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the cycle Between the lines – Everyday life 1

60 x 60 cm

linen, optical fiber

2021

In common understanding, the word everyday brings to mind the commonplace, the monotonous repetition of activities, processes and phenomena. Sometimes it is even said to be grey.

The time of the pandemic allowed me to draw my attention so clearly to a slightly different face of Everyday, less grey. Slowing down the pace of life, sometimes even eliminating routine activities, helps to taste each day separately and in the context of the following days. Time seems to go slower, I can focus longer, delve into the problem and maybe finally solve one of them to the end. Everyday, calm artistic practice allows you to search for solutions branched into cycles and multi-variant. I always lacked time for this. Now my days are sewn together with a thin but colorful thread that gives them the character of a unity subject to some previously unnoticed orders.

This is the case at work, while in everyday life - the feeling of having to take care of each other, giving us a sense of security and faith in the future brings us closer to each other. The isolation sparked a real need for closeness. Paradox?