Without too many words, I’d love to evoke the image of my aunt and godmother Aninka Harms today. Ten years ago, an accident ripped her from this world, and she remains frozen in time, forever the 49-year-old she was, forever never aging.I looked back to some early photographs, trying to find images that capture the way in which she influenced me. While I would certainly have become a creative soul with or without her, I’m sure that she encouraged me in my creative unfoldment and even influenced me significantly on my jewellery path.
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To say that those initial six months changed me is a gross understatement. The experience distilled my life in an instant, it filtered out a lot of bullshit. It is the single best thing that has ever happened to me in my life so far.
I think for my tenth anniversary it’s worth delving into the details of what this experience brought to life, got rid of, and how it has shaped my life for the better. Here are some of the thoughts I became aware of, as I dug deeper, and some of the learnings I took from it.
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