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Three things I really really like: books, art and thrifted stuff. All three make your house look super cozy by the way. Not to mention that, besides looking good, viewing art and reading can actually make you a better person. In fact, it’s scientifically proven that those things improve critical thinking skills and empathy 🤓
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There are people who think in words, and then there are people who think in pictures. Guess which one am I? 🥹

Check out my visual ruminations on the relationship of body and space on my website & at till the end of April 👀

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“what he sought was always something lying ahead, and even if it was a matter of the past it was a past that changed gradually as he advanced on his journey, because the traveller's past changes according to the route he has followed: not the immediate past, that is, to which each day that goes by adds a day, but the more remote past. Arriving at each new city, the traveller finds again a past of his that he did not know he had: the foreignness of what you no longer are or no longer possess lies in wait for you in foreign, unpossessed places.”

text from INVISIBLE CITIES by italo Calvino

in the pictures:
A4 size print of the collage AMSTERDAM - printed on premium quality museum paper using Giclee printing method / signed and numbered / edition of 30 prints

original collage AMSTERDAM - magazine clippings on paper / 30 x 40 cm / signed and framed

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what’s on my walls? a collage of many things: dried flowers that were once a nice bouquet gifted by a friend, plants, notes, flower poster that was hidden in a thrifted frame, David Bowie postcard from London, and lots and lots of nice memories.

Spring is a time of change. If you’re planning to make some changes also in your interior, consider mixing contemporary with vintage and antiques. By layering multiple styles together, you create a look of a home that’s unique and collected over time, versus something cookie-cutter that came straight out of a catalogue.

offers antiques and vintage items for home. On their webshop you will find gems like Delft pottery and many more.

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I find it extremely hard to be still. To sink into my body and listen, to just be here and now. I always want to rush, do things, move around, work and plan, and it never stops, it goes on and on. However, I notice that, when I do manage to reach that moment of physical calmness and stillness, also my mind quiets down, allowing for new perspectives, allowing for different kinds of knowledge and aspects of me to emerge.

in the picture: DOLCE FAR NIENTE print from the collage series I AM THE SEA AT NIGHT

Edition of 30, signed and numbered, available in 3 different sizes in my web shop 🔁 link in bio

“If the body is the mind, then it has the capacity to learn and memorize. Every movement in space and time - be it a walk, a dance, or otherwise, every gesticulation, every exercise of the muscles and the cells that make up the body - is possibly remembered. But every intervention on the body - scarifications, tattoos, scars, or injuries - trigger that process of memory.”

text from CORPOLITERACY in COUNTER_READINGS OF THE BODY by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung

in picture: print of collage BLACK AND WHITE BUILDING available in 2 different sizes in my online store 🔁 link in bio

All the places we have once been at in some way always resides within us. There are moments when a certain position your body takes, or a combination of sounds or smells take you back to a place from the past within seconds

In the picture: print of the collage SKIN AND SAND available in 3 sizes online 🔁 link in bio

'The best way to understand fernweh is through analyzing exactly what it is not—homesickness. A familiar term and common feeling many have experienced at some point in time, homesickness is an acute longing for one’s home during a prolonged time in its absence. While homesickness can lead to distress and suffering, it is nonetheless, in most cases, a mendable ‘sickness’—we can always return home. Fernweh, or farsickness, is also a suffering, but is less clear cut and rectifiable. It is a consuming longing to be somewhere you’ve never been; an aching to be in a distant and unknown land, an ambiguous yearning for anything, anywhere else, as anyone else.'

text from FERNWEH by Talia Gutin

in the picture: A4 size print SLEEP from the collage series I AM THE SEA AT NIGHT available at gundegamelberga.squarespace.com 🔁 link in bio

Behind this piece is a story of sisterhood, belonging, and childhood memories of summer evenings that smell of honeysuckle. In the language of flowers, honeysuckle is most commonly taken to mean love and affection, it is believed to signify happiness and kindness. All the things I associate with true friendship and family.

LISANNE INGA hand-cut collage
available as limited-edition signed and numbered fine art print ➡️ link in bio