"A sand piece by Van der Merwe entitled ""African calligrapher, me"" carved on Witsands beach, Cape Town in January 2011. Explaining his thoughts behind the piece on his website, he writes: ""It is a self-portrait, the quill-wielding, running figure at the Southern tip of Africa being the way I see myself in happier moments. All those other fantastical, interlocking and interconnected letters and symbols -- many of which come from African writing systems -- represent the way I, as a white South African, see Africa with all it's incredible diversity and liveliness, but especially all those indigenous languages who's sounds and forms I so love but do not understand."""
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