vessels part 2
screenprint and gouache on paper
14,8 x 21 cm
2023
screenprint and gouache on paper
14,8 x 21 cm
2023
"You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves."
Mary Oliver
segment of 'Wild Geese' from 'Devotions'
You do not have to walk on your knees
for hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves."
Mary Oliver
segment of 'Wild Geese' from 'Devotions'
Vessels is a three part series spanning over 1,5 years. It was inspired by my fascination for stones: these strong solid shapes that through time, space and constant change found their form and place in the world.
A single stone wears its history while also its future. Stones will outlive us and maybe that makes them something nice to hold on to in this fleeting ungraspable-ness that life can sometimes be.
In search of many things but mainly my place among the stones, Vessels was an attempt to capture and hold close places and moments that I wanted to hold onto a little longer -
like the stones I pick up and carry in my pocket.
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These vessels were made while I moved back to my childhood home in Rotterdam, after living in the countryside in a small caravan for many years. I had to get used to the pace of a large city and it was quite overwhelming to sense that everything was always moving and changing. All flows and goes, without much to hold onto. These vessels were a way to digest, process and ground myself during this time of shifting.
A single stone wears its history while also its future. Stones will outlive us and maybe that makes them something nice to hold on to in this fleeting ungraspable-ness that life can sometimes be.
In search of many things but mainly my place among the stones, Vessels was an attempt to capture and hold close places and moments that I wanted to hold onto a little longer -
like the stones I pick up and carry in my pocket.
•
These vessels were made while I moved back to my childhood home in Rotterdam, after living in the countryside in a small caravan for many years. I had to get used to the pace of a large city and it was quite overwhelming to sense that everything was always moving and changing. All flows and goes, without much to hold onto. These vessels were a way to digest, process and ground myself during this time of shifting.
photo's by Stijn Brakkee