Happy Holidays!

Wir wissen sehr wohl, mit welcher Vertrauheit wir uns durch den Tag bewegen, aber nachts bewegt sich der Tag mit der gleichen Vertrautheit durch uns...

(Inger Christensen)

Mimosa paints a big mouth.

 

Wer seine Wunden zeigt, wird geheilt.

runo: Mirkka Rekola / teksti: Olga Tokarczuk, Alku ja muut ajat

runo: Tuomas Timonen (kokoelmasta Oodi rakkaudelle, 2007)

Puhun yhdeksän portin puistosta, jonne on haudattu koko kaupunki. Pysäytin vartijan ja kysyin kuinka monta porttia on Hietaniemen hautausmaalla. Muistin että buddhistit nimittävät ihmistä yhdeksän portin kaupungiksi.
(m.rekola)

Kokoelmassa Tuulen viime vuosi (1974):

Kiviltäkin jo pyydän
anteeksi että viivyttelen
tässä vaikeassa paikassa.

Niin viivyttelinkin. Olin alkanut kohdata menneisyyksiäni. Niitä tuli ja meni.




(M. Rekola http://www.kaapeli.fi/rekola/miten.htm)

Some things we plan,
we sit and we invent and we plot and cook up;
others are works of inspiration, of poetry

 

here a link to listen the radioshow about mothers & art:

http://www.enemiesofgoodart.org/childhood-memories-and-the-%E2%80%9Cgood%E2%80%9D-mother/

Ei sinne!

-a plastic bag & bare legs has always been my favourite style.

-i wanted to share these inspiring photos,laura c. sent.
They are from Swedish 70´s paper crafting book.

 

Childhood memories and the “good” mother

Enemies of Good Art
19/10/11 1930 CET
Childhood memories and the “good” mother

Three artists living in Berlin discuss how their childhood memories and personal experiences feed into their work. In the past Wu Zhi, Niina Lehtonen Braun and Agnes Domke came together to stage an exhibition called Allmutter, which presented work dealing with their reponse to motherhood. Since then they have continued their practise separately and they talk to Ana Shorter about their output, collaboration, childhood memories and motherhood.

Finnish artist Niina Lehtonen Braun's practise spans performance and collage. She's a founding member of the Jokaklubi, a group of performance artists.

Agnes Domke is a installation artist from Germany. She creates environments or rituals where viewers can participate in a process which aims to have some sort of healing effect.

Wu Zhi is an artist from China and one of the curators at the Uhrwerk gallery in Berlin. Working in many different media – from painting to video -she seeks to find new ways to show the fears and hopes of human beings.

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Here is the page with details on how you can listen to the show over the internet.
http://resonancefm.com/listen


http://www.enemiesofgoodart.org/

post und gegenpost / postia ja vastapostia

on the way to the studio yesterday:

And when the night is cloudy

there is still a light that shines on me

When I find myself in times of trouble.

Leni gave me a snake. It will live with me at my studio.




And when the broken-hearted people
living in the world agree,

For though they may be parted,
there is still a chance that they will see.


ps. this is Leni