Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts

28.9.11

what's on your mind?


well my dears, 
 seeing your response in the {latest post}
has been again just so heart warming,
so thank's a lot!

I don't know about you, but I love handwriting
{thank's mum for teaching me calligraphy from the very early years}
and the whole aspect of forming letters in order to communicate
a certain point is kind of ingenious, isn't it?
however for granted 
we might be taking it

I mean, can you imagine life without written speech?
the impact it has in our lives?

do you sometimes wonder how life was before certain inventions?
oh but please, do not mention Internet,
as it has really become a cliche... 
and as far as I' m concerned,
life was still nice before internet, despite its numerous amazing indeed applications,
{writing a blog being one of them, ahem, ahem}

somehow I sometimes get the feeling that
not far are the days that people will be avoiding
being online, tired of being over connected,
overexposed themselves
&
over bombarded by advertisement and promotion techniques

yes, I know so far we call them social media,
but really who are we kidding?

how many "pages" can we really like and actually follow their updates,
still having quality time to ourselves
&
 still being able to experience true calmness, relaxation
and this wonderful feeling described in
the German language as " Wohl fühlen"?
{feeling complete}

how many acquaintances can fit in our FB account,
filed under friends?

sometimes being online starts feeling like watching a favorite film
on a rather bad national T.V channel,
interrupting every little while for advertisements,

honestly how much stimuli can fit our brain capacity
and then
how many hundreds of things can we actually like?

since FB was invented I believe the word LIKE
to have totally lost its original meaning.

we may hit the "like" button in fractions of a second,
which is rather too fast for any real connection
to be established in our minds
between what we actually saw and what we really like

personally I don't need any kind of reminder
 for the things I like,
and the same goes for the people I like

exactly because I like them,
parts of their personality and way of life influence my thinking

then "hell might freeze"
they will be still remembered, respected and in some cases also loved.

and to make this a little more personal,
if you forget about this blog, my work or me,
because I do not remind you a few times a day,
every day, 24/7,
then may it be that you forget about it!

it means that other things are more important for you
and that is quite all right.

I do though have the impression that quite a few of you here,
always remember these pages,
even perhaps have them in a pretty, little corner in the back of your heads, 
regardless of the exposure I try {or not} to bring

and then I feel very, very honored...

cause who saw a breathtakingly beautiful woman
 and forgot her after she disappeared?
 who met kindness and never recalled it again?
 who read magnificent poetry and forgot their favorite lines?
 who entered a magical place and forgot about it
 because they never returned or heard about it
again?

this blog might not be a breathtakingly beautiful woman,
or a poetry book,
it might be no palace either

but of anything that it might be, it is the truest expression of who I am
and developing into being each day

and I think this to be carrying a significance of its own


so, I hope that you come back and check new posts from time to time
as much as perhaps returning to reading some of your favorite previous posts
around here

...........................

and how about seeing together a couple of {my favorite prints} of meaningful quotations
styled by Lotta Agaton, the work of which I truly admire?

it'd be great if you shared which ones are your favorites
and why
I'll do the same in the comments section,
after yours though ; )




"It's the small things that make the big things happen"


I mean, really, even when we sometimes go through these self love periods
and we feel that somehow we might be a little bit fabulous in our ways,
so what?

there are just countless fabulous people out there...



and how true is this... rephrased to:
"the world is but a mirror of ourselves"

[via]

and then,
familiarizing ourselves with fear 
can perhaps be the most liberating 
experience of our lives... 

at least when I stopped ignoring my fears
and starting facing them,
they immediately begun loosing all of their glory....

have your tried showing your teeth to Mr Fear?
ha!... then you'll see who's scared....
just like an elephant scared of a tiny mouse, 
 only to realize that the poor little "thing" 
cannot actually do much harm to him

and after all that, in the end of the day...
 what is more heartwarming,
 soul soothing & mind relaxing 
than saying 
 to this one special to you person:

i love you...


have a lovely evening my dears
till next post!

all images of prints by Therese Sennerholt, styling by interior stylist Lotta Agaton

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P.S: in case some might be offended by the seemingly unkind messages of some sentences, my apologies, please do not take it personally. This is just a general post.

24.6.11

well...let's talk about love ;)


good afternoon on this Friday everyone!

since I haven't been much online today, let me ramble a little bit,
would you? ; )

so...LOVE...love is a beautiful thing....
 many have sung so and few can deny it...right?

the reason why I'm bringning this three dimesional art installation {Love of wire} to you here today, is that it got featured in {Etsy's front page today again} for one more of many other times. And eventhough this item is to be only prepared customly by order, it brings me happiness to see this magical aspect of life, being viewed by a few hundreds of pairs of eyes in just an hour...
my hopes are that a positive message is transmitted....

 you know as time passes by, it is revealed more clearly to me what my creations are standing for...
there is definetely clear symbolism, while attempting to bring a sense of inner calm, tranquility, serenity and a little touch of magic, staying pragmatic at the same time...

talking about this magical aspect of life, it's the right time for you to take a flight over to {Mortal Muses}, where I had participated in a series of "what inspires  you" posts about 8 months ago. I'm afraid I had only shared {that information} on flickr, so it is quite possible that you have no idea about it! It seems to be fitting quite nicely today though. So, love being my subject, "Love as an expression of art" was my contribution to the series and {here} you may read all about it.



talking about this magical aspect of life, I couldn't but share with you,
one of the loveliest "thank you notes" that has been ever written about my work & me.

Who did? 
adorable, talented Nika from {Nika handmade papergoods}
whose admirable work was featured {here} yesterday.

Eventhough she writes in her mother language - Slovenish - she was kind enough to send me a translation, as I do not speak her language. Still, through art people can express themselves and connect beyond any physical boundaries or those of language or culture.
I find this very touching, moving & at the same time poweful...

So here it is, her post: "Amazing people"

"Sometimes by coincidence you meet amazing people. Iro is a wondeful person, writing an amazing blog, has a great apartment and online shop full of beautiful photos and things for the home. She wrote me on Monday and said that she would like to present my work on her blog. As I was ckecking it, I was impressed. We find beautiful things, ideas for home decoration and little treasury lists, that she curates on etsy. While I was reading her blog, I found out, that she is dealing with home decoration and interior consultancy and all I can say is that she is doing a great job. I wish, in the future, that my apartment would be as beautiful as hers, because she has an amazing sense of aesthetics. Home is the one place, that you come back to. It is the place, where you cherish great moments, have dinner with friends,  the place, where you can go after the chaos of outside world which sometimes is just too much. It is like a harbour. And the harbour of Iro is just beautiful. If I lived in Germany, I would go shopping with her for home, would ask her for some advice and I would have her pictures among many others on my walls. Thank you so much."


Thank you, Nika! You are so amazing yourself!
Our on line meeting has coloured these days bright and sweet!

my dear friends, I' ve kept you rather long with this & that
but will goodnight you soon, with these ever loved {happy paper boats},

thank you for your love & preference....it changes my whole world....


good night from Amsterdam, where I've come to take part at the
"Meet the blogger" event tomorrow.
looking forward to meeting you all there!

and to you my dear readers, a mostly delightful evening and weekend ahead
c u here quite soon :)