Art&Love · 31. März 2024
The first drawing in this little but precious sketchbook is from February 2008. My first semester, when I moved out, when home had changed forever. The last sketch is from 2016. Same sketchbook, another Maria. 2016. When I started painting again, when I took part in my first exhibition. All the tears, joy and changes I went through during those 8 years. 2024, another 8 years have passed, again I have grown so much, again another Maria. I am holding this little sketchbook in my hand and can’t...
Thoughts · 09. Februar 2024
Von den einen als Opfer in Kauf genommen von den anderen als Kollateralschaden benannt und wiederum von anderen als Ziel gewählt. Afghanische Menschen wurden zu Zahlen, die manchmal in Nachrichten erwähnt werden. Doch oft auch nicht. Weil der Schmerz zu groß und das Verständnis abwesend ist.// Taken as victims by some, labeled as collateral damage by others, and chosen as targets by yet others. Afghan people thus became numbers, sometimes mentioned in news. But often not.
