hi again – this time:
ON PARALYSIS AND POSSIBILITIES

02/05/2025

everyone knows them: the times, when life is moving in unplanned or unwanted directions or - even more familiar to me - when it seems like nothing is moving at all. the world goes on, busy as per usual, but nothing of the buzz and the flurry and the commotion seems to touch one's own life in quite the right way. maybe it's self-defense, maybe it's naivety that keeps these two (inner and outer) worlds from merging, but whichever state has got the hold of one here: these are times of want, times of limbo, times of frustration and of impatience.

over the years i have experienced different variants of these weird seasons of incongruity and, more often than not, found myself paralysed and dazzled by them, unable to move. or so i thought! lately i have noticed that within these phases, there is an invisible force and i noticed that the change i craved, was always way closer than i thought. it was there all along, waiting for me to realise, that it could only come out, when given the opportunity. so now, whenever i face another time of doubt and weird self-estrangement, i try my best to do something. and not just one thing, oh no. i think, i make, i feel, i run, i play, i sleep, i cry. i look, i hear, i smell. i sit, i draw, i write. then i run again. i eat, i wait - actively! - for my change to find its way out. i give it possibilities to express itself.

my latest possibilities to give change a chance were six new rings. making them felt like a bridging, or a tunnel, connecting two moments, like a testament of in-betweens. and although it felt like i was making the same movements, i realised i was making them consciously. today, i like the feeling of having made something rather than nothing. and if they happen to resonate with you and manage to provide you with something rather than nothing, well... then that was some time well spent!

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regarding my own work, i am mainly concerned with the message, the feeling and the meaning of the pieces i am making. for me content comes first, form comes second. so in my workshops, you will not be taught how things are done properly and correctly, but i can give you some of my space and some of my time to let you figure it out - with my help - in your very own way.
 
the next THINK RING workshop will be held on saturday, 07/06/2025 from 1-5 pm at my studio in hamburg. come and make with me!

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stay close, stay warm.
until next time, j.