Hello Snow by Vanessa Matic
Stir up the way Coming up the elevator I forgot what I was thinking His tea cup is a snow man His smile is a wave of some Emotion I can’t rely on but maybe it’s suppose to be that way i hope i don’t sink or maybe he will?.. in this face shape pillow [...]
What is love?
What is art? I get this question a lot. A lot. For some reason, I find it as difficult as answering what love might be. Why on earth am I making this comparison? For starters, I’m an art lover I’m absolutely passionate for what some call my “profession” which is, the paper says, “curator”. If [...]
Treptower gardens by Vanessa Matic
“Life is just a plot, I make it into a story.” Vanessa Matic It’s time to start all over again and we cannot go back to the Treptower gardens or the streets Of rain in your white apartment What’s kept today runs away With love and love for tomorrow We’re gone and it’s better now [...]
Looking for an adventure? Thoughts of Life
At the moment Berlin is the place to be for young startup companies. One of them is Gidsy. They offer a platform where anyone can buy and sell activities. So f.e people offer a walking tour through Berlin, a walk in the Mauerpark, drinking wine with a wine expert in New York, clubbing in Amsterdam, [...]
Trust
Trust noun 1. reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence. 2. confident expectation of something; hope. 3. confidence in the certainty of future payment for property or goods received; credit: to sell merchandise on trust. 4. a person on whom or thing on which one relies: God is [...]
It´s for free
This is another one on artists and money … or; on artists and making money. Around a year ago, my friend Luísa sent me a photo of a piece of Lisbon graffiti saying: “Work for free or for a full price. But never cheap”. It made me smile, because ending up “working cheap” is the [...]
Thoughts of life
While having my dinner I was leafing through a newspaper and stumbled over those lines; a guy looking for a relationship put an ad saying the following: “male, in his late 50´s, has worked enough, made enough money and saved enough, now wants to live and love.” I am glad that I don´t have the [...]
12 wishes
In Portugal, we have this tradition of eating 12 dried raisins at midnight (exactly at midnight, not before, not after) for New Years Eve. Each dried raisin equals a wish making it 12 damn wishes. I mean, it’s a lot to ask. Picture this: it’s midnight, after a few drinks (or half asleep in front [...]
Time and Places
Time transforms the idea one has about a place. And about people. The school that looked gigantic has, in fact, only 15 small rooms, an improvised gym and a tiny cafeteria. The dool house wasn’t bigger than the fold out book, in the corner of the room. Patricia’s mother is not named “Patricia’s mum”, she [...]
Between the Lines
Line spacing is simply a space between two (or more) lines. Not more, not less. Not everybody uses empty spaces. There are, in fact, people who like those places as they are: empty, quiet, without a meaning. Text and photography by Luisa Santos
One way to freedom
“Have you just moved?” – I get this question a lot. I’ve been living in this place for more than a year now. Thing is, I only have what I consider to be essential and that excludes a TV and any decoration paraphernalia. It includes Ratatouille though – he used to be my nephews’ hamster [...]
A whining sound
I am trying to remember some words I read by artist Louise Bourgeois. She died at the age of 89 as a very wise woman despite her great work as an artist. It was something about whining. Funny enough, common sense says that usually old people are the ones who whine most. This old woman [...]
