MOON OVER AOTEAROA

the last couple of days i spent at kay flavell's house near masterton, new zealand. originally it was built in 1911 for a yorkshire clockmaker. i fell in love with it the first time i set foot into it. it's a residency for artists and writers. it's a place that inspires. everyday you discover something new that tells its own little story. you can work on your art and let your imagination run free or take a walk near the river, enjoying the peaceful nature. 

kay flavell grew up on a farm on the slopes of signal hill. her passion for diderot and goethe led her on a long journey through the world's great libraries. after teaching for 37 years at different universities in europe and california she founded new pacific studios. 

you are a dancer.

now are the days when your feet, hands and heart

must find new, more potent combinations of earth, air, fire and water.

perhaps your path is waiting but hidden,

like a forest under water or flame in an icicle.

dance on.

by kay flavell

"if we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on an altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams." yann martel, the life of pi