Balance. Tiny Spaces Deep Connections, Day 21 - 23

Days for reflection and thinking about final work, letting everything slowly fall in place. There is a little garden in front of my temporary home I like a lot. The tree stump resembles a pedestal. Could I install something there? I do some balancing exercises with stones and look at the shadow play of the light filtering through the trees. The Japanese have a word for this, komorebi, I learned this when watching Wim Wenders’ film “Perfect Days” in which it plays an important role. I read a little in the book I found in the yellow phonebooth that is a public book exchange and doubles as a meeting point. I always trust I find the right book at the place where I will be living and working and I was delighted to find Italo Calvino’s The Baron in the Trees as mentioned a few days ago, a book about a boy who decides to live in the trees after he gets tired of his wealthy parents’ lifestyle and never comes down again. More seed collecting and drying plants for teas. And after being hosted by the community here for a barbecue, I return the favour unplanned to a homeless man who sneaks into my outdoor kitchen and cooks himself a feast meal with all he can find. 

Also: making a little video to go with the interview for TaikaBox, the Finnish partner organisation in the Tiny Spaces Deep Connections project (the third one is Communitism in Greece). You can read the interview, "Rewild your mind" HERE