Every morning I go jogging with the dog. This morning we managed to make it to and in the Vondelpark. When we came under the bridge a homeless man saw a friend of his and he called out to him heeeeeeey ik zoek voor jou voor ik ga slaap! He was referring to the late evening before. It was the best and sweetest eavesdropping phrase in ages. It’s January 1st. I need to write every day. I think it will be a better world for me if I do so. I am wearing a cardigan salmon colored, like Tilda Swintons’ father used to wear. He liked cardigans very much so she writes in the thing about the clothes she exposes in the Eye. I liked the big stiff woolen coat of her father ( perfect to hide in) and the red sweatshirt with texts like…. designed by Raf Simons.
I need to write everyday. That is what I promised. To become more real. To understand a little bit where it is all about. Everyone wants to be happy, explains the personage in the video made by Tina Farifteh, it’s normal. This man is a refugee locked up at Schiphol as soon as he stepped out of the plane. I am making a drawing with the words NOG ECHTER written on a golden envelope. The rain is coming through the roof of my studio. The painting I am working on has become wet, but it is alright , it is a strong work already. Hans van Manen died recent. In an interview not so long ago he was talking about taking risks, it’s not possible to make good art , a touching performance without taking risks. Not taking risks brings you nothing.
We walked to see the bittern in the Vondelpark. It’s the kind of bird that almost never shows itself. So I think that this one is a little bit out of kilter. Who isn’t. I am planning not to spend so much time on the telephone, the mobile one, but nowadays I found all those Japanese textile artists on the internet who are repairing, for instance , French workwear by hand through patching and stitching. It looks like what I have been doing all my life but it's more fashionable. I don’t mind broken pieces of nice garment.
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