I just spent a week on the northern coast of Germany on the Baltic Sea and I am now back in Dresdan. I will be headed back to Nepal on Saturday. This part of eastern Germany is relatively undeveloped compared to the western part and it was very natural and peacefull. We spent a lot [...]
Archives for June 2010
Flower Pot SOLD
IMG_3924, originally uploaded by gord clements. Still life using multi medium
Zero Point Village
Zero Point Village, originally uploaded by gord clements. Watercolour and other mediums
Dresdan
I am back in Dresdan with Iris and I am feeling much better. In Dresdan it is a slower pace to life. Koln, Hamburg and Berlin are big cities and I found it quite difficult especially for the first week in Berlin. I have been quite inspired and have made time for painting over the [...]
Western Toilets and Soccer
Germans love their football. Last night Germany defeated Australia 4 to 0 in their first South African world cup match and this resulted in a huge celebration on the streets of Koln. The river Rhine runs through the center of the city and they also have a magnificent church called the dome at the center [...]
Koln
I am sitting on the train and on my way to Coln. It is a five hour very efficient and comfortable train ride from Hamburg. Train and bus travel here in Germany is extremely different than in epal. Nepal has no train service and bus travel is extremely unpleasant and unsafe. We will be in [...]
Adjusting to New Places
Adjustment seems to be about letting go. If I bring fixed ideas about how a place should be or if I am uncomfortable because it affects my perception of myself than I find that I struggle. Being with Iris and watching her as she plans and visits places here in Germany can initiate anxiety for [...]
Adjusting to Germany
Last night I went to a concert in the beautiful Berlin concert hall. A ticket had been purchased by a friend of Iris here in Berlin to attend this concert months ago and to my utter joy and surprise the trumpet player Wynton Marsallis was playing there. I have been a big fan of his [...]
Berlin
I am presently in Berlin and have been here for the past six days. I have now been in Germany for ten days. Germany is the complete other side of Nepal. The absolute upmost opposite probably to Nepal in the world. Germany is so organized structured and controled in every way. My friend Isabel so [...]
