Cat fur
Kuri - my beloved blue-eyed cat. She has a small pinkish tongue, which I associate with the tongue of a woman's clitoris. In Japanese it is referred to as - kuritorisu.
Root
He lived in my aquarium, in this mesmerizing world that teaches me movement, regularity and tenderness. This aquatic world is also a link to my mother, Elisabeth, who throughout her professional life, she's been involved in the ecology of the Baltic Sea.
Leaf.
This dried leaf is from the village of Kesennuma. I picked it from a tree growing a few hundred meters from the shore, onto which a boulder weighing forty tons was rolled by tsunami waters in March 2011. That day, a tsunami triggered by an underwater earthquake washed away huge swaths of Kesennuma and other coastal towns, devastating homes and changing the landscape. While traveling through northern Japan, I had many conversations with survivors of the 2011 disaster who were willing to share their memories of this critical moment in their lives. How did they remember the "water" that poured into their daily lives with shocking force?
