there have been years when all of a sudden christmas-feeling overcomes me in the middle of november (unfortunately, it doesn't always last until the calendrical christmas then;).
and there are years when it's - as camilla says - "like trying to re-dream the magical dream you had last night", meaning quite a struggle to "get into" the christmas spirit.
trying to re-dream the magical dream you had last night... well, perhaps it's a bit like that this year.
although, i really do love christmas.
so dived in my archive searching for visual memories and made a patchwork that one could name my christmas quilt.
note: feel free to click on the picture to look at it closer. all pictures are - as usual - made by me, except: the second photo from the left in the first row and the third from the left in the second row from above are from my family archiv, author unknown, but most possibly it is my brother and/or my parents. the drawings are made by me at age of 3-4 years. and in the second row from below the first picture is a sonogram.
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oh, thank you all for your nice words, makes me happy!
vielen dank an all eure gedanken und für das mitteilen! besonders vielen dank an helene und mano, die ihre lieblingsbildchen genannt haben, - es ist interessant zu hören :)
ja, wie kjoto schon erraten hat - der "rote zwerg" (wie mano es genannt hat) bin ich! es war im winter 1973/74.
ieva jansone, a visual artist "with migration background", currently based in berlin. world's citizen and homesick forever.
;)))
AntwortenLöschenWow .. Beautiful pictures! :)
AntwortenLöschenIeva...this is so thoughful and endearing...made me tear up a bit...sniff.
AntwortenLöschen-so nostalgic.
There are so many lovely and simple things that you included here...I love it large!
The sonogram of the baby, the wooden car, baking. the birds..Oh this post made me so happy ...what a beauitful quilt, you really captured some Christmas JOY here...and you're spreading it.
Thank you for your encouraging words on my blog...it's nice to know there are others that might relate.
love
Camilla
Wunderschön: Visuelle Poesie.
AntwortenLöscheneinzigartige, märchenhafte, verspielte fotos, die ich immer wieder anschauen mag. mir gefallen besonders das kleine päckchen "für einen lieben menschen", der stein in der schachtel und der kleine zwerg in rot.
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love it!
AntwortenLöschenso nice that you "found" julia freund again, her work are SO wonderful :)
vibeke
wie wunderbar, daß du die kleine 4-jährige künstlerin so gut behütet hast und sie immer mitwachsen läßt! trotz regen,so schöne aussichten auf die weihnachtszeit-danke!
AntwortenLöschenBeautiful quilt, it indeed is like visual poetry. Thanks for this beautiful moment!
AntwortenLöschenich liebe patchwork. dieses bild aus so vielen faszinierenden teilen gibt ein schönes ganzes von winter, plätzchenduft, geschenkefreude und kinderlachen. dieses jahr war es lange zu warm für weihnachtsstimmung, aber jetzt ist der winter ja da:-).
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