Exhibition

 

I hope to see you all there! 

Nicole Dextras

I stumbled across this wonderful series by Nicole Dextras. She froze flowers and dresses in huge ice blocks, lit them and photographed them at night.

“This frozen wardrobe acts as a metaphor for the multilayered affinities between the self and the environment,” Dextras explained. “On a deeper level, the mercurial aspect of ice alludes to the transient nature of the environment and of the inherent poetic beauty of the ephemeral.”

All images by Nicole Dextras.

Of Writing Lists

The 'To do' list seems to be a creation of the 21st century. I write them often, possibly to often. Have I been socialised into this pattern? Is life in the 21st century so rich in possibilities that the mind can not keep track anymore? Or is it rather that we need a sense of achievement that we can monitor as every time we tick of a completed activity we feel less anxious about the fear of not achieving or forgetting something. The funny part is that people who don't write 'to do' lists seem to be doing fine. 

I guess what it comes down to is that worry in itself is the culprit. Trying to survive today is very different to the previous centuries, as now a malfunctioning cellphone or not being able to buy the right ingredient for a specific dish at the supermarket creates worries of strangely high proportions. The point that I am trying to make is that whether you worry or not, it does not seem to make any difference to the situation you find yourself in. The most important part is to continue, because survive you will anyway.

I wrote this post to hear myself say it. Or rather write it. To remind myself of it. And to write fearless 'to do' lists... or none at all.

Moving Forward

It seems things are slowly but surely moving in a direction, a good one. My images are being published and soon exhibited as well. All the details will follow closer to the time. 

I would like to share a quote by Steve Pavlina who seems to have the right idea:

Head directly towards the peak until you reach an obstacle you can’t cross. Whenever you reach such an obstacle, follow it around to the right until you’re able to head towards the peak once again.

Sometimes I forget that.

As artists we seem to hover over a project or concept not noticing any progress and only when it all comes together we suddenly forget how lost we felt before.