TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

1:19 PM
Posted by jodi rose

'every cloud has a golden corner'
or so my lovely friend mari tells me
she left this morning, with news from the airport of today's slogan:
'is laptop - is dangerous'
yes, heavy duty security check at tegel.

so back to theme of silver linings, there must be something good to come from this time of almost complete meltdown and fragility
all i can manage to do right now is crazy sewing projects on fleamarket purchases from paris. remodeled a summery colourful dress into skirt, using existing pockets and making new box pleats, then balenciaga men's shirt into slighly wonky copy of som's fancy one. stitching threads together, fairly obvious resonance I guess.
anyway, if everything keeps falling apart like this there will be nothing left, so I guess that makes an interesting position to start again from.

early morning walk hoped to recalibrate my equilibrium, but seems to have been lost in the wash. enjoyed looking over berlin waking up to spring from the top of the hill in mauer park. lists and lists of urgent projects that need finishing and tweaking. finally wrote official email, now have to make phone call in german. life is complicated and confusing, although ultimately deeply satisfying, if there is balance.

today's net pirating is coming to you live from cafe on sunny side of marienburgerstrasse, with golden reindeer skull and leonard cohen on the sound system. bird on a wire and suzanne, perfect. I have tried, in my way, to be free.