This morning I picked Dipti Bhaduri from India and she was with me all day! Thank you, Dipti! I had appointments in the morning and just could go to the atelier in the afternoon. Dipti’s daughter had sent the picture of her mother and we had some email contact, as I see one essential part of this project, that women claim their stage consciously, so I asked, if it is the wish of her mother… and yes, it was, Dipti took her time and together with her daughter Urbi, she picked her picture and decided for one, taken 40 years ago. A picture, which tells a story in a single moment!
Look at it, isn’t it amazing?
My friend Ümit once left a comment, that she would like me to share more videos or more of the process of my work … videos are difficult, as I never know, when the moment comes … but today I can share some pictures, as I captured the painting in different stages:
first rough sketch:
some life moves in:
… and here the final painting:
Dipti and Urbi shared with the inspiration this amazing poem, which I am grateful to share with you all:
“I give you emptiness
I give you plenitude,
unwrap them carefully –
One’s as fragile as the other –
and when you thank me
I’ll pretend to notice the doubt in your voice
when you say they’re just what you wanted.
Put them on the table by your bed.
When you wake in the morning
they’ll have gone through the door of sleep
into your head. Wherever you go
they’ll go with you and
wherever you are you’ll wonder,
smiling about the fullness
you can’t add to and the emptiness
that you can fill.”
Norman MacCaig
I am very grateful for this day!
<3 Susanne