You probably know the expression "When life throws you lemons, make lemonade." Well, in the past months life threw me so much lemons that both the juicer as myself got buried underneath... they call that a 'burn-out' and I can tell ya, that is not a nice state to be in! To make a long story … [Read more...]
Haiku, drawings, an interview…
There's a lot to share this week so let's not write too long an 'introduction' and start right away... Haiku My Heart het uiterste punt verder kan de mens niet gaan of hij moet zwemmen the edge of the world one can not go further or it must be swimming More haiku … [Read more...]
And now for something…
...completely different. After all the excitement about the release of FEATURING magazine I spend the weekend with my mom at the poetry festival in Landgraaf. It was nice to be away from the computer, talk with my mom and the other poets (I know most of them from former meetings), take a … [Read more...]
African pattern on a sunny day
I missed last week's 'Haiku my heart' because I was in Zeeland - but I will make it up to you with three* haiku's. All of them inspired by the item I bought last Friday... (*plus one bonus haiku just for today!) You will also find art journal pages in this post. See - there's something for … [Read more...]
Lost
This week, I found something back that I'd thought was gone: to be lost in a story. The last days, I found myself in another time and another country, far away from here. Now and then I woke up as if from a trance, because there was coffee to be poured, or food that had to be cooked - but I … [Read more...]
Connection
Freewheelin' Friday, and freewheelin' it is! Next week, I will be busy working again but this last week I just 'freewheeled' a lot, playing with my 'A Year in the Life of an Art Journal', having fun with the ladies in my workshop and practising my drawing skills... which aren't good enough to … [Read more...]