R U Capable? - Blog Posts
r u capable of being consistent?
in demonstration against corruption & tyranny. Jerusalem 8/8/2020
& we will not stop
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r u capable of fighting for hope?
by real action & open heart
in demonstration against corruption & tyranny. Jerusalem 25/7/2020
written on the sign in 1st photograph: “Israel needs a mother”
We do
r u capable of expressing your soul to the full?
r u capable of finding your voice & speaking it?
r u (really) capable of intimacy?
r u capable of accepting yourself?
r u capable of facing your fears?
r u capable of seeing the horrors around us and still believe in mankind?
r u capable of changing your mental DNA?
Today, 44 years ago, my grandfather died. He was killed in his car by explosives he had for construction project. I was born two month before. First granDchild to Motke Bargida, who lost all his family in the Hollocost and survived the worst in Auschowitz by the age of 15. He came to Israel and created a family and a business (earthworks construction). His sudden death change completely my family’s narrative. He never spoke about the Hollocost but i was curious about it and i love history so i returned again and again to this subject through my life and its part of my life since i was a child. I am 44 now and the memories still flashing, memories that are not mine but i have to feel them over and over again, they r part of my mental DNA.
I came to the studio today instead to my grandfather’s grave (due to corona restrictions) and i wanted to express my longings to him, whom I never met.
It came to be a bit dark, but i’m sure he will understand.
I called it: P.T.SS.D Generation 3.0
r u capable of realizing that the world we know will never be the same again?
(keep an eye on freedom)
r u capable of being close to yourself in radical times?
am i really capable?
physically it may seem like i am but mentally i’m exhausted
(Photograph by T. Bedrack)
r u capable of looking at yourself without judgement?
r u capable of truely being there for someone else?
r u capable of surrendering to the fact that there is darkness and there is light and you are in between both, choosing, each day anew?
r u capable of coping loneliness?
This is Mickey Bernstein.
Mickey was one of the smartest people I have met and also one of the most radical ones. An art expert, a dealer, an artist, a lawyer, a writer, a dreamer, a philosopher and so on. I was his personal assitant 8 years ago, it lasted 1 year but we kept in touch since then. I have visited him on a regular basis during the last 7 years. I had special relations with Mickey and yet very complicated due to his mental & physical state. During our meetings along the years I have documented him, stills & video. His last years were hard. He was very lonely, his fame faded, friends didnt come or call. He said to me that he feels like “Leonardo without a paintbrush”.
He died last week during his night sleep.
I am sharing some photographs to honor his troubled soul who is now, finally, in peace.
r u capable of embracing the unexpected?
r u capable of being humble?
r u capable?
today i rather not deal with that question
the amazon
the innocence
the integrity
the simplicity
the kindness
the morality
the old wisdom
the heart
the humanity
all r burning
r u capable of imagining a positive future for humanity?
b r e a t h .
r u capable of being a good friend to yourself?
r u capable of keep walking your own way even in times of uncertainty?
r u capable of finding peace in simple actions?
after months of tumblr’s censorship on this photograph, i ask myself again
r u capable of serenity?
r u capable of believing that your wounded soul can gently grow out of darkness?
r u capable of living in peace with your life story?
r u capable of surrendering to your sadness?
r u (really) capable of intimacy?
r u capable of (truely) believing that u r capable?
after all
r u capable of being here and now?
without dealing with the past or worrying about the future?