Walking the Gray Area

Hello Sebastian!

I loved this whole process you’ve been through, along with your work. It’s very symptomatic, don’t you think?

I feel very sad these days for a dear friend of mine is very ill. I want her alive and I’ve been placing a lot of energy wishing her recovery. Our work is about life, death, with generation of new cycles. All of these issues have been reflected – as in a mirror? – in my life lately.

I enjoyed your art installation. The way you tell a story leading to new ideas is very interesting. I feel it like an almost ‘archeological’ arrangement which compels me to think, trying to figure things out. What’s the title?

My jewel is also a small art installation. All of a sudden you open up new vistas for me, leaving me with a desire to add something more.

For now my piece is like this…

Bye, Sebastian!

ps: the book passage you sent me is fantastic. It is exactly what I feel and what I am trying to convey with my art piece. What is the title of this book? Who wrote it?

Hello.

The book is called ‘Dark Side of the Light Chasers’ by Debbie Ford (she has written many many books and I chose to get this one.  They are all quite similar I imagine.  It is a bit cheesy at times (and American), but the message is meaningful, I think, and expressed with many different examples to make sure you understand what she is talking about).  I am sorry to hear about your friend.  It sucks to go through this because it shows you how vulnerable and ‘not in control’ we really are.  I am thinking a lot about all this kind of stuff right now, ie souls, that our bodies are like cars for our souls, what really matters and so on.  I think I have even come up with my own idea/concept on all of this.  I call it my ‘Light-Bulb Theory’.  In a nutshell (and I won’t get into it tooooooo far so you will fall asleep on your end, not to mention other readers out in the world), I am saying that every human being, when born, is like a bright burning light-bulb.  This light is our soul burning bright, bringing to us everything we need/want/desire.  As we get older, we disown aspects of ourselves, so we stick black electric tape over the bulb, blocking out the light.  After 30 years, there is no more light, only darkness, heaviness, etc.  We continue to spend all of our energy blocking out the light.  Spiritual awakening comes in and this is a process of taking the black tape off and letting the bright light shine through again.  So all in all (and there is more) everything we need is already here, in us, and all we need to do is let it shine out and to stop blocking it with our energy.

This morning I took pictures of the new work (titled ‘Environment’) and then arranged them like this in Photoshop.  It took a while and I am happy with this image.  My main source of inspiration has always been natural history museums, archaeological arrangements, findings, etc.  When I started with jewellery, everything was made in this kind of style (but that faded out and nearly disappeared because things had to be wearable).  I am glad that you want to add things to your work (always nice to set a whole scene).  I also love your top view photo, how all the elements blend together.  I am curious to know what our work will look like together.

Have a good weekend……bye

Dear Sebastian,

Thank you for this partnership in this project. Everything you said inspired me . I think we know each other a lot and we have a real complicity, even if we never have seen or know each other very much.

*I dedicate this work to my beautiful friend Astrid, who died this week.

Kiss,

Dani