This collage is about motherhood and the question: What other roles do you have? Who are you? What are you good at? What makes you unique? Recognisable for most mothers, I think. The dance on the 'clothesline': will I make it without falling? Who will catch me then? I made part of this collage for the book 'Mama pubert mee' by Nelly ter Voert. A great handbook for mothers with adolescents.
Stories. I found them immensely fascinating as a child. For hours, I could listen to my grandmother full of stories. Or to that lady at the library who read stories by a different writer every Wednesday. And read them myself, preferably late into the night because I wanted.. Read more…