BOWLS FILLED WITH COLOR ON A STREET IN JOHANNESBURG

It was later in the day when this colorful photograph was taken. The organized, beaded bowls and the splash of color caught my eye—they were laying on a blanket, on a brick side-street next to the downtown Johannesburg Africa Museum. The deep shadows added depth to the mosaic of form and color. Such art can be found all over South Africa, indeed everywhere in Africa. I spoke briefly with the artist, an older, wise-looking woman who was busy creating yet another bowl for a tourist or a local interested in acquiring any one of the lovely, intoxicatingly colorful items. To me, she was as beautiful as her art—yet another unknown street artist making a living with skillful hands and a creative mind.