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Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shaped from Everything<\/strong><\/h1>\n

A series about what defines us<\/h2>\n

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A glance becomes a pause \u2013
and the unremarkable becomes a little wonder<\/h3>\n

In this series, I explore what and who shapes us in life. Family, friends, other people, relationships, and experiences that we couldn’t control and that inevitably belong to us. We absorb much of this, often unconsciously. It settles within us, influencing how we think, feel, and act. <\/p>\n

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Eventually, a point comes where something shifts because we begin to question. Not everything that has shaped us feels right. Not everything truly belongs to us. This is exactly where the series begins. It deals with the moment we start to distinguish. <\/p>\n

What is part of me, and what am I just carrying along because it was once there?<\/p>\n

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I only take with me what belongs to me<\/h3>\n

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Coming Up \u2013 I Have No Clue How I Got There<\/h3>\n

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Listen to this Summer Morning<\/h3>\n

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What arises within us and suddenly becomes visible<\/h3>\n

This process is rarely clear-cut and always comes to us in times of upheaval or collapse. It moves between clarity and doubt. Between the desire to let go and the uncertainty of whether we might lose something valuable in the process. Between the need for orientation and the trust that something within us will arrange itself. <\/p>\n

At the same time, a second element reveals itself in this movement: there is more within us than we can consciously control. Something that develops, that was sown in us without us knowing exactly how. Thoughts, impulses, inner images that are suddenly there. Moments in which we surprise ourselves. This form of growth has less to do with control and more to do with trust. <\/p>\n

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The power of the spaces in between<\/h3>\n

A third aspect of the series is these in-between spaces in everyday life. Moments in which nothing is decided. Where the past still resonates and the new is only just beginning to show. Often these are quiet situations that we easily overlook. It is precisely there that it becomes palpable that we have a choice. Whether we take something with us or whether we let it go. <\/p>\n

The series moves exactly between these poles: being shaped and choosing, holding on and letting go, knowing and trusting.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t put forward grand theories. It makes an inner process visible that many know but can rarely grasp so clearly. Perhaps its strength lies exactly in that: it doesn’t explain, but makes you feel what that moment is like when we begin to consciously shape ourselves from everything that was. <\/p>\n

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Would you like to learn more about a painting?<\/h3>\n

Get in touch. Together we\u2019ll go over your questions about how it was created, its size, impact, and how it works in a room. <\/p>\n

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Feel free to use my free virtual<\/strong> hanging service, too<\/h3>\n

Send me a photo of your wall where you can imagine the artwork. I\u2019ll place the artwork directly into your home. <\/p>\n

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