blackandwhite #photography (at University of Cape Town) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpkHBf-Ft7M/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11nfft8gooqzj

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The official movie poster for Nomvula - I knew it was going to be good, but I never guessed it would be this good! Thank you, Aleksey Rico, for such an amazing work of art. I got one hanging up in my house that I straight up "borrowed" from the 3rd Year Grad Screening event. #art #illustration #illustrator #alekseyrico #nomvula #shortfilm #capetownfilm #capetownfilmmakers #cptfilm #cpt #studentfilm #uctfilm #uct (at UCT Upper Campus) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpj1z_qF61r/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=42iylpph7e41

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3rd Year Grad Screening came and went so fast! The evening was so wonderful, thank you to everyone who helped organise it (@beth_s_ribeiro @alenamuir @luellavraagom1 especially) Pictured: 1/2 director/ producer/ amigo Advik Beni explaining the metaphorical significance of the creature in the film, next to 2/2 director/ producer Jason Maselle and editor Pauline Shrosbree. Photo taken by @lylehlyleh #film #shortfilm #shortfilms #capetownfilm #capetownfilmmakers #cptfilm #cpt #studentfilm #uctfilm #uct (at University of Cape Town) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpjYcY4lk8o/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bob0xd4i0r0a

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Amanda, my beautiful friend. #photography #humansinnature #nature #silhouette #dam #capetown (at Rhodes Memorial Dam) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpjHALVle_g/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jeyn95l82orx

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Denise taking a break in the famed 'jumping tree'. She met a man who told him about how he had lived in Cape Town for 40 years, and had only just this weekend discovered the dam's existence. He was having a great time, and jumped from the tree thrice. #photography #nature #dam #capetown #treeclimbing (at UCT Upper Campus) https://www.instagram.com/p/BphQqaGlNuG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jv3k4t4ctih6

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Manda cooling off in the dam, yesterday. #photography #dam #water #nature #beautiful #ripplesonthemnipples (at UCT Upper Campus) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpg5BXzl5gw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jezeo6nng0fb

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We are so happy to have been selected for local film festivals. Thanks again to everyone on the team for such dedication and hard work on this project. What a dream-team, 10/10 would recommend each of them. #film #shortfilm #shortfilms #capetownfilm #capetownfilmmakers #cptfilm #cpt #studentfilm #uctfilm #uct #shnit #videoart #joburgfringe (at University of Cape Town) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpg4DsJFQ9j/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=iwgyl7u30fvz

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Photo guy Josh Stein doing good work, once again :) #photography #photographer #capetownphotographer #digital #blackandwhite #me (at Cape Town, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo6WOmElOY5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3ms15mtzeuru

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Where I go when I need to take a breath ; ; ; #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #capetownartist #blackandwhite #illustration #artjournal #arttherapy #minimalism #inktober #brushpen #pentelbrushpen #ink (at Cape Town, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo1NF3MldUI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=209o5z160bxn

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Taken by Josh Stein. I'd been craving a reconnection with my own body; I'd lost touch with my self-image, my self-identity. It turned out that cutting my hair and having a buddy take some pics of me helped - just like that old gypsy woman said 😱 Still becoming reacquainted with my body, but we're getting there. #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #blackandwhite #photography #filmphotography #photographer #capetownphotographer #me #queer #mentalhealth (at Cape Town, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bomsfa5Ft4r/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qaaa0f6a0o4i

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Taken by Josh Stein #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #capetownartist #photography #photographer #capetownphotographer #digital (at Cape Town, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/BomhKchlQsI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mayx6iahfl89