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The Wisdom of Forest: Series of explorations

Updated: Jun 11

Visual explorations


Berlin. February, 2024

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Look down - discover the leaf

Look up - discover the tree branches

Look within - sense your veins













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May I lean on you?

May you hold me?

May I feel my heart beat

Are you with me?

May you be with me.

May I be


Reflection on ritual:


Ritual is not something we plan to do. Ritual is something that comes to us, asking for space so it can find its way and unfold. And we allow that space when we are ready to welcome the gifts that it brings us.




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I comfort you

In my soft hold

I sooth you in my warmth

My evergreen sprouting

hug endlessly extends

I comfort you ...

your life fades away

In my tight hold ...

Until you breathe no more










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Boats in the harbour











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Smell... delicately caressing the hairs inside my nose, gracefully slipping in.


Bittersweet symphony. Touch... tenderly melts on my skin, embracing it with its warmth, softness and love.


The gentle fur. A ball rolled up and unravelled into threads.


Recompositioning. Seeking a new shape. In a gentle motion of arrival.


All roads lead home






Clay explorations


Berlin, April 2024


Piece 1


Piece 2


Piece 3


Piece 4


Piece 5 - The orgy of life and death


Whispers of my soul


When I close my eyes


And when I close my eyes, I feel my body gaining weight, I feel its heaviness. It slowly releases and gently lands, finding groundedness and weightlessness. It connects to the source within, feeling the support of Mother Earth.


Calmness and a resonant emptiness.


When my eyes are closed, I come back to myself. I become whole within and without. Boundaries disappear; I dissolve.


I am and I am not in the "I am".


Berlin, June 2024

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