Journal

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

  • Painted sketches

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    Painted sketches

    In my latest YouTube video I did some painting, based off some sketches I did during a live figure drawing session. Yes, that’s a lot of words to basically say; I painted some stuff. Next to…

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  • A Whisper of Hope I

    A Whisper of Hope I

    As much as I struggled with the concept of hope in the early stages of this project, the more clear it became to me what…

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  • A Whisper of Hope III

    A Whisper of Hope III

    When we started this project, I must honestly say, I was blank. It scared me a little because I’m usually overcome with images. But this…

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  • Nocturne

    Nocturne

    If all your hopes were condensed into one single symbol, what would it be? An object, a sound, a touch or a smell? You bring…

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  • Scherzo

    Scherzo

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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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