"Falling is relational- if there is nothing to fall forward, you may not even be aware that you’re falling.” (13)
Our traditional sense of orientation and, with it, modern concepts of time and space- are based on a stable line: the horizon line.” (14)
“Needless to say, this reinvention of the subject, time, and space was an additional toolkit for enabling Western dominance, and the dominance of its concepts- as well as redefining standards of representation, time and space.” (19)
“But falling does not only mean falling apart, it can also mean a new certainty falling into place.”(28)
"Rainbowism became an authorising narrative which assisted in a denial of difference." (98)
"However, the rainbow is also a reflection, a spectacular visual illusion" (99)
"Rainbows are a fantasy, yet they remain symbolic and constitutive of the new 'truths' in a democratic South Africa." (99)
"Rainbows appear 'mysteriously", they are not dependent on human labour. They are transitory, fleeting and perpetually out of reach." (99)