THE KAFKA ROOM |
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there are four bedrooms in my house
all named after writers
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this one, the Kafka room, may be my favourite
he’s tranquil, dark, masculine
bare
almost barren
probably depressed
yet deep, intimate, inspiring
beautiful in his simplicity
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I’ve slept here for the last weeks
to get to know him properly
understand him
but today I’ve prepared him for my Anna 😍 @thatannalindberg .
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#thekafkaroom #franzkafka #designingforwriters #interiordesign #interiordecor
FEMININITY (blog post in bio) |
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there is an aspect of me not many people see. the one totally soft, totally in flow, totally in the present.
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she's cyclic, not a straight line. she never makes plans - she eats when she's hungry, she sleeps when she's tired, she flows through space without much thought and in some magic way, by the end of it, she has accomplished amazing things, created, without plans, without structure, without goals and clear purpose.
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when I'm by myself, I am an extremely feminine force. but when I'm amongst people, amongst the 'should' and 'supposed' and 'must' and other people's desires, I easily loose myself. I get anxious. I apologize for her ways, for not 'fitting in' to the straight line.
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hence I often choose solitude. when I look back at my life, SHE is who I've chosen all along. I've chosen her over belonging and connection. and sadly, it's never felt like I can have both.
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where, along the way, did we women learn to disown the beautiful gift of the feminine energy? because I may be letting her out more than most, hiding in the safety of my solitude, but she is in ALL of us women!
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I wrote a poetic reflection on the female, the male and the business world (link in bio). THAT is a really hard place to not loose my femininity in. But it's also where it's needed the most. ❤️
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(www.idragonsoul.com)
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#feminism #femininity #divinefeminine #divinemasculine #freedom #flow #genderequality #feminineenergy #femininepower #womeninbusiness
THE SPIRIT OF ANCESTORS ✨|
one of the many little things that have travelled across the globe with me
is my great grandmother’s miniature psalm book
only nine by six centimetres
black velvet, golden pages
the letters too small for eyes to read
no, this was a psalm book to be red from the heart
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it was a gift to me from my grandmother Ruth
as I was baptised
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my great grandmother Johanna Bohman (born Jeppsson), was born 100 years and 10 days before me
she received the psalm book as an engagement gift in 1897
in Tranås, Sweden
and here I hold it in my hand
121 years later
in Australia
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magical, when I think of it... 💫
FREEDOM IN THE SKY 🦅 |
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it’s waited, patiently, for a year
but finally, my Bird of Freedom has found it’s new sky
on the main bedroom wall
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I bought it a few years ago
I’d just left the real estate’s office with a signed contract for my last apartment
much poorer than hours before
and in the flow of spending money
I went into the @saltmotion gallery
and gave myself an indulgious celebration gift:
a picture I’ve seen the first time years earlier and always liked
it represented freedom to me
and - which made me feel childishly rebellious - my ex didn’t like it
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it took me a day, with various creative solutions and trips to Bunnings, to get it up
leaving the wall behind it looking like a Swiss cheese
but now it’s there
flying again
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#freedom
#saltmotiongallery #interiordesign #photographyart #overexposed
