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The Brazil home tapestry found a new home! Only one left with these straight lines. 3rd pic with original Kashmiri chain stitch circles. Unique piece: DM me to reserve it. 2nd pic: original painting: “Balade a Inhotin” by Robert le Heros A R T

The Brazil home tapestry found a new home! Only one left with these straight lines. 2nd pic with original Kashmiri chain stitch circles. Unique piece: DM me to reserve it.

Spring in Amsterdam

The Carter Center, helping Peace negotiations and health problems in numerous countries. So interesting to listen to the CEO who reminded us that if you want to solve a conflict you Listen to Both sides versus only talking; using words that trigger or divide people will not bring Peace or move forward towards a conflict resolution with all people around the table. Her hope: the next generation who will know about history and know that nuances exist, not all is black or white, that no country is perfect. Who will be at the table needs to represent the main issues of all sides. Thanks to the for inviting us to the discussion as well.
The Carter Center was created by President Jimmy Carter & his spouse Rosalynn Carter.

Last hand embroidered square bed shawl, to be used on your bed, on your shoulders or a chair in aubergine wool with turquoise silk edges. Dm me to reserve it, first come first serve.

Pre opening of the new Spritz Garden at the with

As a rug or hanging as a tapestry, only 2 pieces left. DM for discounted price.

There was a time when Matt Damon and Ben Affleck shared one bank account.
Not because they were business partners.
Because neither of them had enough money to survive alone.

In the early 1990s, they were just two young guys from Boston chasing a dream that almost nobody believed in.

They moved to Los Angeles with hopes of becoming actors.
Instead, they found themselves living in a tiny apartment, sleeping on a mattress on the floor, counting coins to buy food.

If Ben booked a commercial, they ate.
If he didn’t, they struggled.

One night, desperate and close to being evicted, they called their agent and asked for a $500 advance.

The answer was brutal:

“Guys… I can’t help you. Nobody knows who you are.”

Most people would have given up right there.

But after that phone call, they looked at each other and made a decision that changed their lives forever:

If Hollywood wouldn’t give them roles… they would write their own.

So they started creating a screenplay together.

They wrote everywhere they could:
✍️ on napkins
✍️ on scraps of paper
✍️ on the backs of rejected scripts

That screenplay became Good Will Hunting.

It took them nearly a year to finish it.

Then came the rejections.

One studio said no.
Then another.
And another.

Seventeen times they were rejected.

Seventeen.

Most dreams die long before rejection number seventeen.

But they kept going.

Finally, on the eighteenth attempt, a producer saw something special in them and bought the script.

When Matt and Ben received the check, they stood in the bank staring at the numbers in disbelief.

Then they hugged each other… and cried.

Because it wasn’t just money.

It was proof that every sleepless night, every fear, every sacrifice had meant something.

And then the impossible happened.

Good Will Hunting won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Two young men who once slept on the floor suddenly stood on the Oscar stage in front of the entire world.

But maybe the most beautiful part of the story is this:

Even after becoming global stars, they never closed that shared bank account.

Not because they needed it.

But because they never wanted to forget where they came from.

That’s the real lesson.

📌 Dreams don’t appear out of nowhere.
📌 Opportunities are often created, not given.
📌 Rejection is not the end unless you decide it is.

Sometimes the people the world ignores today become the people the world applauds tomorrow.

So if you’re struggling right now…
if you feel unseen…
if life keeps telling you “no”…

Keep building anyway.

One day, your story might inspire someone else to keep going too.

❤️ If you believe persistence changes lives, leave a reaction.
📤 Share this with someone who needs a reminder not to give up.

In honour of a our very special friend Ofer Bronstein who worked tirelessly his whole life for Peace, rapprochement & dialogue between Palestinians and Israelis, for the need of both people to be recognized as such, with their own land and governance, right of self determination to end the cycle of terrorism, regardless of any temporary government in either country. RIP Ofer, may your work continue with strong leaders who choose to end hatred.