MAGIC, EVENING WALK BY THE CANAL

I DO NOT KNOW THIS GUY

SUMMER NIGHT DINNER AT CLÄRCHENS BALLHAUS

     CLÄRCHENS BALLHAUS, BERLIN

LARS AND PERNILLE'S STUDIO/APARTMENT, BERLIN

So this is the STUDIO that has functioned as my home for the last weeks. It belongs to two friends of mine that are currently out of town .. and I was very happy when I found out that I could stay here while they were gone. It is located in a BACKYARD that is connected to a very charming street in KREUZBERG. I just love the furniture, the windows, LARS' paintings, the concrete floors, the LAMP made by ØYSTEIN, the light ..just the ATMOSPHERE of the space. As I have mentioned earlier, one of my favorite things when I live, or am staying in a new space ..that I really like, is to get to spend time with it ..and SOAK in all the visual impressions ..and then try to capture it the way I see it ..and the way I feel about it, through my camera. For me, having the chance to spend a lot of time with a ROOM ..or a PLACE ..or an OBJECT that I really like ..while photographing it, can be compared to the feeling a person could get if they had the chance to sit in the sun. .. for as long as they wanted ..while eating as much as they wanted of their favorite ICE CREAM ...or the feeling you can get when you disappearing into your favorite BOOK or MAGAZINE. So yes, I INDULGE in these situations. Writing this makes me think of this sentence that I wrote down many years ago ..while in art school; 'I am a person who has a very non-superficial relationship to many superficial things'  ...or as a friend of mine put it the other night ; 'I love beautiful things' could be your mantra. 

GIRL TALK, JULIA AND BRITNEY

I have now been in BERLIN for over a week and it is so nice to be back. Of course; the weather! I don't think there is a CITY in the world where you feel the difference between WINTER and SPRING as strongly as you do here ..especially when it comes to color. BERLIN is literally either grey or green. And right now it's GREEN; and it's sooooo nice. And I am not the only one appreciating it; according to Berliners this has been the longest winter anyone can remember. So in addition to the weather; I am staying at some friends' STUDIO ..and it has a really nice atmosphere. I have already shown you the backyard ..and I will show you some pictures of the studio later. I have always loved this space, and the street it is located on, so I feel truly lucky to be able to stay here. But yes, so with all of this being great, still the BEST thing about being back in Berlin is my GIRLFRIENDS. When I decided to come here for all of May it had a lot to do with the fact that my friend BRITNEY, who used to live here, but now lives in New York, would come back to Berlin and stay here for some time this spring. Britney and I actually left Berlin almost at the same time ..and joined forces first in NY ..and then we met her in MISSISSIPPI, her home state, where she took us for a tour to many of the BEAUTIFUL PLACES close to where she grew up. The nice thing about moving around so much is that even though you leave something, you always find something too; and Britney and I have been finding each other all over this last year, and it's been truly very nice.

BREAKFAST TIME AT THE STUDIO

LAST WEEKS LUNCH AT CHEZ MAURICE

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

MY BERLIN BACKYARD THIS MONTH

UFERHALLEN, WEDDING, BERLIN

Stopped by this place the other day to pick up some stuff we were bringing to NORWAY. UFERHALLEN is a big area in WEDDING where different ARTISTS have their STUDIOS, there is an area with dance studios AND there is a great CAFE.  I really didn't get to look at the whole place but I snapped some shots when I was there. I thought it was a very nice area ..AND it's kind of nice to discover something new about your city, ironically enough for me especially when I'm leaving; makes it even more exciting to come back to visit.