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Thoughts, happenings and other things I’d love to share with you

  • July – “Now”

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    July – “Now”

    July is the month of my birthday and my birthday inevitably the day I look back at the year and feel ambivalent. It turned out to be a good drive to think more about this feeling…

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  • Scherzo

    Scherzo

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    I dance in my head. I move and jump and pirouette, while the tempo increases. It’s a bridge between the countless hours of silent thought,…

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  • Vox

    Vox

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    Does hope have a voice? It might a weird question coming from someone who’s project is named ‘a whisper of hope’. If one can whisper,…

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  • Largo

    Largo

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    If you had to think of a posture, that would visualise this time in your life, what would it be? Not the smile you put…

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  • Prelude

    Prelude

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    Listening. It’s a skill. I can feel the thunder of rhetoric pushing against the back of my skull. And my hands itching to move dramatically…

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  • Lento

    Lento

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    I wondered if hope was always happiness. If it was always looking up and beyond, towards the better things to come. And when those better…

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  • Alto

    Alto

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    A thing of hope, that was the idea. It came mostly from her, Janneke. I think I may have stared at her a little obvious,…

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  • “A Whisper of Hope I”

    “A Whisper of Hope I”

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    In 2023 I created a body of work in collaboration with the composer Janneke Moes. Our work, titled “A Whisper of Hope” will consist of…

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  • Painting an eye in oil paint

    Painting an eye in oil paint

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    Thank you everyone, for joining me! I think we did well, working with this limited palette. Here’s the replay and some tips that were discussed…

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  • Join my Let’s Face It 2024 Give-away!

    Join my Let’s Face It 2024 Give-away!

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    Good morning friends! I’m really happy to be doing a give-away for Let’s Face It 2024 today. Every year we give a number of spots…

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