vrijdag 28 november 2014

bird feeder




Thanks to Misako Mimoko, for the "bird feeder inspiration".
Next week my students will glue the bottle caps on each end,
make some more birds and finish their artworks.
Tree "bird feeders" made by Adnan, Jafar, Anisa, Kadiatu,
Mayo and Rumdana.

dinsdag 25 november 2014

winter is coming



This morning I opened the curtains and saw that winter is coming.
It had been freezing last night and everything was covered with frost.
Flynn was very interested in these cold, white crystals beneath her
paws. 
After a morning walk, we spent the day inside. I love to put on my 
winter socks. I love to make some matcha latte.

zondag 23 november 2014

an invitation



An invitation from Katrien, Mieke and Renilde to come to their book 
I expect this is gonna be the most beautiful abc book ever and I can't 
wait to see it!

zaterdag 22 november 2014

the sleeping peasant





An other day in Ostend, when I was a child. Just like last Sunday, I went 
to the museum of art with my mum. You see me when I was little, next
to the sleeping peasant of Constant Permeke.

"Generations do not cease to be born,
and we are responsible to them because
we are the only witnesses they have.
The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling
to each other and children cling to us.
The moment we cease to hold each other, 
the moment we break faith with one another,
the sea engulfs us and the light goes out."

donderdag 20 november 2014

a house on a tissue





When I left the classroom at five o'clock, I saw a tissue laying on a 
desk.
I wondered who of my students made that doodle. 

maandag 17 november 2014

oostende





Sunday I went to Ostend. It was the first time with Flynn on the
beach and of course, she loved it. Playing with the other dogs and
running trough the water. When we drove back home, she smelled
like a seal.
(Last image: Roy Lichtenstein, Gullscape, 1964)

I love the sea.
"I need the sea because it teaches me,
I don't know if I learn music or awareness,
if it's a single wave or its vast existence,
or only its harsh voice or its shining
suggestion of fishes and ships.
The fact is that until I fall asleep,
in some magnetic way I move in the university of the waves."
Pablo Neruda, Memorial of Isla Negra, 1964.

vrijdag 14 november 2014

ballard garden


An empty swimming pool in a lake. This picture I took one month 
ago, when I went to a dance performance in  deSingel. I love the blue 
of swimming pools. 
The swimming pool in deSingel is a part of an artwork by Dominique 
Gonzalez-Foerster. It's her tribute to the apocalyptic novels from the 
British science-fiction author J.G. Ballard.


woensdag 12 november 2014

a walk in the woods






We discovered a new place near our town, to take walks with Flynn. 
Woodland with a strange vegetation of bamboe-like plants. Flynn really 
liked it as there was so much to smell and so much to see. 
When I uploaded my pictures I saw they all have a diagonal line in the 
center.


zaterdag 8 november 2014

nightprayers




Here some 'preview-pictures' of the new video clip from Brazzaville.
Yesterday evening we participated in the recordings. The costumes
were designed by Jochem Baelus and made of Katrien her blankets.
I can't tell you what we had to do, I have to keep some things secret,
but when the video is finished I"ll let you know. I'm also vey curious!

donderdag 6 november 2014

fear of cows



While making the first picture, I wasn't looking at Flynn and she got 
electrocuted by the electric fence. I had to comfort her for five minutes, 
before she would walk again.
Since that moment she's afraid of cows.
The other picture is a positive-negative made by Benjamin.

woensdag 5 november 2014

water kefir




From now on, JJ and I are drinking Kefir every day. It' s not only 
healthy, it's also very tasty and cheap. We got some water kefir grains 
from Pushpa and now we're trying to keep them alive. 
It isn't that difficult, you just need sugar, lemon and some dried fruit. 
If you're interested in how to make water kefir check this site. If you 
want some kefir grains; in a week mine will be doubled, so I can share 
them!

maandag 3 november 2014

walk with bear




Some pictures of me and my bear, probably 27 autumns ago. I took bear 
everywhere. I even had a special baby buggy for it.
Bear is one of the toys I still have since I was a kid. So is my baboesjka. 
When yesterday friends came over, with their daughter, I was happy she 
played with my old toys.  

zondag 2 november 2014

dreaming of sailboats and butterflies






Every first Saturday of the month, JJ and two friends take part in 
a sailing race.
Last Saturday Flynn and I went to cheer for them. We made a long
walk along the coast, looking at all the sailboats and the birds.
At the end of the day, Flynn was so tired that she couldn't keep her
eyes open. I imagined her dreaming of sailboats and butterflies.
Illustration: Papillion et eau by Keiko Minami, 1963