Meyer Girl by Marcel Hastir 1939 | 20210408

Meyer Girl by Marcel Hastir 1939 | 20210408 | 1-memo•com
Portrait of the little girl Meyer painted by Marcel Hastir (1906-2011, painter, philosopher, resistance fighter) in his Brussels’ atelier in 1939, shortly before she was deported with her parents and destroyed in a crematorium.
Oil painting shown to me by Horst Schroeder April 19, 2013 at the 70th commemoration of Transport XX to Auschwitz in Atelier Marcel Hastir, Brussels, Belgium. Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) 2021.

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Pinch Pot Pottery Philosophy | 20210318

Pinch Pot Pottery Philosophy | 20210318 | 1-memo•com
Individualism was the practical philosophy those days in 1974 when I handmade these spice pots by pinching white clay. A candle (with groove) helped finish the form – no potter’s wheel was used.
Firing was outsourced. The unglazed pots were finished with a polyurethane coating and handwritten with Edding markers.
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Stella’s Stars in Amsterdam 1932 | 20210307

Little star Liesje Poons, 9 years-old, wins the first prize at the masquerade ball (bal masqué) organised by Stella Fontaine in 1932 at the Bellevue theater in Amsterdam, Holland.
A show with costumed children doing acts like imitating an indian, magician, Russian, and dancer, dancing on dutch and german songs like, ‘In Holland staat een huis’, ‘Waarom zijn de bananen krom’, and ‘Dass ist die Liebe der Matrose’.
Dutch diva Stella Fontaine (Saartje Kanes, 1889-1966) – born in a Jewish Amsterdam family – was a cabaret artist, imitator, actress and singer.
Liesje (Elisabeth Cornelia Poons) born 1 July 1922 in a Jewish Amsterdam family of artists – active in the world of theater and music – became a singer in big bands , performing eg. July 1940 in the Amsterdam Carré theater, and May 1943 in Leiden (newspaper Leidsche Courant May 8, 1943).

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LelleBelle | 20210306

LelleBelle | 20210306
Handmade new gem designed and made by Sonja van der Burg and Martijn Bontekoe with two of the surplus garnets of Great-Great-Grandma Maria’s necklace.

Poem (dutch, untitled) from ‘Flarden’ by Sonja van der Burg :

lellebellen
oude geërfde steentjes
geven kracht…
energie…
doorzettingsvermogen…
zelfvertrouwen…
vitaliteit…
-de granaat-
in een goud kastje
voor jou

20/01/2021

English translation (Michel van der Burg) * :

‘earrings
old inherited pebbles
give strength …
energy…
perseverance…
self confidence…
vitality…
-the garnet-
in a little gold case
for you’

* Poetry …
You cannot really translate poetry.
The crux here, is that one dutch word ‘lellebellen’ … and, the crux I cannot translate.
‘Lellebellen’ is dutch plural of the word ‘lellebel’ which generally denotes an indecent or sloppy woman – with a light-hearted connotation.
The earring is called ‘oorbel’ in dutch (which literally translates to earbell), and the earlobe is ‘oorlel’ or short ‘lel’ in dutch.
Thus ‘Lellebel’ is perfect old-style dutch grammar for ‘lelbel’ (modern style grammar is lellenbel), and a funny association : reading ‘lellebel’ as ‘oorbel’ – earring.
Another association I personally also have, is with the french words l’elle belle … ‘pretty she’ – that’s how the film title came about .. LelleBelle

Credits :
LelleBelle ~ Earrings designed and made by Sonja van der Burg and Martijn Bontekoe ~ Snippet (untitled text) from Flarden by Sonja van der Burg ~ Music : The Child Within by Patrick Ussher | Artlist ~ Film : 20210306 | Michel van der Burg | 1-memo•com | Miracles•Media

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Underwater 2009 | 20210215

Underwater 2009 | 20210215 | 1-memo•com
Fresh family canvas filmed January 2009.
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Historia Simonem Gronowskim

Historia Simonem Gronowskim ~
Historia ucieczki chlopca z pociagu do Auschwitz – spotkanie z Simonem Gronowskim z Belgiii.
Meeting ‘The story of a boy’s escape from the train to Auschwitz’ by Simon Gronowski from Belgium – playing the Steinway piano in the Judaic Foundation Center for Jewish Culture in Kazimierz , Cracow , Poland 2012.
The day after filming in the Auschwitz camps with Simon and Koenraad Tinel parallel working with the belgian VRT TV director Marianne Soetewey (VRT Cultuur) for the Canvas documentary ‘Oorlogskinderen’ – War children.
Holocaust Memorial Day – International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust , 2021.

Historia Simonem Gronowskim | 20210127 | Michel van der Burg | Miracles•Media

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Art Aegidihof | 20210105

Art Aegidihof | 20210105 | 1-memo•com
Anna’s art in the traditional inn Ägidihof, Igls, Tyrol, Austria, filmed January 2008.
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