First official day of the International Festival of Art and Culture: Capsa 2017 was dedicated to getting some rest from the trip, however, some of us headed out to explore the city of Gafsa. Here are some of my visual notes from the walk.
Tunisia trip sketches – March 2017
Photo shoot with Maria
It has been a great pleasure to meet Maria again and make series of portraits for her. She has been one of the participants of the Indvielsen | Initiation: The Danish Tribe. You can see her mask, designed by Laureline Demonet , here – The Weathershield.
Latvia Trip Sketches – July-August 2017
100 Days of Inner Art – Latvia Works
The exhibition time in Tunisia is getting closer. I will be presenting some of my art projects in FESTIVAL INTERNATIONALDES ARTS PLASTIQUES DE GAFSA – TUNISIE – «Session Jugurtha» in late August this year. 100 days of Inner Art is going to be one of them.
Here are the pages I was working on during my art retreat in Latvia in July.
Urban Sketching Walk in Riga
While in Riga I managed to join the Urban Sketching Summer School, however, only during one evening. It was great to finally meet Rudy Murdock from Indonesia, who was one of the mentors.
It was nice to see all the different styles that people use when sketching and it was fun to try new instruments as well – Rudy brought some sticks from Indonesia to use with the ink.
I really enjoyed those – they are carved unevenly and therefore they give different thickness to the line and thus while using them there is always room for some happy and funny accidents on paper. It was very inspiring also to see the real ink on paper. Although most of the time I use close to fountain pen with ink, but there is no substitute to real ink! I loved it and I think I’ll be using it more! Time to go to the woods and find some oak sticks!
What I Am Working On Now – August 2017
During August 2017 I continue to be a nomad, visiting family in Chelyabinsk, Russia and Kadaga, Latvia, attending the art festival in Tunisia and getting back to Copenhagen, Denmark towards the end of August.
Time perspective related projects:
- collaborating with Marc Wittmann on a paper: Orientation to the present and future and its role in pro-environmental behaviour and sustainability;
- going through the material from the “Administrated Biographies” project initiated by Elisabeth Schilling (currently Germany), Tianna Loose (currently France), Inanna Riccardi (currently Denmark), Seda Özçetin (currently Denmark) and me (currently Denmark) during the Celebrating Time conference and festival last August in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Art projects:
Working on the second leg of the Indvielsen project – stay tuned to see the new portraits and some other updates on the project overall.
Making final preparations for my participation in the FESTIVAL INTERNATIONALDES ARTS PLASTIQUES DE GAFSA – TUNISIE – «Session Jugurtha» – with my photography projects and the #100daysofinnerart project, August 20 – August 27, Gafsa, Tunisia
Teaching:
Psychology of Time – at DIS: Study Abroad in Scandinavia, Copenhagen, Denmark
How do I manage all of the above and a few things that were left out? I love working with my version of the bullet journal and I also follow my own medicine regarding taking the creative breaks.
I am available for giving workshops on how to deal with culture shock and using creativity as a resource. I would be thrilled to develop a tailored talk / workshop regarding time, creativity and your field of interest.
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Page was updated in August 2017.
The Power of Vulnerability by Brené Brown
On courage to be imperfect. Connection as a result of authenticity.
vulnerability is the core of shame and fearand our struggle for worthiness,but it appears that it’s also the birthplace of joy, of creativity,of belonging, of love.
you cannot selectively numb emotion.You can’t say, here’s the bad stuff.Here’s vulnerability, here’s grief, here’s shame,here’s fear, here’s disappointment.I don’t want to feel these.I’m going to have a couple of beers and a banana nut muffin. … You can’t numb those hard feelingswithout numbing the other affects, our emotions.You cannot selectively numb.So when we numb those,we numb joy,we numb gratitude,we numb happiness.And then, we are miserable,and we are looking for purpose and meaning,and then we feel vulnerable,so then we have a couple of beers and a banana nut muffin.And it becomes this dangerous cycle.
Erika – Indvielsen – The Danish Tribe
Progressing with the second leg of our project with Laureline Demonet – Indvielsen | Initiation: The Danish Tribe.
A small selection of the images of Erika from Sweden and her mask designed by Laureline.
Creative Time Studio 