CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The Hangberg community outside ruggedly beautiful Hout Bay is troubled by gang violence, drugs and poverty. The children kids are taught how to use van der Merwe’s hand-crafted tools and found objects like sea shells to make beach calligraphy. It was such a pleasure to see them discover something new,” said van der Merwe. The object of it is to teach the virtue of detachment,” said van der Merwe. “It’s beautiful to watch a foamy wave arrive and fill the letters, see the low light reflect in the letters, see wind leave little ripples in the letters,” van der Merwe said.

Source: National Post October 13, 2018 09:01 UTC