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Jacques De Villiers

Jacques De Villiers

Hardlife and a boy named Sue

2 min readFeb 8, 2024

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Jacques De Villiers

Impeccability

2/365

3 min readJan 23, 2024

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Impeccability

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Jacques De Villiers

What’s The Big Deal About Non-Attachment?

Article 1/365 of my writing quest.

4 min readJan 22, 2024

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What’s The Big Deal About Non-Attachment?

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Jacques De Villiers

Write for Jackson Pollock

Someone once told the composer Morton Feldman that he should write for the “man in the street”. Feldman went over to the window, and who…

1 min readApr 10, 2023

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Write for Jackson Pollock

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Jacques De Villiers

Fitzgerald Could Have Been A Great Author

I love hanging out with authors, particularly the broken ones. I like them because they’re fractured beyond repair. Their disabilities…

5 min readMar 26, 2023

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Fitzgerald Could Have Been A Great Author

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Jacques De Villiers

Sometimes even a cynic like me believes in miracles

Some wisdom is timeless. If I read this quote today, I’d think it was written for our times: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of…

2 min readMar 25, 2023

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Sometimes even a cynic like me believes in miracles

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Jacques De Villiers

I Like Beautiful Things, Don’t You?

Looking at my mobile phone the other day, I felt the beginnings of a migraine. Just looking at the hideous protective cover with a cracked…

2 min readMar 23, 2023

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I Like Beautiful Things, Don’t You?

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Jacques De Villiers

What is Quantum Entanglement?

I’ve been running informal Quantum Jumping meditations based on the work of the late mind science engineer, Burt Goldman, with some of my…

3 min readMar 22, 2023

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What is Quantum Entanglement?

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Jacques De Villiers

Why I Sign Off With ‘You’re the Job’

It only just occurred to me why I sign off my emails with:

1 min readMar 21, 2023

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Why I Sign Off With ‘You’re the Job’

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Jacques De Villiers

Is your comfort zone keeping you safe or small?

“Alas, for those who never sing, but die with the music in them.”

3 min readMar 20, 2023

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Is your comfort zone keeping you safe or small?

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Jacques De Villiers

Jacques De Villiers

I’m the author of What If Hollywood Doesn’t Call? A Fractured Monk’s Guide To Enlightenment and a number of other texts. https://www.jacquesdevilliers.co.za

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