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found a solution to give it up but in my dreams my soul is still in Africa 

 

A new African dream

The last post last year - we started in a new year - no good way

 Was very busy with my  African dream to find a solution over years I could not travel and had no contact . At leaast there is an new African dream.

A new story, real with new friends and th really good friends (not many) helped

me to find the old contact sgsin and dtart again ine an other way.

A long qay to go - I did not believe somehow. To get to know the right people - at this time at this place in Paris - the Internet,  the power, the patience, all I had I used, to write in French language, finally to find the right conversation, the right words -

with success. A lot happend in Africa- in Senegal - next time more.    

NEW - art on canvas

• Not to waste took a colored canvas with wonderfull paper I found in a parcel and had this idea to get the golden continents -  the is shining golden

New art painting

 

canvas with oil color prepared black and red  japanese ink

and pigments. After studies of the special japanese-chinese

kind of traditional paintings in my book - modern ones too

found out the beauty of this design . reduced to feel the wind the air the bambou andd for myelf the beautiful letters/signs , I had the intension to feel the spring-time in another way. 

african artiste

long time ago we could visit a special art gallery pictures of African artists, no more to find
and changed to another place. As i am always interested and connections to African artists
will show  some time by time, fascinating for me. This artiste was coming from Ghana.
Others from Senegal, Kongo

 Abou Abou Senegal

A. Mancara

 Bony Kongo

B. Dschibango

at the entry

before opening my door 

work in creativ process

my balcony atelier is opened and so it is possible to work outside refresh the white stripes, free hand. waiting before continue with the violet color. There will be rests of red and silver glitter. meanwhile searching for symbols (may be African ones) to go on. The pleasure always what is coming next  no need to hurry up, the oil color has to be dried. Part of this working process. Step by step.

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africa the diva - audio poem

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 oil on canvas

collage with steel  rests

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Audio poem

Africa-

audio poem Afrika - like a Diva

looking forward

lines are tight now - some small
changes habe to be made to finish soon

cord and lines on oil on canvas - dimension : 70 1,00 cm

colours

some small corrections are nessecary. Ordered a black canvas, then cut my African  Cameroun fabcric rests, with structure pasted on the canvas, some old buttons, too, inspired by Molas from Soth America, I once found on  bought, kept,  to built my own ideas of structure and design.    

african garden

last day of cameroon

Today after this 4 week trip in camerun, after having breakfast we were sitting,

not talking much, everybody was thinking of the many adventures we have

passed through, now it has come to an end. Our luggage is ready.

Yesterday evening our guide gave us instructions about our return fly back home

We handed him over our passports to prepare everything and told us he will come

in time for assistance. Now it was time but he seems to be late.

Asking at the reception of the hotel, they may call him, but they could not get him at

The phone. Waiting, nothing to do, we could not take a taxi to the airport without

having our passports. At least he arrived, we put our baggage in the bus, we were

very late, the way to the airport was far and we did not know if we were arriving

in time. Suddenly the bus stopped on the big road, what happened…..no we had

problems with the wheel, one puncture had to be changed, beside this big road

we felt tot very comfortable, we had much far to get late and will lose our second fly

home. On the road again we reached our flight in the last minute in Douala to Paris,

exhausted, where our traveler group were busy to get the next flight home.

            

to get old....older

no one like to think about it, nor to describe or write about, we would like to be young for ever.
But this is not possible in real life, only in virtual life. the medicine and beauty industry with
it big markets promiss, never to get old or older. what we should do or not to do, what we should
eat or not, what kind of sport we should make etc. if we can afford.
Why do we have problems to accept to get old or older in a worthy way, because nobody likes
to see, to respect , fear, no positive signs, because youth means everything.
no positive signs we see, that the years pass by, full of life, busy with job, children, family,
business. Getting older we do not want to have time, we are used always to dosomething,
not to waste time. to learn, to be busy with our interests , the changing world, the changing life
okay we should not be ashamed to get older, hopeful to get wiser, be more patient, to keep our
curiosity, our power. 
in africa the older persons always is important what they have to say, still in their integrated community and their power is immense, if they have heath problems or not.
nobody will keep the youth for ever. The faces are telling lifes with shadows of our souls
our years of dreams, of sorrows, our passions lying  under the surface, invissiable for
others. dreams and wishes disappearing in the dark nights.
take your time to get old or older, put away all the heavy luggage, slow down  be happy if your feel good.      
              

the world of frequencies

remember the fine lavender my mother used,my father with the tabac in his pipe smoking, when he left his
room to visit our garden.or the special frequency of your little baby fresh and innocent.
or if you pay a visit to the rooms of your friends or other people
somtimes there was a smell of fresh prepared coffee or roast beef.
we rember situations and we will found some pictures, existing
or phantasy, or remeberence.
In our garden in summer many blossoms in many colours the green
apple or cherry trees and of course the smell of summer in the  air.
during the years of youth as a young girl the frequency of perfume,
the first love, the first party the first kiss, young men who would like to get your attention
with fine shaving water.
1000 ths of smells in this world. the salty breeze of the sea , the wind, the sun of sothern coasts,
other flowers, fascinating with strange smell. fish and fisherboats herbs, smell of freedom
the perfume boutique with labels of the foreign world and new creations of perfume to
attract your love, wondeful exotique names and flakon of glas for getting attractiv and stands
for success  and beauty. later you may have found some very special frequencies when travelling to forign countries, to wildplaces and searching for adventures. th sell of humid earth, the smell of fire
on chharcoal grill, coconut tress and al lot more you never will forget the breeze of the evening of a hot day or the smell of croweded cities or on the grassland with small houses and wild animals......
a lot more, but some special smell you always will keep in mind.

 

King Kora Gambia Tour 2007 Part I

senegambia-travel-adventure

one week on SAL a capverde island, ( from salt) in former times there were some old
salt mines to visit and desert sand and it is a surfer paradise from there  to Gambia
Banjul and adventure tour wild beautiful nature - never return back after visiting
the Senegal. Anyway these old photos brooght me virtually back.