let the animals take charge

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Porky said it. Here he is the man himself, artist Mr Hefer, seen on the Ark Park aka Pavilion Square cnr KE Masinga and Marine Parade in Durban one fine morning on the 31st of October when it was a bit cold. Unexpectedly. When we had a meeting with tape measures. Porky was in a good mood actually. The weather was moving in and a little voice was whispering in his ear. Build an ark, build an ark. He was pretending to listen to us but really he was wrapped up in the other conversation. We knew that.

We never even had time for a swim.

After the Ark Park we went to Selby's Boardroom at the Elangeni Hotel which Od dreamed was tsunami'd to the third floor a few nights ago. The whole Ark Building team was there and we talked until we were blue in the face:

30m long x 12m wide not counting the 5m ramps to get inside (on each side like little wings) and 16m high more or less at the top of the roof. Steel, machine drawings, spreadsheets, budgets, cranes, cherry pickers, lawn, bollards, tennis court area, diagonal, maintenance, irrigation, gazanias, swathes of colour, good coffee, legacy, revisions, compliances, safety, fire, portaloos, forms, forms, lots of forms.

Then we went to the airport and flew home on mangos over our dream. Jacek was snoring he was so tired and Auds was hysterical because she just loves flying. Ms Branch sat between them.

Here's a little aerial layout ... shot from the mango ... of where you may find the \ARK/ one of these fine days.

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