Before I even get to telling about my own stuff, I need to share the hopeful news of the Freedom Flotilla, with 12 people who set sail a couple of days ago with much needed aid towards Gaza, and I dare to go back to Instagram just to follow what is going on daily. You can follow the journey here

HELLO JUNE

I start this little public blog, honestly horrified at the passivity and apathy of people, even some close to me, despite the insane amount of evidence, BUT at the same time,  inspired by those who take brave actions everyday, to not give up. I know that however insignificant small platforms, this space will also be filled with support for Palestine.

One thing that I keep coming back to, is how this is a cautionary tale for those who survive horrors of the worst and not manage to heal from the trauma it created.

The survivor became the monster it survived.

Those who have been through colonial violence knows this too well…

And while we do need to focus in our present outreach and reality where we can make change if even small, we cannot stop talking about this, educating ourselves more, help out in whatever our capabilities allow us.

Fighting for freedom comes in many ways. And there many wonderful organisations, individuals who are working their best to voice out the general concerns, to call out politicians and companies, people who do their best to inform and educate outside mainstream media. We can find ways to support their work, wether economical, voluntary, through social media, through talking about it with different people.

 

 

June started all in, with an amazing masterclass with Simon Kavanagh from Kaospilot about designing Learning Spaces.

It was so refreshing to get input from people from so many different fields and countries, but who share a common passion for teaching and sharing knowledge, and believing in transforming the future. Sometimes it can feel a bit frustrating to not be able to share and try crazy ideas when people only deem it “idealistic” and not dare to get out of the comfort zone after finishing school and into “real life”.

So it was very refreshing to be doing something about sharing potential with likeminded people from other areas rather than the artistic.

One of my masterclass colleagues came up with a sentence around a world were artists actively co-create with society, not only on a market level. That is opening up to so much thinking, specially around the purpose of arts. There is an urgency, which I feel personally important to address, specially here in Europe with the current realities stricking so many of us. Many artists are already doing wonderful pioneering work in this matter in USA, Bolivia, Rwanda, Indonesia to name a few countries with some artists I look up to. ( Although I am currently following two artists in Berlin and in Austria, who despite the censorship are presenting incredible work, I hope to see soon in one way or another).

One of my dearest friends share a bit of his current experience with Saul Williams – in a co-created performance addressing the ache people are feeling for the situation in the world. A Co-creation. I am looking forward to talk more in detail with him about what he experienced.

Some nice rehearsals from upcoming concerts are also brewing, and the last details of the music for an upcoming album.

I’m looking forward to a month of creative work in the composer’s and workshop and student benches under the June sun, and going into the performer role as well, after some months of teaching.