Puzzle

Today for the first time I had the feeling that the pices of the puzzle were falling together. I never knew why I was making photo´s of desolated landschapes. From all my trips they came out all the time (of course also pictures of people etc.), they trickered me the most. It started with my project of Aurorae Borealis. I went in 1992 to the Polarcircle near Tromso, Norway to film this unbelieveble powerfull nature-spectacle. It game such an incredible feeling of being part of nature AND being with myself at the same time, I never experienced this before.
Later in Mongolia I also feld myself very happy and ´at home´in this huge wide landscapes of grass, mountains and desert. Ever the save feeling was there in the ice-´deserts´ of Spitsbergen or the mountains in New Sealand.

It had to do with going beyond the daily life, being confronted with your own limits and get a wider look over this limitations.

Also now, after a very hectic and sad period, I was in the possition to travel the ´narrow road to the south´(instead to the north as Basho did) and to stay in the artists in residence project of Matthijs and Bli. I can focus on my project, doing research, make new works, all within the very concentrated period of a month. All the puzzle-pieces are falling together, especially today I had very clear sight on what I am doing and for sure it will give me a `boost` for the time after this project.