Thank you for your patience, just now I am posting also here on the blog and I noticed, that on Instagram/Facebook earlier I uploaded not the final version od the painting – apologies!
Anke’s day! Anke had shared with her picture:
“The photo is taken on my balcony in Chiang Mai. I collected fresh ginger root that day and it made me super happy. Have never had it in my hands that fresh. And I love the way it grows. How it smells. How it tastes. There is a reason why I chose this photo. It is not me in the front, it is Madame Ginger. And I prefer it that way. After studying stage performance dance and being used to the stage as a home, my journey took me somewhere completely else. I decided to quit dancing because I lost interest to perform and be on stage and seen by public eyes. Still loving dance and performance arts for the sake of the process, the deep connections you can make to other human beings as well as to yourself, the space, the power of movement and how art connects you to the moment itself. There came a point, where I realized that I enjoyed rehearsing so much more than performing for the eyes of the public. Something changed inside of me. And my interest grew into the opposite direction. To the inside. And it keeps growing there, down to the roots and the realm of the inside, like Madame Ginger.”
I wondered how it will be, if someone doesn’t really want to claim the stage – but it went quite smooth, as Madame Ginger supported nicely. Just last week, I came across the Chinese sign for strength and here I found it again.
Thank you, Anke!
<3 Susanne