Self-reflection through the lens of a room - a partial and spatial autobiography
Støvkornenes dans i solstrålerne (Dust motes dancing in the sunbeams), 1900, Vilhelm Hammershøi - Ordrupgaard Museum, Charlottenlund, Denmark
In this episode, I reflect on all the rooms I resided in leading up to 2002, as well as examine my depression and despairing attitudes regarding life before the onset of the colitis. In addition, I take a look back at two previous relationships, focusing on two women who were artistically inclined and yet emotionally couldn't have been more different.
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly alone in a room.”
Das Balkonzimmer (The Balcony Room), 1845, Adolph Menzel - Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Pokój (pronounced: pawkwi) - Polish for ‘room’ and ‘peace’ - one of my current rooms of peace