This is a supplement to my post about the end-of-year assignment Art and Culture at the Academy of Visual Arts in Ghent.

Dutch version here.

Dear Fiorella,

Your lessons were always fun for me. You speak in poetic and philosophical words and sentences. I have written them all down and someday I will publish an anthology of them. Chris and Inge advised me to use them as inspirations for my paintwork.

Here are a few examples of sentences and statements that flow from your mouth:

THE CHESSBOARD IS EMOTIONLESS

A GOOD ARTWORK DOES NOT GIVE ANSWERS

THE INTENSITY OF SLOWNESS

BEING BROKEN IS A STATE OF BEING

WORKING WITH CLAY DOESN’T MAKE NOISE

WE CAN ONLY SEE EMPTYNESS WHEN WE FILL IT

THERE SHE LIES IN ALL HER GREATNESS

LYING IN DEATH

360 POSSIBLE VIEWS

IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ENVIRONMENT

AND KEEPING TRACK OF THEM IN OUR HEAD

“THE PARCOURS”

CREATION OF THE POSSIBILITIES

TO LET THE IMAGE EMERGE

BLOCKING OF THE VISUAL BRAIN

WHEN IS SOMETHING BECOMING TIRING?

WHEN YOU CANNOT DETERMINE YOUR OWN TEMPO

YOU CAN TAKE A SMALL STEP

TAKING A HUGE SPACE AT THE SAME TIME

THE BRAIN IS LIKE AN OFFICE

A HOUSE WITH ROOMS

SOMETIMES YOU NEED OTHER KEYS

With gratefulness,